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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 7212521" data-attributes="member: 16814">Which is an excellent mechanics answer but doesn't address the DM devaluing player build choices arbitrarily.  If, as a player I invest limited build resources in a proficiency under certain expectations of play at the time and then the DM changes those expectations in a permanent way to devalue them completely... yeah, problem.As to the OP, that sounds like a decent way to handle it but I'd make sure the opportunity to do so came up quickly and not at an opportunity cost.  Maybe the players can be taken in by a noble with an extensive library for a few months while they acclimate to the new world after their first shocking adventures. Maybe even then handwave the checks?</blockquote>