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Tag: magic systems

Home›Posts Tagged "magic systems"
  • BlogGuests PostsWriting
    By The Fantasy Hive
    June 16, 2022
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    How to take your Magic System to the Next Level – GUEST POST by Astrid Knight

    Today, we’re super excited to welcome Astrid Knight to the Hive! Astrid is here to talk all things magic systems. Before we hand you over to ...
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  • A Guide to Writing Magic Systems
    Magic and MayhemWriting
    By Michael Alwill
    December 10, 2019
    20550
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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
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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 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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  • Magic and Mayhem
    By Chris Mahon
    December 14, 2017
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    True Names, Binary, and Mathematics as Magic

    A while ago, I decided to sit down and flesh out the notation and structure of magic in my world. One of the key problems I ...
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  • Steampunk Eye (Stock Feature Image)
    Magic and Mayhem
    By Chris Mahon
    December 14, 2017
    2045
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    Hidden Layers: Spell Maps, Illusions, and Neural Networks

    Anyone who’s ever watched Serial Experiments Lain remembers the scene when Lain goes to greet her friends at school, but instead a doppelganger emerges from her and goes in her ...
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