Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-6975131-20140516205611/@comment-5726563-20140530015853

"So from the Dust section on the RP moderation guidelines it says:

MANDATORY: Red (Fire), Cyan (Ice), Yellow (Lightning) Dust is allowed. Characters may freely use these types of Dust. MANDATORY: Blue (Water), White (Impact), Purple (Gravity), Green (???/Wind), Orange (???) Dust is allowed, but must be limited.

My suggestion: Be a little lenient on when it comes to color specification on Dust (like fire isn't set in stone to be red).

Reasoning: We're not too sure on what color actually does what, even though we do have a good idea about a certain color's effects. From those rules I get the impression that a specific color is set in stone to equal a specific element. But what about elements that have different coloring? Fire for example can be yellow, blue, green, carmine, etc. as well as the normal red and orange. depending on the chemicals added to it. It wouldn't make sense to have someone use a Red Dust crystal that uses Blue flames. You get a little more originality out of a character this way."

The colors are a little bendable, and we are lenient. But the effects themselves are mandatory. As in, you can't come up with your own psychic dust that only hurts minds. The powers listed are the ones that can be used, and the colors are a very big suggestion, but still that. Though we'd still prefer you use the colors, that way we can tell immediately what the effect it is.