Why can't I choose Ambitious Mind?

[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

Hey, so I'm coming up with a Singer War Doctor character who uses the Forms of Destruction to basically hulk out, but for some reason the site isn't letting me pick the Ambitious Mind Talent even when I'm meeting the requirements. I have 4 ranks in the Discipline skill and the Forms of Wisdom skill, yet it still won't let me pick it.

I don't understand, is this a bug or is there something obvious I am yet again missing?

[Qianweilian He/him]

7 hours ago, JustQuestin2004 said:

Hey, so I'm coming up with a Singer War Doctor character who uses the Forms of Destruction to basically hulk out, but for some reason the site isn't letting me pick the Ambitious Mind Talent even when I'm meeting the requirements. I have 4 ranks in the Discipline skill and the Forms of Wisdom skill, yet it still won't let me pick it.

I don't understand, is this a bug or is there something obvious I am yet again missing?

If you have Forms of Wisdom and 4 Discipline, than you should be able to take the Ambitious Mind talent. Do you have an available talent (e.g. do you need to lvl up?) Can you send me a copy of your character sheet? (I got the pdfs, but not site stuff).

[JustQuestin2004 he/him]

10 hours ago, Qianweilian said:

If you have Forms of Wisdom and 4 Discipline, than you should be able to take the Ambitious Mind talent. Do you have an available talent (e.g. do you need to lvl up?) Can you send me a copy of your character sheet? (I got the pdfs, but not site stuff).

I add levels to the character to preview later talents and developments. I previewed what level 6 would be like and still couldn't select it. I'm really thinking that its a bug and I think I'll just have to cheat a little on the site by turning off 'prerequisites' when I pick it.

Also, how would I send it to you? Crop an image of the sheet? Or is there another way on the site itself?

Are you able to select Ambitious Mind?

[Qianweilian He/him]

13 hours ago, JustQuestin2004 said:

I add levels to the character to preview later talents and developments. I previewed what level 6 would be like and still couldn't select it. I'm really thinking that its a bug and I think I'll just have to cheat a little on the site by turning off 'prerequisites' when I pick it.

Also, how would I send it to you? Crop an image of the sheet? Or is there another way on the site itself?

Are you able to select Ambitious Mind?

I do not have the rulebooks on the website. I have physical copies and pdfs. Is there a way to print your character sheet?

[Jult]

17 hours ago, JustQuestin2004 said:

I add levels to the character to preview later talents and developments. I previewed what level 6 would be like and still couldn't select it. I'm really thinking that its a bug and I think I'll just have to cheat a little on the site by turning off 'prerequisites' when I pick it.

I think I figured this out. If you're only at level 6, then your character is only in Tier 2 (see below snippet from the "Tiers of Play" section of the rules - spoilered for size).

Spoiler

At Tier 2, your maximum skill rank should be capped at 2. So, you can't have the required 3 ranks in Discipline that you need for Ambitious Mind yet. This isn't very clear on the character builder IMO, but when they say:

They are referring to the number of dots you've filled in on the Skill Ranks screen - Not the resulting skill modifier.

I'm not sure which tool you are using for character building. My screenshot above is from Demiplane, but I imagine they all look similar.

Sadly, this all means you won't be able to use Ambitious Mind until you can get a third skill rank into Discipline, which you won't be allowed to do until you hit Tier 3 at Level 11.

Hope that helps.

[Qianweilian He/him]

1 hour ago, Jult said:

At Tier 2, your maximum skill rank should be capped at 2. So, you can't have the required 3 ranks in Discipline that you need for Ambitious Mind yet. This isn't very clear on the character builder IMO, but when they say:

Actually, the max skill rank at Tier 2 is 3.

[Jult]

18 hours ago, Qianweilian said:

Actually, the max skill rank at Tier 2 is 3.

I stand corrected. Perhaps OP was still mistaking the modifier for the skill rank?

I just threw a level 6 Singer together and can pick Ambitious Mind

[AaronGlover]

It’s likely a system bug-sometimes the character builder won’t register prerequisites properly. Double-check that both skills are correctly assigned to your character sheet, and if they are, report it to site support.