## Shield Dwarf Warder (Racial) You are a student of the protective magics of the shield dwarves, learned at great cost during centuries of warfare and wandering. **Prerequisite:** Steel Dwarf **Benefit:** You gain +1 caster level when casting a spell that creates or enhances a suit of armor or a shield. The tradition of shield dwarf warders includes the following spells at the appropriate levels: 1st - _entropic shield, mage armor, shield, shield of faith_; 2nd - _shield other_; 3rd - _magic vestment_; 4th - _fire shield_; 6th - _stone body_; 8th - _iron body, shield of law_. Other spells gain this benefit if they target a suit of armor or shield.