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Harmlessly Cute is a first-level Leshy Ancestry Feat which reads:
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Your size and demeanour make it easy for you to convince others that you mean no harm. You gain the Shameless Request skill feat as a bonus feat. Additionally, you gain a +1 circumstance bonus to initiative checks when you roll Deception for initiative.
As a first level Ancestry Feat, I could take Harmlessly Cute at character creation, except Shameless Request has a prerequisite: Master in Diplomacy.
I have three interpretations of how this could work:
- 1. You can't select a feat unless you satisfy its prerequisites, but Harmlessly Cute grants you the feat, so you just get to use it even if you don't have mastery.
- 2. Master in Diplomacy is a 'hidden prerequisite' of Harmlessly Cute, and you can't take Harmlessly Cute unless you are Master proficiency in Diplomacy.
- 2. You are granted Shameless Request, but you can't use it until you satisfy the prerequisites, however you still get the circumstance bonus from HC.
The first one feels like munchkinry, the second feels like a weird oversight, the third feels like a weird compromise that I'd make while GMing. Which is the right answer and why?