Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20160402201256/@comment-27450328-20160415224825

Phantomlink959 wrote: we have no reason to believe a semblance can be directly harmful to the user.

Ruby can go well past terminal velocity and into mach speeds with her semblance but is not harmed by the rapid acceleration or decceleration.

If it IS harmful to him, he should be able to limit use on his own without forcibly restricting it.

You can still have gradual progression of power without forcibly restricting it. We've already been told aura and semblance can be refined over time with practice, rendering the idea entirely void.

Salem is not a half grimm, we generally agree she can control them because she is the one who created them, as it is generally agreed Ozpin is directly related to the origin of the maidens.

I do not assume it always was that bad, or it always will be, but in a world as hostile as Remnant just a few moments (let alone full years) is more than enough to destroy entire kingdoms. Yet you have no reason to assume the contrary, as Ruby may use her aura to prevent herself from harm. It is not because you an control smoke that you are immune to its downfalls. And Ray have a too small aura reserve (not trained as a hunter/fighter) to use it completely on that.

But even with that, I may drop the stabilier part and make him limit his semblance himself, only going full powaaa when needed, and the "refine" part will come from him getting used to it over the years and being able to use it more.

Good thing for Salem not being hybrid.

I really shouldn't have said that sentence, but it sounded cool in my head. So let's just stick to what I have said about downgrading it to a canon level.