Thread:Saris Khan/@comment-24384232-20141211031559/@comment-3403804-20141212144056

It's fine, sorry for the passive-aggressiveness. I like to pretend like I'm a mature guy, but I'm every bit as much of a man-child as everyone else here.

As for the concept Sei brought up, that one is very likely. That's one thing Zanjutsu could do against Kido which Hakuda couldn't. It'd be a difficult feat, made more difficult by the skill of the Master in question, but it would be fully doable. You could cut to the heart of the spell and essentially separate the will of the spell caster from the spell, causing it to dissipate and even blow up in their face. In the same vein, a true Zanjutsu Master might be able to cut between a Shinigami and their Zanpakuto, temporarily severing their bond. This would also work against Ressurecciòns.

If for some reason a Kido Specialist was stupid enough to let the Zanjutsu specialist get into range for their best techniques, the swordsman might be able to strike directly at what I call their "spiritual core". This is the place where they harness their energies, and also the fundament of their spell casting, as the core gathers the "wills" around the Kido Master. A good strike there would mean that they'd in RPG terms be "Silenced" for a while, their magic would fizzle automatically and they'd be forced on the defensive. If I were to attempt to provide an example of exactly where the spiritual core would be, I'd say it'd be in the exact area where Yamamoto struck Wonderveis with.

Specialists are extremely powerful for as long as they're allowed to use their specialization, but if they're ever in a situation where they can't? Then they're gonna get their butt handed to them on a silver platter. I don't dispute that, their greatest strength is their greatest weakness as well.