Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20150706220753/@comment-25396609-20150822184120

ditch any conection with canon characters besides being in the same organization at the same time.

we also do not know Cinder is pyrokinetic, as her outfit ALWAYS lights up when she uses fire, implying dust use. she could be a pyrokinetic that uses dust to amplify, but hard to say for now.

Pyrrha is an ace, she doesn't really have to follow balancing because she is designed to be above the line.

one theory about Weiss is that, given she is a more traditional support mage, her glyphs allow her to alter the literal elemental ability of dust into a more metaphysical aspect, so the standard literal restriction would not apply, or would be altered in some way.

as for thraits that are most, as you said, 'deplorable' remove the phyical contact, make it a ranged ability with a limit of around 3-4 meters.

As a side note, I feel like the dry bombs you mentioned would be better off as powder charges or standard grenades, but that's personal taste more than anything.