Skill Negation

The power to nullify the skills of others. Sub-power of Skill Manipulation. Variation of Negation.

Also Called

 * Anti-Skill
 * Skill Blocking/Cancellation/Dampening/Neutralization/Nullification/Suppression

Capabilities
The user can cancel out the powers of others, making them unable to utilize their powers as long as they are under the user's effect.

Applications

 * Can nullify skills
 * Can prevent skills from being used
 * Can disable one's combat skills to make them ineffective
 * Can make people unable to read or write.

Associations

 * Foreign Forces Removal.
 * Negation
 * Nothingness Manipulation
 * Obsolescence
 * Omni-Negation
 * Power Deactivation
 * Power Erasure
 * Skill Adaptation
 * Skill Erasure
 * Skill Manipulation

Limitations

 * May have limited range, including touch only.
 * Some skills may not be negated.
 * Unlike Skill Erasure, effects are mostly temporary, only effective as long as the targets are within range.
 * May be a one-shot effect, skills being negated only at the instant of the attack, and will reactivate right after.
 * Could be dangerous in situations where skills are required to resolve.
 * May be limited to "dampening" or weakening skills.
 * Cannot affect users of Negation Immunity.
 * Negating acquired skills via Skill Replication or Skill Absorption may prove harder, depending on the amount copied/absorbed.