"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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Upcomming events
Started by Spriggan |
0 Replies
4534 Views |
June 02, 2004, 11:32:35 PM by Spriggan |
||
45 Replies
13782 Views |
January 09, 2007, 09:39:45 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|||
59 Replies
17850 Views |
December 28, 2006, 02:46:13 PM by Spriggan |
|||
Forum Downtime
Started by Spriggan |
3 Replies
14936 Views |
November 19, 2006, 11:01:10 AM by Spriggan |
||
Sasser Worm
Started by Spriggan |
0 Replies
4539 Views |
May 04, 2004, 04:20:54 AM by Spriggan |
||
6 Replies
7963 Views |
July 08, 2003, 12:53:52 AM by Spriggan |
|||
49 Replies
13085 Views |
December 30, 2006, 09:41:03 AM by Shrain |
|||
Just when you thought it was safe....
Started by Spriggan |
11 Replies
13061 Views |
July 02, 2005, 08:21:28 AM by Spriggan |
||
2 Replies
14375 Views |
October 23, 2006, 06:31:27 PM by Spriggan |
|||
29 Replies
26331 Views |
November 01, 2006, 11:58:59 AM by stacer |
|||
President Bush's Speach
Started by Spriggan |
0 Replies
6351 Views |
November 19, 2003, 10:26:04 AM by Spriggan |
||
MOVED: I would like to announce!
Started by Spriggan |
0 Replies
5867 Views |
August 08, 2008, 02:18:11 AM by Spriggan |
||
34 Replies
29027 Views |
August 21, 2006, 05:15:15 PM by House of Mustard |
|||
Changes to Article Submission
Started by Spriggan |
2 Replies
14496 Views |
July 08, 2006, 08:00:46 AM by Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock |
||
It's funny
Started by Spriggan |
10 Replies
9873 Views |
April 23, 2003, 12:06:19 AM by Fellfrosch |
||
Award Hickup
Started by Spriggan |
0 Replies
2930 Views |
January 05, 2008, 11:02:49 PM by Spriggan |
||
Because I care
Started by Spriggan |
4 Replies
3842 Views |
October 17, 2007, 01:06:54 AM by The Jade Knight |
||
28 Replies
9771 Views |
April 02, 2004, 11:16:05 AM by Spriggan |
|||
New critical Windows patch
Started by Spriggan |
3 Replies
6283 Views |
September 11, 2003, 05:14:38 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
||
QuickTimeCheck Scriptable Object
Started by stacer |
10 Replies
15378 Views |
August 23, 2006, 09:48:07 AM by Faster Master St. Pastor |
Normal Topic
Hot Topic (More than 15 replies)
Very Hot Topic (More than 25 replies)
Locked Topic
Sticky Topic
Poll