"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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
23 Replies
10886 Views |
May 30, 2006, 10:20:45 PM by Boris_Flinn |
|||
MTG game night.
Started by FirstMateJack « 1 2 » |
25 Replies
10457 Views |
May 23, 2006, 04:01:28 PM by FirstMateJack |
||
5 Replies
4234 Views |
April 18, 2006, 03:59:48 AM by 42 |
|||
Win a free trip to E3
Started by Fellfrosch |
0 Replies
2850 Views |
March 23, 2006, 01:49:29 PM by Fellfrosch |
||
Unhinged
Started by Prometheus |
5 Replies
4273 Views |
March 21, 2006, 06:33:28 PM by FirstMateJack |
||
Free Comic Book Day '06
Started by Fellfrosch |
0 Replies
2583 Views |
January 23, 2006, 07:51:01 PM by Fellfrosch |
||
Ravnica pre-release
Started by Fellfrosch |
2 Replies
3150 Views |
January 20, 2006, 12:10:37 PM by Prometheus |
||
1 Replies
2508 Views |
January 16, 2006, 01:06:28 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|||
new ravnica deck challenge
Started by cyan10101 |
8 Replies
5021 Views |
January 10, 2006, 03:46:32 AM by Maveric78f |
||
ravnica, what will they think up next?
Started by cyan10101 |
3 Replies
3074 Views |
November 18, 2005, 11:02:24 PM by Lightning Eater |
||
Hecatomb
Started by Fellfrosch |
6 Replies
3108 Views |
November 03, 2005, 03:27:32 AM by cyan10101 |
||
Card Quiz
Started by Prometheus |
9 Replies
3204 Views |
October 27, 2005, 03:39:08 AM by cyan10101 |
||
What the crap?
Started by Fellfrosch |
1 Replies
2346 Views |
September 16, 2005, 01:32:48 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
||
World of Warcraft CCG
Started by Fellfrosch « 1 2 » |
17 Replies
6843 Views |
August 29, 2005, 09:20:36 AM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
||
6 Replies
3364 Views |
August 20, 2005, 09:24:46 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|||
16 Replies
4723 Views |
August 17, 2005, 02:39:56 PM by Fellfrosch |
|||
Penny Arcade CCG
Started by Spriggan |
0 Replies
2308 Views |
August 05, 2005, 02:30:45 PM by Spriggan |
||
review: WarCry
Started by Fellfrosch |
2 Replies
2362 Views |
June 10, 2005, 04:09:48 AM by Fellfrosch |
||
Magic and Art: You Make the Card #3
Started by Prometheus |
6 Replies
2969 Views |
June 09, 2005, 12:54:44 PM by Fellfrosch |
||
review: Horus Heresy
Started by Fellfrosch |
0 Replies
2186 Views |
May 26, 2005, 04:41:18 AM by Fellfrosch |
Normal Topic
Hot Topic (More than 15 replies)
Very Hot Topic (More than 25 replies)
Locked Topic
Sticky Topic
Poll