News:
"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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
3 Replies
1608 Views |
March 22, 2006, 10:34:29 PMby Paul_Gibbs |
|
|
|
|
7 Replies
1514 Views |
June 05, 2006, 04:13:49 PM by Shrain |
|
|
|
|
3 Replies
1220 Views |
March 31, 2005, 09:56:39 AM by Entsuropi |
|
|
|
29 Replies
8209 Views |
January 03, 2007, 10:12:35 PM by Fellfrosch |
|
|
|
|
10 Replies
1352 Views |
January 25, 2004, 12:46:06 PM by Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock |
|
|
|
|
12 Replies
1332 Views |
July 06, 2005, 05:35:59 PM by 42 |
|
|
|
|
7 Replies
1509 Views |
July 16, 2004, 10:40:56 AM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|
|
|
|
0 Replies
1251 Views |
December 15, 2005, 01:00:50 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|
|
|
|
review: X-Men: The Last Stand
Started by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers « 1 2 3 ... 5 » |
71 Replies
11427 Views |
January 02, 2007, 07:57:36 PM by Fellfrosch |
|
|
|
3 Replies
1130 Views |
July 08, 2004, 06:59:29 PM by Mad Dr Jeffe |
|
|
|
|
0 Replies
1192 Views |
September 26, 2005, 12:48:26 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|
|
|
|
4 Replies
1599 Views |
August 20, 2006, 10:46:21 PM by Kuntrey_Pilgrum |
|
|
|
3 Replies
1247 Views |
July 07, 2005, 11:17:41 PM by Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock |
|
|
|
|
6 Replies
1365 Views |
October 31, 2005, 02:43:37 AM by Chimera |
|
|
|
17 Replies
2297 Views |
December 28, 2005, 01:58:28 PM by Fellfrosch |
|
|
|
|
20 Replies
2468 Views |
April 12, 2006, 01:19:44 AM by stacer |
|
|
|
|
3 Replies
1080 Views |
April 30, 2005, 03:30:41 AM by origamikaren |
|
|
|
|
4 Replies
1507 Views |
August 31, 2006, 01:10:17 PM by Mad Dr Jeffe |
|
|
|
|
0 Replies
1272 Views |
July 08, 2005, 08:56:11 AM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|
|
|
|
7 Replies
1150 Views |
November 09, 2004, 11:16:37 AM by Spriggan |
|
Normal Topic
Hot Topic (More than 15 replies)
Very Hot Topic (More than 25 replies)
Locked Topic
Sticky Topic
Poll