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Usually, when we build magic systems we ask what magic can do, what it can’t do, where it comes from, what it costs, and how somebody learns to use it.
Usually, when we build magic systems we ask what magic can do, what it can’t do, where...
When you’re creating a magic system, the first questions are: What can it do? Who can use it? Where does it come from? What does it cost? What are its limitations? Those questions help establish how the magic works.
But once magic exists,...
Secret societies are great fun to include in your world.
Secret societies are great fun to include in your world. You get to create hidden meeting places, coded messages, mysterious symbols, forbidden knowledge, and secret passwords that c...
Fantasy worlds are such a great place for secrets. There might be whole cities missing from maps, histories locked away in library basements, magic disguised as something ordinary, rulers concealing the truth of their lineage, or things tha...
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