To expand a bit- playing humans is great, but playing a fantasy race is...well...fantastic. (By definition.)
Except that dwarves, elves, gnomes and even things like orcs and goblins have become less so because they are so commonly used for player races in FRPGs. So, when something new gets opened up for play...
In the meantime, a little Clutch:
[video=youtube;u2zHiZvyw5M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2zHiZvyw5M&sns=em[/video]