Versatile performance ranks in lieu of acrobatics ranks for delver prerequisite

[Cinderfoot Bristlebeard]

I am a dawnflower dervish and use versatile performance to give myself high acrobatic skill. I would like to become a pathfinder delver requiring me to have acrobatics rank of 5. Versatile performance of 15 gives me an acrobatics of 15. Do I need to have points in the ranks to qualify? I used herolab and it blocked me from being a pathfinder delver even though I have a 15 acrobatics. Granted I do not have five ranks but I do have the skill three times what is needed. Any thoughts?

[Nefreet]

You need ranks in Acrobatics.

[Cinderfoot Bristlebeard]

Nefreet wrote:

You need ranks in Acrobatics.

Why won’t my 15 in acrobatics cover that? Do you know?

[Nefreet]

"Number of Ranks" and "Total Skill Bonus" are simply different things.

With Versatile Performance you get to use your "Total Skill Bonus" in Perform as your "Total Skill Bonus" for Acrobatics.

But you don't get to count your "Number of Ranks" in Perform as your "Number of Ranks" for Acrobatics.

Similarly a character with a Dexterity of 20 and zero ranks in Acrobatics does not meet the prerequisites for Pathfinder Delver, despite them having a "Total Skill Bonus" in Acrobatics of +5.