warforged race for dnd 5e character builder

Instead of having heavy metal plating they just have a +1 bonus to AC and actually take longer to put their armor on than every other race. Not only are they not constructs they're not even immune to poison. Being classified as a shapechanger according to crawford means that they can't benefit from spells Polymorph or True Polymorph, 2 out of the only 3 shapeshifting spells in the entire game that are actually worth taking Worse yet, if you actually want mechanical effects to your shapeshifting changeling is actually objectively worse at that than every other race in the game. In fact, it doesn't even give them any mechanical advantage to deception or performance checks to maintain a disguise unless the DM homebrews one for you. You can't grow wings and fly, you can't grow claws and slash, you can't close wounds, grow tentacles, breathe under water or even have darkvision. The fact is shapeshifting doesn't change their statistics in any way, shape or form. Cool, or it would be if this had any mechanical consequence. What I want is a new way to use and build around these races that actually makes the race choice feel consequential rather than superficial and that works at any table that follows the rules of the game. To make this clear now: I DO NOT WANT HOMEBREW. despite having physiologies that are utterly unique among 5e races the effects are so minimal and disappointing it makes me want to throw my player's handbook through a window.

Changeling and Warforged are in my opinion two of the coolest races in dnd's lore, but 5e's implementation of them is giving me nothing but an endless amount of frustration.

Warforged race for dnd 5e character builder