Genasi: Versatile Resistance

[Camelot]

I have a question about the Versatile Resistance feat for the Genasi.
The feat's benefit is: You gain resist 5 cold, resist 5 fire, and resist 5 thunder regardless of your elemental manifestation.
If I make a firesoul genasi and take this feat, does my character have resist 5 fire, or do the resistances stack to make it resist 10 fire?
Thanks!

 

[Mahali]

I have a question about the Versatile Resistance feat for the Genasi.
The feat's benefit is: You gain resist 5 cold, resist 5 fire, and resist 5 thunder regardless of your elemental manifestation.
If I make a firesoul genasi and take this feat, does my character have resist 5 fire, or do the resistances stack to make it resist 10 fire?
Thanks!

General rule is resistances don't stack. So Resist Fire 5.

 

[BarkingDeathSquirrel]

No, it doesn't stack.

 

[Camelot]

Thanks, that's what I thought! The way the feat was worded confused me a tad.

 

[KlassyReborn]

it says that you resist 5 fire/cold/thunder regardless of your elemental manifestation, so in other words, it takes away the original resistance and replaces it with the versatile one.

 

[Diirk]

It doesn't replace it; it gains it in addition (altho not stacking). A level 11 firesoul genasai with versatile resistance still has 10 fire resist, not 5.

 

[KlassyReborn]

It doesn't replace it; it gains it in addition (altho not stacking). A level 11 firesoul genasai with versatile resistance still has 10 fire resist, not 5.

i'm failing to see how you're contradicting me. Please elaborate.

 

[cdera]

i'm failing to see how you're contradicting me. Please elaborate.

He's basically saying because the firesoul upgrades at 11 to resist 10 fire, that it takes precedent over the resist 5 fire from versatile resistance.

 

[Diirk]

He's basically saying because the firesoul upgrades at 11 to resist 10 fire, that it takes precedent over the resist 5 fire from versatile resistance.

Basically; if the versatile resistance feat took away your original resistance as you stated (altho possible you just miswrote that), then you'd get 5 fire resistance instead of your original, even if your original was higher.

 

[KlassyReborn]

ok, i was misreading what you were saying, and i thought it said in the lfrpg that the resistance went higher with the levels, but i don't have that on me to confirm, so i'm going to assume you're right.