Have you seen the feat "Rivethun Disciple"?
You gain a +1 circumstance bonus to Crafting, Deception, Intimidation, and Medicine as long as you have the clumsy, drained, or enfeebled conditions. You also gain a +1 circumstance bonus to Athletics, Stealth, and Thievery checks as long as you have the immobilized, slowed, or stupefied conditions.
What is going on? What is this grab-bag of elements intended to simulate?
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Rivethun members often use the experience of difficulty and pain as a method by which to open themselves to spiritual influence and self-improvement. If you look at the first two sentences of the feat, it's pretty reasonable to see why you get bonuses from conditions:
"By studying with the dwarven shamans of Highhelm, you have become aware of the friction between your body and spirit. With some concentration, you can make the best of this dichotomy."
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I'd have to know more about the actual lore behind the organization/group to say more but overall it sorta seems like the intent of this is to have these individuals "channel" discomfort and pain into focus and to also help make up for the penalties associated with the Conditions that trigger it to help "push through the pain" so to speak.