Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.

14.10: Magic Systems

Your Hosts: Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mahtab

Let’s design magic systems! We talk about how we do it, and how the principles of magic system design apply to the science fiction systems we create, and vice-versa.

NOTE: In this episode we’re talking about “hard” magic systems, where there are well-defined rule sets (even if the reader isn’t shown them explicitly.) Next week we’ll talk about “soft” magic.

Credits: This episode was recorded by Dan Thompson and mastered by Alex Jackson.

Homework: Take a “soft” magic system, and turn it into a “hard” system. Give Gandalf rules.

Thing of the week: The Third Eye, by Mahtab Narsimhan.

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