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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
14 Replies
4974 Views |
June 18, 2004, 02:38:19 PMby The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|
|
|
staff picks 3
Started by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers « 1 2 3 ... 5 » |
61 Replies
13570 Views |
October 31, 2003, 09:02:32 AM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|
|
17 Replies
8292 Views |
November 10, 2003, 08:44:52 PM by Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock |
|
|
|
|
39 Replies
11284 Views |
October 01, 2003, 12:32:38 PM by Mistress of Darkness |
|
|
|
|
Still April Fool's, huh?
Started by Tage |
1 Replies
3203 Views |
April 12, 2007, 04:44:49 PM by Spriggan |
|
|
|
Style Guide
Started by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers « 1 2 3 4 » |
49 Replies
13126 Views |
October 15, 2005, 07:33:04 PM by The Jade Knight |
|
|
|
Subtitles
Started by JP Dogberry |
4 Replies
6281 Views |
November 26, 2003, 12:11:27 AM by EUOL |
|
|
|
5 Replies
7117 Views |
May 04, 2006, 05:05:28 AM by Mad Dr Jeffe |
|
|
|
|
21 Replies
6496 Views |
November 03, 2008, 07:33:15 PM by Miyabi |
|
|
|
23 Replies
6739 Views |
December 19, 2006, 11:47:44 PM by Spriggan |
|
|
|
Testing the poll
Started by Spriggan |
1 Replies
2477 Views |
November 29, 2006, 02:05:01 PM by The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers |
|
|
|
The Corner
Started by 42 |
5 Replies
4675 Views |
November 20, 2004, 02:29:49 AM by Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock |
|
|
|
3 Replies
8993 Views |
January 24, 2015, 07:05:56 PM by Hysdaula |
|
|
|
|
48 Replies
16212 Views |
January 24, 2007, 09:33:28 PM by JenaRey |
|
|
|
|
The Writing Group Section
Started by Xekim |
4 Replies
3210 Views |
October 27, 2008, 11:49:04 PM by Elmandr |
|
|
|
317 Replies
28941 Views |
October 20, 2004, 12:13:17 PM by Spriggan |
|
|
|
|
30 Replies
14101 Views |
April 16, 2003, 03:10:13 PM by Mad Dr Jeffe |
|
|
|
|
2 Replies
7170 Views |
June 07, 2006, 11:49:00 AM by Fellfrosch |
|
|
|
|
6 Replies
6567 Views |
July 29, 2003, 03:54:20 AM by Lieutenant Kije |
|
|
|
|
Thought re: Bios
Started by The Jade Knight |
4 Replies
6938 Views |
September 01, 2005, 10:48:01 AM by The Jade Knight |
Normal Topic
Hot Topic (More than 15 replies)
Very Hot Topic (More than 25 replies)
Locked Topic
Sticky Topic
Poll