Honestly, I like the idea of racial traits, but the way they are now irritate me quite a bit. I would definitely prefer that they have a greater impact, but without pigeonholing you into a specific role. Ideally, it would be enough of a difference that even fighting NPCs of certain races might be something you actively take into account as far as strategies go, regardless of their class.
As it is now, it feels to me as though Humans and Elves have the most universally beneficial abilities, at least when it comes to their active combat powers. As a proposal, as lizards get +2 to intelligence right now, it would probably be more universally beneficial if it were a scaling percentage increase to all damage, or something along that line.
