Yep,you know i thought someone had thought of whips before and i was going to suggest a flail(is that a short stick attached to a chain which in turn is attacted to a ball which has spikes on it?)
As to the question on racists...well it was funny that came up,i was going to suggest that as well as male/female you could choose the race of your character,white,black,asian,indian,arab,hispanic....
Or something even more cool,you can make small adjustments on their facial expressions like say an elves pointy ears as well as two small horns on the forehead or something and when NPCs ask you say well you are 90% human.....
