Bravery vs. "Can't reduce frightened condition"

[Gwaihir Scout]

A fighter's Bravery feature says, "Anytime you gain the frightened condition, reduce its value by 1."

There are other effects that give the frightened 1 condition and say you can't reduce the frightened condition below 1. See the bard's Dirge of Doom or the wizard's Dread Aura. There are probably monster abilities that do the same thing.

How do these interact?

[Deadmanwalking]

I mean...the one that can't be reduced can't be reduced so it isn't. If you had an ability that said it could reduce even conditions that couldn't be reduced then it would be confusing, but Bravery lacks such language.

[Gwaihir Scout]

That's my first thought, too. But Bravery says anytime, so is it really any time?

Basically I'm not sure where the priority lies between an ability that claims to work all the time vs. an ability that says you can't do something.

[thenobledrake]

This is a classic case of relying upon the reader's ability to determine which rule is the more specific rule, rather than spending additional word count to ensure clarity.

In my opinion. the things which say you can't reduce the frightened condition would be the more specific rule.

[Gwaihir Scout]

Makes sense, especially with these being higher level abilities then bravery.

I think I just had it in my head that bravery meant you were immune to frightened 1 for some reason.

[T'Challa]

More specifically "anytime" in this case means "when". It does not mean "in every situation."