Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20150826074135/@comment-25555436-20150914191557

VedranTheII wrote: Not sure if that semblance makes it less mary sue-ish...it’s better that’s for sure, but still the type of bland ability you’d give to a main character with little to no personality...which ironically gives me an idea for my next semblance.

Aside from that…why do you think you can’t mix dust with aura to do elemental punches already without a semblance? -It's not Mary Sueish, it doesn't make you some overgod or anything. Though I do admit that it feels bland and a bit dull.

-I think you can, but not that you activate Dust and instantly your next punch would be a flaming punch, no. Instead, I think that you would need to either have Dust in your body, or use a gauntlet with Dust or a Dust-glove to make a fire punch.

Look at Yang. She doesn't make fire punches just like that, the closest she gets is firing the weapon while or right after punching someone. And her gauntlets's shots are awfully bad, so it's clear she doesn't use the gauntlets just for "extra range", if she did she would get a gun of some sort instead. No, she uses the gauntlets because it's the only way that she could make falcon punches here and there.

Now, in this particular case mixing the Dust with the Semblance applies the element in physical contact, not necesarily punches and kicks, not so much because you're using Dust with your weapon or whatever to make a fire punch, but rather because your Aura itself is in flames, and as such your punches would be in flames as well.

It's pretty much the difference between making a ring of fire right beneath your feet with magic, and being set ablaze yourself (in this case you wouldn't kill yourself that way though).