I'm interested in fantasy and worldbuilding, but I don't think vanilla races should be used. Vanilla is [i]boring.[/i] We keep on seeing the same old 'dwarves' and 'elves' in literally every single fantasy roleplay ever. Personally, I think the usage of these races is a sign of a bad/lazy worldbuilder. Why don't we have some goddamn lizard-spider-people who live in underground technocratic societies and commit genocide against other races on a regular basis? THAT's what you call a true fantasy.