Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-72.69.34.104-20160921225807/@comment-10390252-20160923182441

We've had this discussion a long while ago, so I certainly can't complain about new users not remembering it. I have a few ideas:

Sword Special Capability

The pommel at the end of the sword hilt can pop out to reveal a dust crystal mounting. The blade is then energised with the dust crystal's energy type (fire, ice, electricity and so on);

Shield Special Ability

The shield is made up of a matrix of very small (nearly microscopic) directional Gravity and Electricity Dust. When energised by a suitably powerful Aura, it generates an approximately 3 metre diameter force- and energy-shield along the plane of the shield face. The drawback is that the shield taps your aura and you can only sustain it for a minute or so at most.

Secondly, it turns out that this could have an offensive mode if one has a freakishly powerful aura (such as that enjoyed by a certain tow-headed klutz of our acquaintance). If your pour all your aura into the shield at once, it generates a hyper-beam-like directional force blast that can completely destroy any Grimm except a dragon. When Jaune uses it, it knocks his HP all the way down to 1 and he usually faints but it does give him the ability to be the joker in the pack in a tight spot.

Basically, my idea is to make Jaune primarily a defensive character but with a huge one-shot 'Wave Motion Gun' last-resort offensive special ability.