Quote Originally Posted by Rebel7284 View Post
A99bis: This is never made clear in the rules as far as I know. In general, since 'race' and 'template' are two separate entities in the rules, I believe it is more RAW to treat them as separate things. So dragonborn would not remove template abilities.
This is kinda arguable, since RAW of templates are peppered with the "racial" word:
Quote Originally Posted by SRD
Rat Empathy (Ex)
Communicate with rats and dire rats, and +4 racial bonus on Charisma-based checks against rats and dire rats.

Skills
A wererat in rat or hybrid form uses its Dexterity modifier for Climb or Swim checks. It has a +8 racial bonus on Climb checks and can always choose to take 10 on a Climb check, even if rushed or threatened.

Wererats have a +8 racial bonus on Swim checks from their dire rat form.
If you "lose all other racial traits from your original race..." - then shouldn't you lose those too?

Also, Races of Faerūn - in the "Chapter 9: Minor Races" - includes "Lycanthropes" and "Shades", which are templates...