Why Do I Only See One Character?

Hello, Fellow Game Planers... or whatever we call ourselves!

I accepted an Invite into a new game, and I'm excited to play. However, when I look at the Submit Character drop-down field, it only shows me one character to choose from. Where I'm confused is that for this game style, I actually have 4 characters. Why is it only limiting me to choosing one of them? I cannot see any obvious or overt differences between the one I can see and the other 3 I cannot. Obviously, I can only select ONE character to play with- I get that- but I should have four to choose from, yet I don't.

Any help available? I'm sure the solution is simple, but it eludes me. Screenshots below:

Game is D&D 3.5 and only lets me choose one character, Merryweather:



Yet looking at my character list, I have a total of four (4) characters created with that ruleset:



Why is it only letting me choose Merryweather?

Are the other characters in games? Are they using different character sheets?

To expand on cowley's answer, you can only submit characters that use the same sheet style that the GM allows, and the character can't be in any other games. So for example you can't submit a Cthulhu character to a 5e game.

The variation in rulesets makes sense; a 5E character won't appear in the list for a 3.5 game. That's why I listed those characters I have which are under the 3/3.5 ruleset. I have many others with different rulesets that don't come up- and understandably so.

[b]AHA! Yes. All but Marryweather are in other games. Are you only able to use a character in one game?

If that's the case... and I think you may have found the detail... is there a way to copy an existing character? i.e. if I want to play the same character in another game?

I think if you copy the code for the full character sheet into a new character (replacing anything there) you can copy the entirety of a filled out sheet. When you go to the character use the pen(cil) icon at the top to get the code rather than the sheet.

I click on the pencil and it just switches me to a "characte edit"-looking page; I see no actual code. Unless you meant any code within each individual field?

You can't copy any built in character sheets like the one for D&D 3.5. "Custom" sheets can be copied by copy and pasting the code, but the built in ones have no such access.

Okay, well- bummer- but at least now I know I wasn't blind or looking in the wrong spot. Thank you for that clarification.

If it isn't possible, then it isn't possible. It would be a nice feature, though- for the record.

I believe those built in character sheets are being phased out. The custom ones have so many more options and don't require updates in the back-end code to add new fields or calculations. Some of them don't even work properly anymore. So it's not really recommended to use them anymore. (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong)

Check out this character sheet in the public custom sheet repository. I'm not a 3.5e expert, but I assume that custom one will give you all the fields you need (or more?). You can simply copy that one by using the "Create character" button at the top and fill it in.

Then if you want to you can make copies by copying the code as the others have mentioned in previous posts here.

Hope that helps you :)