Dope video, really enjoyed it! I plan to get back to writing and I love my current magic system but I want to be more objective so it gets better (it's 3 systems so a lot to go through).
This channel has been a godsend right now. I find myself thinking about this stuff these days and I really wanted to find some youtube content to get me inspired, subscribed!
So glad to hear it! Thank you for the comment and the sub. Be sure to let me know if you have any questions or if there's something your struggling with and I'll do what I can to answer/address it
So one thing I absolutely love for when you can't let your character do a thing that they have never done before, but that they absolutely should be able to do in theory is just that it doesn't work and I don't know why. The best part is that if you want them to then be able to do that same thing later it only requires some magical techno-babel to justify that change, it becomes a discernible marker in the power growth arc rather than an inconsistency.
I think you should rename the video to "How to Expand Your Magic System". Encouraging writers to 'future proof' their magic system is a great idea, I'm doing that right now.
I actually want to do a different video on expanding your existing magic system as well as how to take one magic system and use it to create more magic systems
@@themagicengineer5314 Gotcha, I realized after I posted the comment that I should not have. You are much better at the english language than I. Are you gonna do a piece on magic system spectrums?
@@akamatt67 Not at all! I really appreciated your comment! What are you looking for regarding "magic system spectrums"? Do you mean the different types of magic or something else?
@@themagicengineer5314 I actually would love for you to give us tutorial on how one should format their magic system in Google doc or something similar. It would ease my current pain on how exactly should I categorize my magic system to make it readable or tidy.
@@themagicengineer5314 I actually would love for you to teach us how we should format magic system into categories or section that will be tidy and readable. It would help me tremendously on my current issue where I have a lot of notes and currently struggling on how I should compile it all together neatly
About the disability thing I used to like this book called Outlaws of Sherwood st. It's a Robbin Hood type story. I reread it this year and I hated it. There's a group of kids that get magic powers from this magic bracelet. One of the kids have glasses and one has a stutter and can't really speak. The girl with glasses when the power is working has perfect vision. When the power is working the boy has a perfect voice. And it made me really angry when I reread it because I have glasses and used to have speech problems.
I love this approach. I feel like this channel has helped me actually fully realize the magic in my world as an actual force of nature and not just a thing thats there Also what is the name of the other yt channel you recommend in a video?
@@themagicengineer5314 ya as a science nerd, I definitely appreciate it being put into more practical theory. Also, I think so, but the link doesn't work
@@absolutelycitron1580 That is so weird. I copied the link right from the page, but the hyperlink I gave you doesn't work for me either. Google "Exolore Podcast" and it should get you where you need to be. No idea why that didn't work
12:06 I set up a minor antagonist to becomes a god after their complex plan finally comes together. The last remnants of the old generation almost get the most improbable of wins, but due to infighting and old grudges they essentially allow the new villain to kill them all. Now I have my protagonists with no old gen help and against the most difficult foe possible... and I've written myself into a corner. Really sucks to suck. :/
@@themagicengineer5314 Thematically the old generation was full of hubris (in different forms) and insane egos. These flaws essentially came full circle and thematically closed the loop on their arcs by having their failures manifest itself into an unkillable god that they accidentally created. They had lived their lives as superior in almost every aspect to everyone else, so having the new antagonist kill them (and only by them fighting each other instead of the obvious threat) was long-deserved comeuppance. The best of them did hint in his final words that final hope still exists via the protagonists. So thematically, avoiding that scenario is difficult but doable. However, I want to leave it mostly untouched since it's such a great ending for everyone who died and such a great ascension for this new antagonist. However, now he has reality-warping powers (who's only limit is his mind - this could possibly be exploited but I can't figure out how) and the protagonists (powerful as they are) are hopeless against such a threat... except some of the old gen have hope in the protagonists. Why? I'm trying to figure that out. And I'm stuck. How do you access the mind of someone who has powers over seemingly everything else? This is final boss sort of stuff so thankfully I don't have to worry much about story-breaking after-effects. The antagonist should (hopefully) be put down or at least meaningfully-threatened.
