Magic system

Here is some of the blue sky brainstorm sketches I did for Google ATAP through Massive Black in 2016. The focus of this project was an augmented reality fantasy game designed to bring people together. These are some of the ideas I came up with for the magic system, and it was a lot of fun to design, especially because I like system-dense "hard magic." I love being able to explore the possibility space and suggest hardware and game design ideas for the team.

In a world awash with elemental sorcerers and wand-wielding wizards, a fantasy writer can stand out with these uncommon kinds of magic!

Although magic is not a requirement for fantasy settings, they are a staple of the genre. When it comes to how new and unique a novel’s magic system is, well, they can be just as varied as fa…

Before I dig into the specific Wizard sub-classes, I need to give a little big-picture orientation on how the magic cosmology represented in the Octagram… …translates into the division and sub-division of spell-casting classes. I’ve prepared a handy reference chart you can use to keep track of how the various sub-classes break out with respect to their areas of magical focus (these tables are getting a little too complicated for my rudimentary HTML skillz, so I’ve started generating them as…

Sometimes it can be hard finding a magic system for your world that is completely unique but not too complicated to understand. That is what makes magical artifacts so great! Choose from a seemingly infinite pool of objects and give them supernatural abilities. But as with any magic system, there may be a price to wielding such power...

Sweet Writing 🍯 on Instagram: “Do you have magic/a magic system in your story? • #writingprompts #writing #writingtips #author #writingcommunity #writinginspiration…”

From u/DarkLordB

Runic magic is truly something different; no spellbooks or reagents are needed for this way of magic. Beside the inner powers of the mage, only two items are needed to use this way to cast magic. It is an experimental way of spellcasting, however; it is unreliable and sometimes even downright dangerous, because the effects are unpredictable and spell backfires are common. This is why runic magic is only an experiment in Britannia, and a majority of magic users still place their trust in the…