Scar of the Survivor and Diehard

[Sanityfaerie]

So... immanence effects are kind of funny. They're fundamentally not always on, and they're also a fundamental part of the character. Arguably, retraining them shouldn't even be possible, and if it is, then it may not be appropriate for a given character's story.

So when you get something like Scar of the Survivor, which gives the Diehard feat as part of its immanence, it gets kind of weird. Scar of the Survivor is all about resilience and fortitude and surviving things that should have killed you. Great! Fantastic story fodder. Thing is, though, that if you take it, then you've suddenly put yourself in a place where buying the Diehard feat the normal way isn't as good. So now, either you forego taking a feat that would have been really appropriate for your legend, and instead get this version that only applies something like 1/3 of the time, or you take the feat, and you lose out on part of your scar's immanence effect. Oh, and if you don't take the feat you also can't take Numb to Death.

Basically, Ikons and Epithets should not be discouraging you from making choices that bring you more into alignment with the themes of that ikon/epithet.

Oh, and side note... the fact that the Epithets come before the Ikons in the class description feels a little weird.

[Dubious Scholar]

Yeah, I think this is another case where it should have a clause that upgrades it if you get the always-on version of the feat.

[Gobhaggo]

I personally prefer another bonus aside from Diehard, like make it fortification to contrast with Skin.

[Karmagator]

There are several options like that. Gaze Sharp as Steel's transcendent action gives you Reactive Strike until the start of your next turn at the cost of an action. Not only is that already bad, it is also completely redundant when you actually take Reactive Strike at level 6. Which many builds will atm.