I did it a few weeks ago. I was told that if you are having issues with your completed talisman to just log off an back on and it should be fixed. That made it work for me.

I am having trouble getting a branch from the tree few others say the same thing.

Nope, doesn't use any new skills, though I think it did initially at release and was changed to something more common. There is a random factor in there that can always cause a minor setback regardless of skill. If you don't have the skill required you will constantly bounce off the tree.

AGM Ricinus
Dev Systems
Cleric Advocate

How much skill did you have, so we can try to track how much is needed?

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