Recent content by Raglan

One suggestion I've received is to make magic so difficult to use that only a few can use it with any expectation of success. As far as how this world is different from our own, the differences are not that extreme. If that's boring, you aren't wrong. However, I'm more interested in the...

No, the opposite - only humans exist in this world, and while their history has similarities to that of Earth, it is not the same.

Yes, though I think I'll only have humans in this world. I don't have a problem with the standard fantasy races by any means, I just can't think of anything interesting to do with them. The plot would center around a character based on the Greek Revolution and Prince Otto of Bavaria, who was...

You raise some good points, but I'm also concerned with things having at least some sort of internal logic to them. Would a society with magic users even need to industrialize, if they can use magic to fix the problem?

The good news in that regard is that this is not our world per se, but rather a fictional world clearly based on our world in the 1800s.

I watched the old BBC series Fall of Eagles, about the German, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian imperial dynasties from 1848 to 1918, and while I'm a little embarrassed to discuss my writing ideas, I have an idea for a story involving a royal family in a Gaslamp Fantasy series. The setting would...