Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20161126183941/@comment-25396609-20161218211750

If he's oout of range he loses the benefit of his semblance entirely. It simply doesn't work.

I'm iffy on tier 3 as well, because it's basically an excuse for him ot be able to gain bear claws.

The dust is infused in the same way people use dust with their aura for "spells", and directed through physical attacks like claws or biting.

Oh, Fuzzball tried to claw his face off, luckily he already had his aura activated and had been training so he was able to survive long enough to form the bond.

Of course it doesn't work on grimm, what do you think I am, insane?

If the animal dies it would either backlash and drop his aura to zero, or as with going out of range cause him to immediately lose the benefits. He does have an empathic bond so the partner dying would be pretty bad on him mentally/emotionall. Plus it would reset his abilities back to square 1 when he bonded with a new partner (assuming he didn't die too, because being a polar bear trained for combat and with its aura activated by his own during the bonding process they are frontlines together on the battlefield)