Quote Originally Posted by Cazero View Post
It's impossible to make up a sapient creature that cannot be described as "human, but with X" because in that context human is synonym with sapient.
Orcs are green humans. They've always been since the day they became green.
"Human, but with scales, and wings, and lots of treasure on which they sleep, and also they're huge, and they always abduct princesses for some reason" is just a tad unwieldy...