Unwavering mien says whenever you are affected by a mental effect that lasts at least 2 rounds, you can reduce the duration by 1 round.
How does that interact with mental fear affects?
If I get Frightened 2 from a dragon's fearful presence, does it fall off after the first round?
It only applies to things with an actual duration to reduce, I'd say. Barring a special case with specific rules, Frightened isn't one of those things.
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Frightful Presence does not have a duration, it just applies a condition. Something with a duration would be like a Mummy Pharaoh's Great Despair. On a fail, you would be paralyzed for 1d4 rounds. With Unwavering Mien, you would be paralyzed for either 1, 1, 2, or 3 rounds instead.
Basically, it has to state a duration. Otherwise it just happens as normal.
Frightful Presence does not have a duration, it just applies a condition. Something with a duration would be like a Mummy Pharaoh's Great Despair. On a fail, you would be paralyzed for 1d4 rounds. With Unwavering Mien, you would be paralyzed for either 1, 1, 2, or 3 rounds instead.
Basically, it has to state a duration. Otherwise it just happens as normal.
I'm not saying youre wrong, but that would make more sense to me if Unwavering Mien specified 'a mental effect with a duration of at least 2 rounds' rather than 'a mental effect that lasts at least 2 rounds'.
Since frightened is a mental effect, and can last at least 2 rounds, despite not having a listed duration.
Frightful Presence does not have a duration, it just applies a condition. Something with a duration would be like a Mummy Pharaoh's Great Despair. On a fail, you would be paralyzed for 1d4 rounds. With Unwavering Mien, you would be paralyzed for either 1, 1, 2, or 3 rounds instead.
Basically, it has to state a duration. Otherwise it just happens as normal.
I'm not saying youre wrong, but that would make more sense to me if Unwavering Mien specified 'a mental effect with a duration of at least 2 rounds' rather than 'a mental effect that lasts at least 2 rounds'.
Since frightened is a mental effect, and can last at least 2 rounds, despite not having a listed duration.
Reducing Frightened duration by 1 round doesn't do anything as Frightened doesn't have a duration on its own. Its end is based on something else than a duration and can actually last forever if you have an effect preventing you from reducing your Frightened condition.
So even if you consider Frightened as a mental effect with at least 2 rounds of duration (which is quite true if you are under the effect for at least 2 rounds) Unwavering Mien can't do anything against it.