@@hyronvalkinson1749 Well you have a couple of options you can explore. - Maybe the god's power isn't as overwhelming as they THINK it is. There might be nuances and limitations they can discover and exploit as the story progresses - maybe the god's power CHANGES over time, developing flaws and weaknesses - Maybe the protagonists ultimate goal is to become a rival got that is equally powerful. Not necessarily defeating the antagonist, but balancing it out - they could defeat the god through non-magical means by tricking it, taking advantage of vices, or otherwise acting outside the magic system. A lot of times when we end up in a "corner" it's because we've become too focused on using a specific type of solution. We have LOTS of tools at our disposal as writers, so if you can't find a solution with one tool, spend some time considering what other tools you have and how THEY might do the job. I hope this helps. Good luck defeating the unstoppable god!
I know I’m late to the party but I have a question. If you used magic to aid in a production process to create mundane items like furniture, (the item does not have magic inherent to it. Just created using magic) where might that fall in the magic-tech spectrum (Edit) Just reached the part in the video talking about firebenders in avatar which answered my question.
Excellent! That is definitely an example of where you're starting to blur the lines and take a magic system and find ways to make it function like technology in application
Dammit, my mind was somewhere else this time; too bad, there was some nice discussion there. I've been meaning to design a system that only worked through crafting, so the whole of this power would be divided and managed between the crafters and the users.
@@themagicengineer5314 Well, right now I've just the barest phantom of an idea, but I'm leaning on internal: most of the magic itself happens during the crafting of a magical item, when the artisan "programs" the magic into the object while making it. That said, I'd like to give importance to categories of Materials, Technique and Purpose of the item so, for example, a Metal shield, Forged for Protection would have a different effect than a Wooden shield Carved for Protection. End users, those who get the items, wouldn't need to be mages to use them, just "tap" into the magic (... somehow).
@@lucasfv1357 Nice. So blurring the lines a bit. It sounds like the FUNCTION of the artifact is internal while the nuance and PROPERTIES of the item come from external materials and such
This video helped me have some clarity for how my story will be develope further in editing. Tysm for the free knowledge! Id say the one im writing is soft-rational. There are a lot of cause and effect relationships happening that I know but the characters dont. Its basically the standard mana pool combined with animism. So everything has a mana pool since everything was created with magic or at least a few characters claim. Its mostly basic elemental but also light and darkness magic and a little bit of necromancy. The climax is gonna have some weird shit tho. Idk if it's super original but its gonna be weird
Hey, we're all about the weird stuff over here lol. You should definitely check out some of the videos on the blueprint, specifically where I talk about Perspective. i think that could be very helpful for where you're at
Well, that was brilliant and VERY helpful. Thank you. And... I don't always find it easy to watch really long talks so I liked the conciseness of this, packed with great suggestions that I can use in my WIP right now.
No worries. I'm always here to answer questions and I've got regular Q&As if you want to walk through anything. Also, here's some stuff that might help: www.brandonsanderson.com/sandersons-first-law/ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YvyffF35V2I.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iMLT8QQHEyM.html
@17:00 Why this creature, not that creature? Easy. Biology. In order to be able to control a creature's body, you have to understand how that body works. It takes time to disect and study a creature to understand how their particular muscles, tendons, etc. move. For me, a magic system must require some level of learning. Simple, brute force magic requires less so, but the more powerful, but defined you want an effect to be, the more learning is required.
I thought of a magic system where magic used tru focus points in every humanoid creature (aka humans elves ect.) . Both magic and non magic users have focus points (side note the densest concentration of focus points is in the hands mostly in the fingers) and an aura is emanated from all focus points .The aura can be felt better if more basic Mana(or elemental Mana) is released. No one is limited to just one element and can convert the basic Mana into elemental Mana . Beginner Mages are trained to manipulate the Mana inside their body and cast directly a element ball from their hands (fireball, waterball , earth shot, wind spike, etc) and an barrage of smaller element balls from their fingers (fire flares, water drops, stone bullets, wind streams ) the single shot cast type is more intense on the user's body than the barrage , because they have to draw way more basic Mana and then convert it to the desired element. Everyone who uses magic has a drawing limit on their Mana and reaching it usually for the average beginner mage will lead to them exploding the receiver focus points or at least damaging them. Eventually that limit can be broken by concentrating and releasing more extreme amounts of Mana, but still less than the current limit. This exercise is for the extension of the safe drawing limit and the draw limit at a lesser scale . There is also an indirect version of these cast types where the user utilizes their aura to decrease the pressure to the primary focus points ,but it requires a really great skill in energy control. There are also beam casts , laser casts, laser barrages and sub-elements like electricity, ice, metal etc.
