Elves have proficiency in perception by default, so it will not show in the list of selectable options. It's unfortunate that they don't indicate that in the same way that they indicate if a skill was already selected by background, but it's known and they've not indicated any interest in making that change (or if they will, it's miles down the road). Rest assured that as an elf you've already got that proficiency, and if you want to double check just go to the character sheet and you should see it there.
I think that the title describes my problem very well. I think it should be an easy fix
Elves have proficiency in perception by default, so it will not show in the list of selectable options. It's unfortunate that they don't indicate that in the same way that they indicate if a skill was already selected by background, but it's known and they've not indicated any interest in making that change (or if they will, it's miles down the road). Rest assured that as an elf you've already got that proficiency, and if you want to double check just go to the character sheet and you should see it there.
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