"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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
2 Replies
1920 Views |
July 27, 2004, 10:32:02 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|||
2 Replies
1855 Views |
May 14, 2004, 12:05:20 AM by Mad Dr Jeffe |
|||
Ig Noble Award for Country Music Study
Started by EUOL |
2 Replies
2004 Views |
October 02, 2004, 08:57:59 AM by stacer |
||
Article: Staff Picks Albums
Started by EUOL |
2 Replies
1949 Views |
June 29, 2004, 12:55:02 AM by stacer |
||
2 Replies
1867 Views |
October 14, 2004, 03:25:21 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|||
2 Replies
1788 Views |
March 23, 2004, 12:39:35 AM by Mad Dr Jeffe |
|||
Dave Davies had a stroke!
Started by Mad Dr Jeffe |
2 Replies
1721 Views |
August 12, 2004, 10:09:11 AM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
||
Recently purchased
Started by Spriggan |
2 Replies
2978 Views |
February 04, 2008, 08:52:05 PM by Loud_G |
||
2 Replies
1814 Views |
June 08, 2004, 05:09:38 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|||
2 Replies
1880 Views |
October 24, 2004, 03:44:08 AM by Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock |
|||
What you Wish you were listening to
Started by JP Dogberry |
2 Replies
1938 Views |
November 17, 2004, 07:29:28 PM by Mad Dr Jeffe |
||
lostprophets
Started by Rak-O-Latern |
2 Replies
2537 Views |
August 18, 2006, 01:04:33 AM by Zal |
||
2 Replies
1935 Views |
June 09, 2004, 09:34:18 PM by Mad Dr Jeffe |
|||
2 Replies
2128 Views |
September 15, 2006, 03:06:15 PM by Fellfrosch |
|||
2 Replies
2320 Views |
August 17, 2003, 03:44:00 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|||
Musical Mind Control
Started by Harbinger |
2 Replies
2280 Views |
August 17, 2006, 04:15:06 PM by GLE |
||
1 Replies
2144 Views |
September 30, 2006, 11:56:31 PM by Peter Ahlstrom |
|||
A cover song.
Started by Miyabi |
1 Replies
2460 Views |
July 10, 2008, 12:53:01 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
||
1 Replies
1992 Views |
August 10, 2006, 10:52:00 AM by Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock |
|||
Appled
Started by Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock |
1 Replies
2289 Views |
September 16, 2006, 12:46:10 PM by Mad Dr Jeffe |
Normal Topic
Hot Topic (More than 15 replies)
Very Hot Topic (More than 25 replies)
Locked Topic
Sticky Topic
Poll