Vous l’aurez remarqué, lors de la solennelle cérémonie d’ouverture du Femua 12, le mardi dernier à Anoumabo, Goudé Sodoua, alias Goudé a brillé par son absence. (last edited Jun 01, 2010 07:23AM) Would it be a good idea to make a type of magic that serves as a wake-up call to dormant magic? It's your system, so it's your rules! Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered.Don't expect to whip up a complex system of magic in seconds. The effects of the magic might be interesting, but the books shouldn't really be considered in a "Most Interesting Magical System" category. The problem with the Harry Potter universe is that the magic HAS no system. But, don't make it wild to the point of utter confusion.You can look at different fantasy books for ideas. Or you could just go … Please help us continue to provide you with our trusted how-to guides and videos for free by whitelisting wikiHow on your ad blocker.

Preview 3 chapters on Amazon Kindle ("Look Inside"). Maybe they could be shunned for having magic? Not nearly as well-written as The Ballad of Young Tam Lin (above), but the plotting in the early books is engaging, and the idea of a reality "more real" than our own is compelling. (last edited Dec 06, 2010 11:25AM) What if they were not chosen, they were given magic, forced to have magic. Ever feel that books such as Harry Potter have taken all the good Magic set-ups in books? (last edited Jun 02, 2010 09:17AM) Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 202,675 times.wikiHow is where trusted research and expert knowledge come together. Instead of spells or mana, Weapon of the Gods gives each character five types of chi based on classical Chinese elements. That sounds interesting. Your magic system should be uniquely designed to fit your world, and poaching someone else's system will only leave you with a boring and unoriginal idea. It has been done before, recently with Harry Potter. This system’s magic is tied directly into its kung fu, because once you can jump 30 feet in the air and shatter stone with your voice, you’re firmly in supernatural territory. (last edited Jun 01, 2011 03:13AM) What's a good magic system: Something that's functional within the story and how much it is useful to the plot.

Illusion magic becomes useless at later levels, since the spells don't do anything if the enemy is too high level and enemies scale to your level.
This depends on the audience and tone of your story. Skyrim has a "good" magic system, but if we're counting true magic, shouts shouldn't really count. As serious bookworms know, autumn reading is particularly rewarding. Going back a bit (well, a BIG bit), there's the Amber series by Zelazny.

Looking at how I've wrote it, my magic system is a somewhat decent hard magic system, it has rules, counter-measures etc.
Harry and pals have to yell out obscure words, but Lord V and Dumbledore just throw raw magic around, a la Once and Future King (oh, there's a good one for the list). (last edited Nov 21, 2011 11:10PM) The Irregular at Magic High School is a pretty interesting take on the conception of magic and it’s quite interesting seeing how magic is both idealised and limited within the story, as well as by the characters themselves. Plus, it's just really cool and quirky and unpredictable and spectacular and dragons play a central role. The skin crawls at the thought.)

(last edited May 20, 2010 07:04PM) To create this article, 26 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. Try to come up with something new.

(last edited Jul 27, 2011 07:05PM) For example, you could have a world where only certain people can do magic, like in “Harry Potter”, but they can only control the four elements, like in “Avatar: The Last Airbender”.All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being publishedUse care when borrowing ideas from others. The worst one is leveling as an Alteration mage, which gives you access to the Dragonskin spell, granting maximum armor for 30 seconds and has a 5 second cast time. 1 (Fullmetal Alchemist, #1)Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)The Black Jewels Trilogy: Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, Queen of the Darkness (The Black Jewels, #1-3)The Belgariad Boxed Set: Pawn of Prophecy / Queen of Sorcery / Magician's Gambit / Castle of Wizardry / Enchanters' End Game (The Belgariad, #1-5)The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1)The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) To create this article, 26 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. The Ballad of Young Tam Lin.

If you really can’t stand to see another ad again, then please We use cookies to make wikiHow great. If it's for an older audience, you might want to reference real languages; for example, the spells in Harry Potter are mostly based on Latin words. The days get shorter, the air gets cooler, and curling up with a goo...The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol.

You can also read a lot and draw from your observations from other books in your genre. but it was explained in one slog of an update in a … Is that good? The system itself has nothing to do with the level of quality of how it's presented. Yet there is absolutely nothing interesting (nor original) about the magic system.

Despite the thousands of types of magic in books, it's still possible to make a brand new magic.