I just hope I can safely ignore the tadpoles without gimping my character(s) too much, as I have absolutely no interest in them. At least the respec isn't totally free and you can't change your race, losing certain dialog with companions if you respec them to a different class is a rather good thing.
Watching the video has greatly increased my desire to have 5E mod to get rid of all that Larian homebrew stuff I'm not even remotely interested in (like the special attacks with weapons).