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This CRT addresses a verse-wide upgrade in regards to how Skills (and only Skills, i.e. not Magic or Arts, etc.) work. This includes both WN and LN and should give all characters with Skills Resistance (or perhaps even conditional Immunity) to Power Nullification, Power Modification, Power Absorption and Power Mimicry.
WN Statement
LN Statement
Conclusion
To bypass the first 2 Resistances/Immunities, you'd need Soul Manipulation to a high enough degree to affect the target (Exception: This Resistance/Immunity only applies to Power Null that causes a permanent erasure of abilities, but effects that only temporary suppress abilities within an area or temporarily seal someone's abilities would still work normally unless the character in question got a specific ability against that as well, Unique Skills and above might still work, however).
For Power Absorption the standard is even higher: For Unique Skills, aside from Soul Manipulation, you also need Resistance to Soul Manipulation, since Unique Skills require a strong soul to have. The resistance might not be neccessary for Intrinsic, Common and Extra Skills though.
Power Mimicry would be a case-to-case basis. If it's shown to reproduce abilities from sight or other senses from only partially available knowledge and can be integrated into a "slightly altered" version to "fill in the blanks" with something more familiar to the user, then it would probably succeed, but I think that individual would still need Resistance to Soul Manipulation for Unique Skills and above. However if it's a power that needs to reproduce the entire formula, then it wouldn't work unless the person in question can use Soul Manipulation.
WN Statement
Solution. The effects of Unique Skill [Shapeshifter] Fusion: The ability to merge into a single being with the targeted fellow. Division: The ability to separate oneself and the being possessing you. (If the target who is being separated lacks a physical form, they could disappear) These two abilities are yours to wield. I see. So Shizu-san's devil appearance was the result of this unique skill, huh? Just my first impressions, but wouldn't this skill mix well with mine? Although this slime body doesn't sweat, I certainly felt cold sweat at that thought. This is essentially the first step in understanding an opponents abilities. But, more importantly, can't I use this to erase their skills? Solution. Skills engraved upon the soul can neither be separated nor destroyed. Sadly, it wasn't that omnipotent. But, I am certain that it will mix well with my skills. | ||
~ WN ch. 29 |
Received. The unique skill Deviant is capable of the following… To sum up what the Sage told me, Deviant's effects could be broadly divided into two categories. Synthesize: Transform two differing targets into a single object. Separate: Release the properties inherent to the target and make it into a separate object. (The original object may disappear if it has no physical form.) This appeared to be the main engine behind Shizu's transformation. Human and spiritual forms, two very different things, synthesized into a single creature. It was hard to say whether Ifrit took Shizu over first, or if Shizu invented the Deviant skill to keep Ifrit from staging a complete power grab. There was no way of knowing for sure now, but either way, it was clear I could adapt this skill for a number of things. I already knew that Synthesize could be applied to skills, leading to all manner of other combinations. Perhaps it could be combined with magic as well? Maybe fusing flame and wind to create hurricanes? Or maybe I could give magical effects to weapons and trigger a special attack with just a little magic force? To give you my honest opinion, this Deviant skill was a scarily good fit with my own skill set. As a slime, I wasn't capable of nervous sweating, but I might as well have been. A few quick experiments had already given me Control Particles and Dark Flame, and I now also had full control over electrical attacks. There were tons of monsters left for me to Predate and glean new skills from, and I planned to do that as much as I could. And for that matter, could I use the Separate function to seize skills from my enemies? Received. It depends on the specific scenario. However, erasing or separating skills etched into the target's soul is not possible. So it couldn't do everything. But it'd work sometimes? I'd need to figure out exactly what was available to Separate from my target first. | ||
~ LN vol. 2 |
To bypass the first 2 Resistances/Immunities, you'd need Soul Manipulation to a high enough degree to affect the target (Exception: This Resistance/Immunity only applies to Power Null that causes a permanent erasure of abilities, but effects that only temporary suppress abilities within an area or temporarily seal someone's abilities would still work normally unless the character in question got a specific ability against that as well, Unique Skills and above might still work, however).
For Power Absorption the standard is even higher: For Unique Skills, aside from Soul Manipulation, you also need Resistance to Soul Manipulation, since Unique Skills require a strong soul to have. The resistance might not be neccessary for Intrinsic, Common and Extra Skills though.
Power Mimicry would be a case-to-case basis. If it's shown to reproduce abilities from sight or other senses from only partially available knowledge and can be integrated into a "slightly altered" version to "fill in the blanks" with something more familiar to the user, then it would probably succeed, but I think that individual would still need Resistance to Soul Manipulation for Unique Skills and above. However if it's a power that needs to reproduce the entire formula, then it wouldn't work unless the person in question can use Soul Manipulation.
