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Music / Re: What are you Listening to?
« on: June 12, 2009, 09:41:35 PM »
Yeah I have and I couldn't agree more. Love these sort of bands.
"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.
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Rhapsody of fire - The mystic prophecy of the demon knight.
this song is totall 16 minutes of awesome. It's symphonic metal (that is, a metal band backed up by an orchestra and choir)
It just seems sad that Paolini doesn't try to vary away from that formula. It's not all that fun to read when you can predict the next action of every character, there's no mystery or suspense.