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A few things are confusing me about the skill unlock abilities for intimidate. The unlocked skill adds an increased fear effect that last for some rounds then is shaken "thereafter." It is noted the total duration cannot exceed 1 round plus 1 round for every 5 the dc is exceeded, which is the normal duration of shaken on intimidate. This is confusing as the shaken effect from demoralize in the CRB stacks in duration with other fear effects. This wording seems to suggest that an unlocked demoralize attempt does not stack duration with other fear effects, making unlocked demoralize worse than regular demoralize, especially as the heightened fear effect can be saved against. Another problem is how it functions with effects that increase the duration of fear effects. I have a thug rogue with the memorable trait. This means on a successful demoralize the target is shaken for two additional rounds. With the unlocked wording I'm not sure these abilities will function anymore. This only gets more confusing with the second part of the thug's frightening ability that lets me cause frightened for 1 round instead of shaken, if the duration of shaken would be more than 4 rounds. I'm inclined to think this part just does not work with the unlocked intimidate.
Ultimately I have three questions: How does the unlocked intimidate demoralize stack with other fear effects if does stack at all; how do abilities that increase the duration of your fear effects work with unlocked intimidate; and how does the thug's frightening ability work with unlocked intimidate? I can quote the relevant rules text if needed.