"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
Column by Chaos2651
Discuss it in our forums.
Subject / Started by | Replies / Views | Last post | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Best Quote lately
Started by Mad Dr Jeffe « 1 2 3 ... 26 » |
378 Replies
32566 Views |
January 03, 2006, 03:04:51 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
||
Cool Stuff found on the Internet V
Started by Mad Dr Jeffe « 1 2 3 ... 28 » |
412 Replies
41406 Views |
January 30, 2006, 02:23:17 PM by Tage |
||
437 Replies
54379 Views |
December 23, 2003, 11:18:13 PM by Tage |
|||
462 Replies
61939 Views |
December 22, 2005, 12:47:00 PM by Eric James Stone |
|||
502 Replies
54864 Views |
September 15, 2005, 02:18:26 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|||
Word Sense the III; Legacy Reborn
Started by GorgonlaVacaTremendo « 1 2 3 ... 36 » |
529 Replies
38723 Views |
May 30, 2004, 12:24:56 AM by JP Dogberry |
||
Cool Stuff Found on the Internet, again
Started by fuzzyoctopus « 1 2 3 ... 42 » |
621 Replies
132984 Views |
March 17, 2011, 04:38:36 AM by Faster Master St. Pastor |
||
694 Replies
51094 Views |
January 09, 2004, 07:33:12 AM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|||
739 Replies
54690 Views |
April 01, 2004, 11:07:36 PM by angel |
Normal Topic
Hot Topic (More than 15 replies)
Very Hot Topic (More than 25 replies)
Locked Topic
Sticky Topic
Poll