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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xeviat" data-source="post: 6870934" data-attributes="member: 57494">Hey all. Have you ever had a character concept and then looked at the proficiencies granted by your class and realized that you had a lot of baggage there? Sure, your High Dex fighter COULD put on Plate Armor and get +1 AC (18) over their Dex+Studded (17), but that's not in your concept. Heck, that shield might not be in your concept either, along with medium armor, sucking up another proficiency.Armor proficiencies are worth half a feat. There is a feat which gives you 3 skills.With those equivalencies in mind, I'm proposing a little house rule. If your class grants Medium+Shields proficiency or Heavy armor proficiency, you can give up those proficiencies to gain 1 trained skill each. So my duelist paladin that I've been building in each and every edition can gain 2 skills for giving up medium armor+shields and heavy armor.I'm also noticing that the Monk doesn't gain very many proficiencies. That's kind of odd; a lot of skills seem integral to their concepts. Bards, Rangers, and Rogues get a lot of proficiencies, and monks used to be one of the high skill classes.Thoughts?</blockquote>