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Magic and Mayhem

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  • A Guide to Writing Magic Systems
    Magic and MayhemWriting
    By Michael Alwill
    December 10, 2019
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    A Guide to Writing Magic Systems

    If you were to grab a stranger off the street and ask them what magic was, well… first they’d probably mention someone like Penn and Teller, ...
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  • Magic and Mayhem
    By Chris Mahon
    May 14, 2018
    2017
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    Martial Arts and Magic, Part 4: Qigong and Inner Power

    Part 4, all right! If you haven’t read the previous installments, here are the links: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. I’m going to start ...
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  • Magic and Mayhem
    By Chris Mahon
    April 28, 2018
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    Martial Arts and Magic, Part 3: Internal VS. External Styles

    All right, here we go again–talking about martial arts, movement, and magic systems! If you haven’t read the previous articles in this series, Part 1 is ...
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  • mahon-bagua-magic-system
    Magic and Mayhem
    By Chris Mahon
    April 14, 2018
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    Martial Arts as Magic, Part 2: Baguazhang and the Basics

    Welcome to Part 2 of my mini-series on creating magic systems based on movement and martial arts! If you didn’t read Part 1, start here, you ...
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  • Magic and Mayhem
    By Chris Mahon
    March 28, 2018
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    5

    Martial Arts as Magic, Part 1: Yoga and Arhat Fist

    Fantasy runs on tropes. In fact, the clichés are so deeply embedded in the genre that you can make a splash by carefully noting them (“okay, ...
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  • Magic and Mayhem
    By Chris Mahon
    March 14, 2018
    2051
    1

    Evil and the Tao of Earthsea

    Note: Ursula LeGuin died this year. She was my favorite fantasy writer, if only because she wrote Wizard of Earthsea. I think I’ve written more articles ...
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  • Magic and MayhemTales from the TabletopWarhammer
    By Chris Mahon
    February 28, 2018
    3807
    2

    The Magic of Warhammer 40K

    If you want to shoot 3d4 magic missiles and colorful sprays of light from your hands, you play D&D. If you want to burst open the ...
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  • Magic and MayhemTales from the Tabletop
    By Chris Mahon
    February 14, 2018
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    Vancian Magic and D&D

    My very first introduction to D&D and its magic system came from the Dead Alewives’ parody “Dark Dungeons,” which can be summed up with the following ...
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  • Equal Rites (Feature)
    Magic and Mayhem
    By Chris Mahon
    January 26, 2018
    1908
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    Magic and Mayhem: The Genius of Terry Pratchett’s Magic

    I know Terry Pratchett put out a lot of books, and they were pretty thick on British humor and silly footnotes, but that doesn’t change the ...
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  • magic-mayhem-pure-imagination-chris-mahon
    BlogFeaturesMagic and Mayhem
    By Chris Mahon
    January 12, 2018
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    Magic and Mayhem: Welcome to a World of Pure Imagination

    As a fantasy writer, I think it’s important to listen to “Pure Imagination” from the 1971 version of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory every once ...
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