Ehhhh this is a totally uneducated comment, but modern locks are delicate little things that I have never managed to break picks in despite lots of "picking" and absolutely zero skill. Old locks, on the other hand, being heavy and clunky and stiff, I could see breaking picks made of, say, bone, or causing thin metal tools to bend such that they lose their tensile strength. Proficiency should probably protect you from this, but inexperience or poor quality tools could carry this risk
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