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2) I feel like the very idea of making characters lose their special abilities would be tough to carry out, just because I suppose it sort of depends on what counts as a "special ability". Like, for example, Vash is a superb gunman - would that skill count as one of the abilities lost? And if so, to what extent would it be lost? Would his skill only drop down to, I dunno... superhuman levels? Or would he lose completely lose all finesse with his gunmanship?
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I think there's a vast difference between skill and power.

Skill is exactly what you described: superb gunman.

Powers on the other hand are things. They're things that push the boundary beyond simple "superhuman gunmanship" or "skilled driving". We're talking using magic or breathing fire. Though it's up to Dead Cruiser to say what counts as a power and what doesn't.

Though I'm gonna wait for Grey to have the final say on if powers should be disabled for the JJBA challenge and if we get to keep out Stand Powers afterwards.