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How do the Furious Finish feat, and Cord of Stubborn Resolve item interact?
Are you fatigued, or do you take 1d6 nonlethal?
Furious Finish has been causing me headaches ever since I saw it, and all because of that one line "you are fatigued even if you normally would not be."
Just how much does that one line trump other rules in the game? Does a creature that is literally immune to fatigue (such as a Horizon Walker or Lame Oracle) become magically not immune to *this* fatigue?
Honestly, the only way I can logically interpret this rule is that it is referencing the barbarian ability tireless rage. This interpretation admittedly makes the CoSR an insane item that boosts the power level of Furious Finish by a huge margin, and I'm unsure how to deal with it.
RAW, I think you take damage but are not fatigued. Because the fatigue effect is converted to that nonlethal damage. You could argue this with the belt, since it doesn't grant you actually immunity to the condition. But with immunity to fatigue from oracle, I think it's much clearer: You can apply the condition all day long, it just doesn't work on you.
RAI, I think you are fatigued anyway (in both cases). Despite the poor wording of the item, I think it was meant to not let you get away without being fatigued (because it's very powerful to cycle). You wouldn't take the damage in this case.
So, depends on your game I'd say.
All that line in the feat addresses is that a Barbarian at 17th level ending his rage does not make him fatigued. This feat ends the rage but still makes him Fatigued even though normally ending a rage would not.
Immunity to fatigue means you are immune. Fatigue still effects when dictated by the rules but you are immune to it so has no effect on you.
With this cord you still are affected by fatigue but fatigue is converted to 1D6 non lethal damage instead. The fatigue is still applied just the effects are different with the belt. So you could use that belt to avoid being fatigued.