It's so frustrating. I remember seeing a greentext story about an Orc paladin who had been spared and mentored by another Paladin who converted him to his order. The guy was unquestionably Good, but also brutal and violent in his quest to smite evil, dealing out uncompromising ultimatums and even punishing allies who backslid in his presence. You can't get something like that if Orcs are just green men with nothing different.
Characters are only exceptional when they are an exception. Drizzt is a Drow who forsake the inherent cruelties of his people to be a hero. If the Drow are reduced to being goth elves, he's just Aragorn with white hair and grey skin.
It's so frustrating. I remember seeing a greentext story about an Orc paladin who had been spared and mentored by another Paladin who converted him to his order. The guy was unquestionably Good, but also brutal and violent in his quest to smite evil, dealing out uncompromising ultimatums and even punishing allies who backslid in his presence. You can't get something like that if Orcs are just green men with nothing different.
Characters are only exceptional when they are an exception. Drizzt is a Drow who forsake the inherent cruelties of his people to be a hero. If the Drow are reduced to being goth elves, he's just Aragorn with white hair and grey skin.