The issue with the scholars remains.
It's better to leave the restructuring option available from any level. It's clearly more balanced. One player might get great spells in GM4 (Teleport, Resurrection), while another gets nothing, and for their first restructuring, they need to reach GM5 (a total of 18 resources each), which significantly slows them down in Soda.
Removing the water element is a good decision.
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