When making a new character (and even when editing old character sheets) I no longer seem to be allowed to choose proficiancies from the backgrounds where you get extra skill proficiencies...? They are already pre-picked, and there's no list available at all. I can see the list briefly for less than a second when I refresh the page, but in the next they are pre-picked. (Link to screenshot for clarity, because I can't figure out how to post pictures in forum posts: https://imgur.com/a/IPwAN2z)
The odd thing is that two of my friends tried, and they don't have this problem. They picked the exact same background as me and they were allowed to choose what skill proficiencies they wanted from that background.
Do your friends already gain those two skill proficiencies from other sources such as race or class? If so that would be why. That background is only supposed to grant those two proficiencies.
But if you already have them from elsewhere then you can choose something different under the rules. They must have those Deception and Sleight of Hand skills from some other source so they get to pick something different. Since you don’t already have them from elsewhere, you automatically get the default.
Unfortunately, no...We picked the same on everything. 😔 It's also strange that I can't seem to change it on old characters wher eI known I've gotten to picke the proficiancies before when I created them.
EDIT: I saw your edit now and THANK GOD THAT'S EXACTLY THE THING! I didn't realize that I had accidentally picked a different proficiency in the Class-section of the build, and that's why they had the option to choose what proficiency they wanted fromt he background, while I couldn't.
When making a new character (and even when editing old character sheets) I no longer seem to be allowed to choose proficiancies from the backgrounds where you get extra skill proficiencies...? They are already pre-picked, and there's no list available at all. I can see the list briefly for less than a second when I refresh the page, but in the next they are pre-picked.
(Link to screenshot for clarity, because I can't figure out how to post pictures in forum posts: https://imgur.com/a/IPwAN2z)
The odd thing is that two of my friends tried, and they don't have this problem. They picked the exact same background as me and they were allowed to choose what skill proficiencies they wanted from that background.
Does anyone know what could be causing this?
Do your friends already gain those two skill proficiencies from other sources such as race or class? If so that would be why. That background is only supposed to grant those two proficiencies.
But if you already have them from elsewhere then you can choose something different under the rules. They must have those Deception and Sleight of Hand skills from some other source so they get to pick something different. Since you don’t already have them from elsewhere, you automatically get the default.
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Unfortunately, no...We picked the same on everything. 😔 It's also strange that I can't seem to change it on old characters wher eI known I've gotten to picke the proficiancies before when I created them.
EDIT: I saw your edit now and THANK GOD THAT'S EXACTLY THE THING! I didn't realize that I had accidentally picked a different proficiency in the Class-section of the build, and that's why they had the option to choose what proficiency they wanted fromt he background, while I couldn't.
Thank you so much!