Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20160721222431/@comment-25936766-20160721233340

-Dust Manipulation: (how good your character is at using dust, 1 for combining dust with semblance, 2 for basic dust spells, 3 for Weiss-level Dust spells, 4 for remote activation, 5 for mastery)

-Dust use: (1 for basic dust ammo, 2 for Dust channeling weapons, 3 for dust infused weapons or clothing, 4 for dust infused tattoos, 5 for pure Dust spells)

There's something I've been wondering for a while:

1-When you say "Weiss-level Dust spells", what do you mean exactly? I mean, nearly-every time she uses a Dust spell, she uses her glyphs or her weapon to do so. And with some ocasional exceptions, most of the things she has done fall more under "basic level" than anything. And if it was about "higher than basic level" of Dust Spells, then calling it "Cinder-level" or "Glynda-level" would be more appropiate.

2-Why exactly is it assumed that making basic Dust spells is "a higher level" than using them with one's Semblance? If the reason is "Blake combined Dust with her clones but hasn't made a single Dust spell....", it could be just a matter of preference. For example, in Fable TLC I played as a Skill-only Hero. I could use high-tier spells and greatswords, but I didn't, not because I couldn't, but simply because I didn't want to and I prefered to stick to the bow. Her case could be the same.

3-In Dust Use: Let's say I make an OC that uses Dust Clothes, Dust Ammo, and Dust tatoos, but no Dust-channeling weapon. Do I put "1, 3 and 4"? Or just "4" and we assume the OC also uses it like in the 3-and-lower levels? And in case I do the former, when it comes to counting the overall points, I assume I should only count the highest number among those 3?

4-Also in Dust Use, why is "pure Dust spells" the highest tier? That's exactly what you can already do with Dust clothes and tatoos. Everything in that section sounds more like "Dust Equipment" than actual Dust Use as well. If "pure Dust spells" = "Doesn't need Dust objects, a crystal/powder is enough", then wouldn't that be covered already in the previous section's "Remote Activation"?