Fillin in in Thor's absence:
http://forums.awakenedlands.com/showthre...#pid121108
The relevant part from that thread is:
(2009.Jul.02 01:54 PM)zenith Wrote: The bonus from items stack with borg bonuses. For example, if you have a borg modifier of +8 and you wear three items that provide +7, -2, +3 to that stat, you will have a +15. It is your borg stat plus the MAX positive modifier. As time goes on, there will be more positive modifiers rather than negative for stats.
The max item bonus is not +5, that was just an example.
Although I do agree that a caveat should be in the items descriptions for those users who either don't read the forums or have joined since that post was made.