Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20150719111502/@comment-25857155-20150724210726

Jumping in a bit late here to address Baja.

My advice? Give him a fairly simple shortsword. I saw you mention letting him create things out of nothing (or out of Aura, rather) for his semblance, and something about throwing them? My suggestion is to have him main a one-handed shortsword, and make him proficient in thrown weaponry (like knives, needles, throwing stars, y'know, one of those (but not all of them!)). Have him use the blade primarily, but use throwing weapons as his ranged attack.

The Aura-crafted weapons would be augmentable by Dust, taking on the elemental effects of the type used. For example, fire Dust would have a chance to ignite a non-Aura-protected enemy, ice might freeze them, stone might have a higher force of impact (or perhaps that would be gravity), and they might have a different effect based on how they are used. Say, if he throws an ice-Dusted Aura-blade at the ground, it might create a patch of ice... or if it uses more Dust, it might create a spike of ice instead (or, with burn Dust, an explosion).

Just my two cents.