Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160419024928/@comment-27447621-20160422221329

RayStrikeAbius wrote: If the theme itself is different types of naturally-occurring light, then I think that's pretty clever. However, I'd personally avoid giving ALL of them specific light-based powers for their semblances. It sounds cool on paper, but the whole team is limited to energy-based special combat, and they're screwed if they come across someone not affected by such techniques (like the guys with the mirror armor semblance a few posts up). Balance is key. Let me start off by saying I really appreciate the complement; yes, the team is all about natural light (excluding the sun, because that's kinda obvious and I want to be creative), and I personally am really proud of it.

Now, about your concerns...

Blaize was used for the most recent Monthly OC Contest we hold on the wikia; this month's theme (Chosen by Spirited) was Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales. I chose the Tinderbox, which focuses on a soldier who finds a tinderbox that, when struck, summons Dogs. If you scroll to the top and look for the Oath of Order Semblance, that's Blaize's Semblance, allowing her to form constructs of dogs.

So the team is not limited to light Semblances, but if I do wander, I want to have a reason like this.

Lunar Shift is Selene's Semblance (My favorite so far), it let's her mark an opponent (by touch, eye contact, or Aura bolt) and remotely control how much light the user's eyes absorb, allowing her (in tier 2) to blind people with darkness or light and make them see into other light spectrums. It can also buff her allies by giving them night vision or heat-seeking vision. The marks wear off after a certain time and after the marks wear off, the target's eyesight goes back to normal.

They aren't just limited to light-energy-based combat; in fact, none of them have an Energy attack Semblance, so no issues there...

So it's not solely based on light, but I'd like to keep it relatively close unless I have reason to stray, like I did with Blaize, you know?