Creating a Fantasy Magic System 

I have a very similar system for a light-based system. Light mages can manipulate the different colors of light to various effects. The six types of light magic are destruction (red), augmentation (orange), creation (yellow), protection (green), restoration (blue), and emotion/cognition (purple). Most light mages can only use one color, though some can use two, but it is very rare for anyone to be able to use 3 or more. I designed this system with cooperation between mages in mind. For instance, an orange mage can make a green mage’s shield spell stronger, or a purple mage can calm the emotions of someone being healed by a blue mage. There also may or may not be a secret 7th color of light magic, invisible to the human eye, focused on corruption.

Black magic in a system like this would not imply evil, but instead would be anti-magic effects. Counterspells and spells that destroy magic items or spells that bestow resistance to magic would be Black.

Have you thought doing white magic as combination of all magic because of the White light is a combination of all colors in the color spectrum.

Wow, so detailed! Makes me curious about how void vs veil magic are thought of in different parts of the world and if magic practitioners have any theories as to why green magic is like that.

I like that you avoided black, it’s an unusual choice. By choosing colors you can incorporate the secret magics, the unseen colors, infrared and ultraviolet.

I have a color-coded magical system as well, though I have yet to write a story to use it in. It's actually very similar in some areas. Violet= Psychic and mind Blue= Fluid manipulation, wind and water Green= Necromancy and communion with spirits Yellow/Gold= Creation and inspiration, art Orange/Bronze= Earth and metal Red= Blood magic and healing, manipulation of the physical body. Black= Physical magic, strength and combat White= Energy, creation of lightning, as well as temperature.

Ran into your videos a couple days ago and I've been enjoying your worldbuilding, great stuff! Looking foward to learning more of your world!

I find it interesting that green would be associated with such a negative magic. I always associated green with life and growing things.

Have you thought doing white magic as combination of all magic because White light is a combination of all colors in the color spectrum like the magic of life and black as the absence life

If you’re using colour theory from art as a source as a guide for your magic, you could add two (or three) more colours into your system. This is white, black, (and grey). White is all colours, Black is without colours, and grey being the between those two. By your system, you already have darkness/void, so to simply what they could be is: White could be your Devine magic, as it’s the raw, unrefined, full power of all the magics. Rolemaster RPG would call it arcana. Such magic may not be just kept to your deities, (if you have them,) but to masters of all seven disciplines, you have for magic; a very rare to legendary few. Black magic could be technology, so electricity, basically. Those who have no magical abilities, or perhaps those that use a power available to all, but nothing to do with your other disciplines. This is where your artificers and such exist. Using science instead of the mysticism. Grey magic, would be those that mix science with your other disciplines of magic. I hope this inspires you. Feel free to use these insights to your system to further develop your magic system.

How does the magical elements work in your system? Is it separate, or does it exist? If it does exist, what are your magical elements? Many cultures of our world at different times had different choose elements. Historically The west had four to five at the beginning: earth, water, fire, wind, and quintessence/aether. The east had five: fire, earth, wood, metal, and water.

Woah, this is amazing!

I just found your channel and i love it

I have a similar magic system with 6 sources of magic (with some similar themes like earth to orange) and a seventh from the negative counterpart to the 6 others, and I love the idea of each person having a magical affinity (my magic would fit in quite nicely with that concept)

Personally I abandoned the class system entirely in my RPG project which is reflected in the magic system as well. I instead opted for magic based on "Belief shapes Reality" and "Manifestation of Will" principles. So a person with a strong will might manifest some form of magic that lets him or her alter, warp, or manipulate reality in some way known as (Magic). So rare are such people that 1 in a million people might be born with arcane potential. Mind you, there are ways for weak willed people to use magic (Ritual Magic, Eldritch Artifacts, and Magic Items). Though because magic is VERY rare and VERY powerful, like a greek legend where a magic object is adventure shaping. A mage might manifest only two different spells in their life that make them seem godlike compared to a normal human. Though because belief shapes reality, collective beliefs about a region or person can unknowingly manifest curses or blessings upon someone or somewhere. As no one in the setting knows why magic exists or how a person with magic naturally got it. That is something players will have to learn throughout their adventures.

If you are using color system does that mean the other species would have their own special magic as there are many colors humans can't see or are there only 7 for magic and also what about colorblind people 😅?can they use color magic even though they can't see it?

I have question about green, why you don't make it into nature magic?

This seems generic but Love the system as the whole.

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