The email is pretty kind and straight-forward. It's helpful.

The fsv forums are kind of creeper oriented. Useful in some areas, mean spirited in others. I, a general mild mannered player centric player, have been turned off by some forum posts because of their vitriol.

Lastly, fire giant druid would be a rocking build depending on how you went with it. Dwarf muter can be a rocking build too and I suspect some of the limitations on it are purposeful (especially the fact that I think the dwarf is not a goodie).