[quote=Kaga]
I have a couple questions/concerns:1) What do you mean by "Stand"?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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1) A stand is "a powerful vision, created by your own life energy." In function it is an avatar of an individual's power, formed from spiritual or psychic energy. A few basic rules preside over their function, but exceptions to the rules are somewhat common. A person that can manifest as Stand is a "Stand User," and there is normally only one Stand to one user. Stands are a part of their user, and can be controlled freely by them, but any harm done to the Stand is likewise done to the user. Stands can only be seen by Stand Users, and can only be harmed by other Stands, or similar spiritual phenomena. Personas and Oversouls are both successors to this concept, so if you can understand them, you basically have the idea.

2) If it were up to me, I'd pass over to the Stand whatever the user has that could be considered a "power," rather than a "skill." Though it's possible that the Stand could just be something that augments the skill. [b]「Emperor」[/b] is literally just a gun.

Anyway, GS, magic is not actually a necessity to unseal the Binding Blade. All it requires is a blood sacrifice (in game terms, combat damage to a player). The thing about spellcasters was just conjecture on Raineh Daze's part. In terms of translating game mechanics to the story, I consider the dragon to be Sorin's opponent, and therefore a "player," in the same way that any other character in the RP would be a "player."