Also Mana is restored in a few ways: passively(by converting nutrients to Mana) and by consuming food the more nutritious the food the more the Mana is recovered.
When fire beam, ball, etc of one user collides with the water beam , ball, etc of another user it creates a steam element that is harder to control because the two users have different energy signatures and can't control the blob of the two signatures.
Ummmm is mine ok?: This Magic system is about the energy types which is: Kinetic Energy -natural Potential Energy. -natural Gravitational Potential Energy Elastic Potential Energy Thermal Energy. -paradoxal Chemical Energy. -paradoxal Electrical Energy. -paradoxal Radiant Energy (Light Energy)-paradoxal Nuclear Energy. -artifficial Mechanical Energy. -artifficial Sound Energy. -paradoxal Magnetic Energy. -artifficial This Magic system came from nature and knowledge explaining the origins on each energy.(Paradoxal means both artifficial and natural) But there are limitations to Magic such as: -with modern Magic you can create simulations but if you try to get NPCs out of it, it'll have serious consequences as well as your energy draining and getting weaker and when that happens there won't be enough energy to keep the simulation alive but if you have lots of energy you can keep it alive for a short Time. -if your Magic type's the target type you Can access to a bunch of unique abilities but you cannot control weither you want to use it or not unless if you're chill in danger. -You cannot use any other Magic types that doesn't contain your energy type -You can gain another Magic type by just finding an extremely super rare ribbon And rules: -You can only use Magic if your energy isn't below 30% -you have to find a energy source to charge yourself And there are some other things that you need to watch out like paradoxal(Real) évents for exemple: -people going missing -static appears as a wall -mysterious Doors with the number "666" written on it -corrupted people that has a watery looking like black silhouette and that has multiple eyes all over their body.
@@themagicengineer5314 the definition of natural and artificial energies is not so complicated, so first of all natural energies can generate from natural objects like flesh, blood, bones, plants and many more. And cannot come from artifficial objects making it impossible for natural beings like humans, wolfs ext to have artifficial energy types... Unless if you find the extremely mega rare ribbon... And artifficial energies generates from artifficial objects/beings like robots, Hybrid, and many more and just like natural energies they cannot come from natural objects unless you find the ribbon... And paradoxal is both of them making them free so that's why all magic types has respective energy types and for the costumized ones or NULL ones like the target type are chill in danger so here's your answer!
I got mine a couple of days ago, today I finally could try it and... yeah pretty much what you said, I can't fit the pants, so I decided to check the trackers alone, the left ones straight up don't work at all, and the rest barely do, it has really demotivated me since I bought this on August 3rd 2023, I've been waiting for 9~ months for a total waste of time and money and I'm not sure what to do now, what would you recomend me? Should I talk to my bank and take legal action to try and get the money back?
Probably just what I did. Contact the support email and your bank right away. Your bank will probably want you to wait and see if they respond, but talk with them to learn what they will need form you to reverse the transaction. For me, I had to show that the product wasn't working and that the company wouldn't take sufficient steps to replace it.
Bear in mind, this is based on my definition of magic and magic systems (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hX-2Bg7n5wQ.html). There is plenty of sci-fi tech (especially in space opera) that doesn't follow physics. I get more into some of the differences between tech and magic in another video (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CNCts5auJmg.html)
@@themagicengineer5314 I understand where you are coming from but sometimes I could just ☠ Arthur C Clarke if he wasn't already. The existence or not of magic is at the boundary of the distinction between SF and Fantasy If yes then it's one thing, if no it's another. It's like saying a mule is a horse just because they look similar and do the same job on the farm.
