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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mr. Sanderson won the Whitney award!
« on: May 08, 2009, 08:40:51 AM »
Grats!
"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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But the sil'dam or whatever it's called (lady controlling the a'dam) can only use the linked-one's power through weaves she knows.
I agree with darxy.QuoteQuote from: Rrikor on March 31, 2009, 11:24:38 AM
Spoiler:
You forget that Rand only has one hand now and has not relearned how to fight with his left hand.
someone should have balefired that €%€# so that Rand could get his hand back...QuoteShe is far too valuable alive, in my opinion, especially since she may know how to regenerate limbs.
Why don't they just make her 'regenerate' Rand's hand then???
Spoiler:
You forget that Rand only has one hand now and has not relearned how to fight with his left hand.
Ogge, the original poster is talking about the tie-in short story "Hope of Elantris," which was released as an electronic Amazon Short on Amazon.com. It doesn't appear in the main Elantris book.