Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-66.102.6.165-20151122194151/@comment-25396609-20151123173850

VedranTheII wrote: Phantomlink959 wrote: Dust is basically just mana so i can't think of a reason why it might cause heath problems (except the physical damage) Err..no, that’s aura. Aura is basically mana, dust is basically potions, which when properly mixed give you hp and when improperly mixed become poisons.

I'm talking about MtG mana, which is pure elemental energy drawn from the land and chanelled into the spells. Humans and other races have some natural mana, attuned to whatever region they're from, but anyone using a substantial quantity of magic has to pull it from an external source.

Dust is like that mana, although it was compared more specifically to Materia, another source of energy drawn from the land, which is stored in crystaline form.

Aura is closer to ki, being an energy source from within the body and generated indefinitely.