I should point out for the record, that I’m a science fiction fan as well as a fantasy fan, but from your description, it sounds like my webcomic project uses a soft-rational system, much like Stargate SG-1.
@@themagicengineer5314 I’d be happy to explain the specific details of my soft-rational system if necessary. However, I should clarify that technically both Stargate SG-1 and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, draw inspiration from Thor from Norse Mythology, and that I definitely think that the MCU also counts as a soft-rational system.
@@isaacthewebcomiccreator9750 If that's the definition that works for you, then run with it. All of this stuff is intended to be a frame of reference to help you understand and improve your own systems, not to be treated as dogma :)
One thing I think could be really cool to see-and something I’ll design for a story-is to have necromancers have a “code of conduct” when it comes to their magic and rituals. To give an example: while necromancers still use reanimated corpses to act as minions and free, cheap labor, they also have laws in place that says only those who *agreed* to *willingly* let their bodies be used post-mortem can be reanimated. Then, you could have things like a society where people have something akin to a fantastical version of a “organ donor” status: when they die, their bodies are sent to the local necromancers to be reanimated as they are used. I also think a cool idea could be to have necromancy be used similar to exorcisms: in this case, necromancers find dangerous spirits (poltergeists, phantoms of murderers or murder victims, etc.) and forcibly send them to the afterlife (or whatever is after death) to help protect the living.
@@themagicengineer5314 I’m glad you do! And yeah, that is a good comparison! Also, if you haven’t checked it out yet, the Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir also has heroic necromancers who might have some aspects similar to Constantine (as of writing this, I have only read about the series but haven’t read it yet, but I hope to). To be honest, I even have a character in my head for this kind of story that would fit a lot of Constantine’s character as well (cynical, anti-social, snarky, etc.). I’m even brainstorming the story, and while I still have a ways to go, I do have a title and basic conflict: The Last Necroturgist-since technically speaking, “-mancy” is a suffix that just means “divination” while “-urgy” is a technically a suffix that means “work/technique for working with” I’m going to rename a lot of magic-users with that suffix in my story-and the main story will be about a group of five other mages trying to find the last remaining necroturgists/necromancers to stop an invading “zombies” with the catch being the zombies are biomechanical, H. R. Giger-styled, eusocial (and Hive Minded) creatures that actually have a *very* hard time working with dead and decaying matter. I’ll be sure to send you an email about when it’s available, if you’d like. 🙂
It's like the iceberg. How much is hidden beneath the water vs. how much you can see. How much do you need to see in order to ascertain the scope of what is unseen.
I'd start a conversation with your bank about your options. Let them know what happened (bought the suit, found concerning information, worried about delivery of the product) and they should be able to tell you how to proceed. For my bank, they requested copies of my emails with the support team and tried to contact the company on their own. When the company didn't respond, they marked it as something like "vendor did not provide product/services paid for" and refunded me.
This is for fiction. You can find a more complete explanation here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hX-2Bg7n5wQ.html&pp=ygUedGhlbWFnaWNlbmdpbmVlciB3aGF0IGlzIG1hZ2lj
Soft magick is like knowing the sound wind makes so perfectly that you can call on it like a freind. It's understanding so much about the plot that the plot reveals it's self to you rather than you attepmting to rwrite the story yourself.
We call it the basics of magic but the basics are the building blocks so really, the basics are the most powerful if you build on existing pillars of truth. Oh, is this not as above, so below. Wizards master the basics and sorcerers master self will. Tolkien didnt write fantasy he just repeated the story.
I find that actual linear growth will feel like it is slowing down over time. This is like how the difference from having $10 to $100 feels more like the difference from $1,000 to $10,000 rather than $1,000 to $1,090. For progress to feel linear, it should be exponential. Or put another way, dragons tend to cover a wider range of power levels than street thugs do.
And how many people actually understand the He (the Power)? Even the Trollans, who have bound the He into the sword that evenutally ended up in the hands of King Greyskull, didn't fully understand the He. They only know, the He was instrumental in creating the universe and, focussed through the Sword of He, it can turn even the weakest whimp into an unbeatable hunk of beefcake.
