Racial abilities question

[hoyerhan]

I'm looking at the Shield Dwarf in FRCS and it says:

The Shield Dwarf has all the PH dwarven abilities, except as follows:
+2 Con, -2 Dex, etc etc

My question is this; does this replace the dwarven +2Con, -2 Cha or is it in addition to this (ie +4 Con, -2 Dex, -2 Cha in total)?

 

[guido1999]

The Shield Dwarf in the FRCS is exactly like the dwarf in the PHB> +2 CON, -2 CHA. I think you must be talking about the Gold Dwarf, which has +2 CON, -2 DEX, and no, they don't stack. It's a straight +2 CON, -2 DEX.

 

[hoyerhan]

Oops, yes, Gold Dwarf was what I meant.

Thank you, guido!

 

[guido1999]

You are very welcome. BTW, if you were interested in stacking the attributes, you could always create your own unique race and say that a crossbreed of a shield dwarf and a gold dwarf would have the resulting +4 CON, -2 DEX, -2 CHA modifiers. Just an idea.