Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20161205132101/@comment-26397825-20170130091315

Hmmm. What aura effects have we seen, actually? Every other time, it's been standard aura slashes or shields, I think. And the aura-break effect. It would seem likely that everyone can glow like Pyrrha and Jaune did when they unlocked Jaune's aura, so it wouldn't really count as a unique effect. And we have already seen that shields and slashes are usable by anyone who decides to learn it.
 * Ruby's petals, which are because she turns into them apparently
 * Yang's fire, which only appears when she's angry and activates her semblance
 * Neon's rainbow trail, which activated when she did her speed boost thing
 * Pyrrha's red glow which was in response to focusing her aura and unlocking Jaune's
 * Pyrrha's black outline, which was when she used her sembalnce
 * Jaune's white glow, which was in response to his aura being unlocked
 * Jaune's white flash, which was during that first glimpse of his sembalnce we saw
 * Ren's shimmer effect, which was his semblance activating
 * Adam's red glow, when he charges and uses his Moonslice attack which is possibly his semblance

Yeah, I think we can probably do away with that part of the template entirely. It was added before we knew that Ruby turned into petals, after all, because the rose petal thing seemed like just a cool effect Ruby could do and her semblance was just a speed boost.