Talk:Severing/@comment-74.171.87.59-20130328010227/@comment-25046389-20140718041446

A very interesting question. In theory...yes. In practice...doubtful. Omnipotent beings typically have Omni-Negation, which would nullify the effects of this power (possibly even the ability to use it) if its constantly active. They also have at least Nigh Omniscience if not Total Omniscience, so catching them off guard with Severing would be either extremely difficult/unlikely or just downright impossible. Even if they don't keep their Omni-Negation constantly active for whatever reason (energy reserves and/or physical/mental/spiritual strain would not be an issue since Omnipotence grants Absolute Condition and by extension Absolute Stamina) as soon as they realize that you have Severing and plan to use it on them they would activate it and you're screwed. There are however two ways I see Severing working on an Omnipotent being.

1.  If they have Ultipotence (Omniscience without Omnipotence; they can do anything but have to gain the knowledge of how to do so first) then you might be able to surprise them with Severing depending on how long they have existed and how close they are to Nigh/Total Omniscience and/or if they have learned how to use Omni-Negation yet.

2.  If you have Omnilock but they do not. Not all Omnipotent beings have Omnilock; the Judeo/Christian god is described numerous times in both the old and new testaments as being omnipresent, which is the exact opposite of Omnilock since with that you exist outside of everything. And while priests have stated that "god exists outside of nature" this is just a copout to counter the atheist arguement that if god exists within nature we should be able to detect/monitor his impact upon it even if we have no idea what we're looking at since if the bible is to be believed he interacts/interferes with nature on a somewhat regular basis. If you have Omnilock but the Omnipotent being you are trying to nerf doesn't then their Nigh/Total Omniscience won't mean shit since you would exist outside of their universe and everything related/connected to it. The only other factor is whether or not they keep their Omni-Negation constantly active. If not, then you're good to go. Otherwise it depends on if your skill/nature of Severing extends to Concept Destruction, which could be used to destroy the concept of negation to cancel out Omni-Negation.