Lizard's speciality of digging without shovel can be replaced by a 10 gold item called shovel, meanwhile elves can gain abilities that require skill books and a point investment for free.
Truely balanced. Did i even mention flesh sacrifice provide 10% damage boost in addtion to 1ap cap? wtf is this?
You can't compare an actual trait of an elf to just a "flavor" of another race. That's exactly what "digging without a shovel" is for a lizard, a flavor.
I am glad they added this bc it makes them unique, gameplay wise and storywise, and i hope they add more cool things to other races, just small things like this makes the game and story better. But yeah, you can't compare a "flavor" to a trait. And no, this is not me saying its balanced. Not speaking in terms of balance.