There are several places in the beta where "Deadfire Background" doesn't work despite having it; conversely, having Island Aumaua race *without* Deadfire Background in those same locations it will say "Island Aumaua: Requirements not met" instead. I've discovered that having both Island Auamaua race *and* Deadfire background appears to activate these dialogue options.

This seems to be a big change from PoE 1. If I remember correctly, in PoE 1 special dialogue options only reacted to one tag at a time--that is, a special dialogue for your race *or* your background, but not one dependent on both.

I just happened to fix this problem this week.  We do have many responses that have multiple conditions, but the UI in the beta is only capable of displaying one condition at a time.  You'll be able to see all the conditions in the next update.

I am slightly disappointed that this isn't a case of multiple condition dialogue, but happy that it's confirmed such a thing is part of PoE 2! :D

I believe that the case you're talking about is a response with multiple conditions (Island Aumaua and Deadfire culture).  The UI in the current beta just isn't capable of showing you both of them.

Ah, I misunderstood. Well, that makes me happy.