Magic System Resources

[Anonymous No.17475729]

Hey, I want to work on polishing an idea for a magic system that I have been working on, does anyone have any links and online resources that could help me, please? The best one that I have is Sanderson’s Laws of Magic, and 4chan seems very divided on him for some reason.

https://coppermind.net/wiki/Sanderson%27s_Laws_of_Magic

[Anonymous No.17475737]

>>17475729
Don't shit up the catalog
>>17470514

[Anonymous No.17475764]

>>17475737
i love it when anon's try to treat this site like it's an actual forum worth moderating and keeping orderly.

[Anonymous No.17476818]

>>17475729
Here, I've got a few.

https://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/04/fantasy-worldbuilding-questions-magic-and-magicians/

https://crrowenson.com/magic/creating-magic-systems/resources-start-your-magic/?doing_wp_cron=1612585200.6349079608917236328125

A particular favorite site of mine is Mythcreants.
https://mythcreants.com/blog/how-to-create-a-rational-magic-system/
https://mythcreants.com/blog/how-to-create-an-eclectic-magic-system/
https://mythcreants.com/blog/73-limits-on-magic/
https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-ways-your-characters-can-acquire-magic/
https://mythcreants.com/blog/six-consequences-of-poorly-thought-out-magic-systems/

[Anonymous No.17476950]

Read Vance's Dying Earth stuff. It gets published in a single volume now.

[Anonymous No.17476956]

use your imagination

[Anonymous No.17476962]

>>17475729
/tg/ may be a board that is more helpful to you

[Anonymous No.17477847]

>>17476962
I've tried /tg/, they haven't been much help, sadly.

[Anonymous No.17477884]

>>17475737
Fuck off wannabe janny.

[Anonymous No.17477902]

>>17476962
Isn't /tg/ filled with trannies now?

[Anonymous No.17477945]

>>17477902
wouldn't know, haven't been there in over a year

[Anonymous No.17478099]

I actually spent a lot of time thinking about magic systems, so I thought I'd give my input.

Basically you can create your own meta-physics and mystical forces that shapes your wielders powers, but the powers themselves always turn out relatively the same (example : elemental forces, control of time/space, telekinesis, clairvoyance, etc).

The trick I think would be to make spell casting more like spell weaving, a dynamic and fluid dance, so that one spell leads naturally into the other.
Also, there could be a system of counters and balance. For instance, an enemy fires magic missiles and you put up an aura shield to deflect them, but then the enemy, in response, fires an energy orb which would shatter your shield so that you are then forced to blast it out of the air with a beam of light.

As far as inspirational magic systems I like Mistborn and the game "Lichdom : Battlemage" (I think that's what its called)

[Anonymous No.17478577]

Most magic systems are just circuitry, especially Sanderson's. because rather than being supernatural they conceive of a material resource that can be drawn upon and manipulated much like you would stone, wood, water. So, in these cased, magic ends up being logic gates, flow of some energy along a path, switches. Circuits. It is pretty limiting, but if you want your Magic to be immanent, worldly, material, rather than something beyond or outside it then that is the extant of it so you might as well just learn Boolean algebra. It has little to do with Meta-Physics but, rather, adding to pre-existing physics.

If you want your magic to be immaterial, you can still have a "system", but really all you need to do is pick rules you think are cool and not contradict them without plausible explanation. And you would be better served by drawing on religion, philosophy, maybe reading up on Theurgy and esoteric practices from around the world which all have explanations for how what they claim to do "works", although you wouldn't call them a "Magic System" in the same manner you would for someone sucking up Stormlight so they can fly or whatever.

[Anonymous No.17478807]

http://bethisad.com/conculture/questionnaire.htm
ctrl+f "magic"

[Anonymous No.17478866]

>>17475729
I'm going to post a basedjak, I'm going to do it