Status and circumstance bonuses mixed up? [Spoilers]


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Hi!

Admittedly, I haven't read through all the adventure yet, and even though I really like Guild of the Grave World overall, in some places status bonuses feel quite out of place. Specifically where PF2e would use circumstance bonuses. It's not a huge deal, but I couldn't help but notice some peculiar cases.

Examples:
1. The Partial Corpsefolk lineage feat and the Twitching Muscles feat both grant a +5 feet status bonus to land Speed (also, the way they're written they don't stack). It's a permanent increase, and most permanent Speed increases just state that "your Speed increases by X" (e.g. the Fleet feat, Briskwander Vesk heritage).
2. The Necrogourmand feat grants a +1 status bonus to Deception to appear as a non-undead creature. The closest thinkg is probably the borai Only Slightly Dead feat that grants a +4 circumstance bonus to Deception DC. Also the Plantlike khizar feat with +1 circumstance bonus to Impersonate plant life.

3. Encounter Spoiler:
In the Eterrina Riskuan Influence encounter her weakness includes a +1 status bonus for characters who communicate with her in Eoxian or Necril. By the guidelines of the GM Core, using weakness should simply lower the check's DC. Going the "bonus" route, I'd say circumstance bonus would have worked better than status here as well.

4. Encounter Spoiler:
While dealing with Opa Zari, the PCs get a status bonus to negotiation checks if they have dealt with the excuba peacefully. In my opinion it is the situation that favors the PCs and not some specific effect, which should be a circumstance bonus.

Just to be safe I sanity-checked myself in case bonuses are described differently in SF2e than in PF2e, but apparently that's not the case:

Circumstance bonuses wrote:
Circumstance bonuses involve the situation you find yourself in when attempting a check. For instance, using Raise a Shield with a compact shield grants you a +1 circumstance bonus to AC. Being behind cover grants you a +2 circumstance bonus to AC.
Status bonuses wrote:
Status bonuses typically come from spells, other magical effects, or something applying a helpful, often temporary, condition to you. For instance, the akashic download spell grants a +1 status bonus to a chosen Recall Knowledge check.

The conclusion I can drew based on those descriptions and my experience is that in the examples I gave above circumstance bonuses would be a more fittion option than status bonuses.

So, is it just me being overly pedantic or could there be a mix-up between the two types of bonuses?

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