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  1. Moonalight

    Can I use names from other cultures?

    A lot of times, for my characters, I like to take names that actually seem relevant for them. The only thing is that most of the names are from other cultures or religions that I know nothing about. Could it offend people if I named people and places using words from their culture?
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    Magic System Mayhem. Advice welcome.

    I see what you mean and there are a few guidelines I suppose. Such as some might never even discover their magic, some can't control it, and there are even magic tools that are imbued with power but come at a price to use. Other than that it's as open ended as possible for future ideas and...
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    Magic System Mayhem. Advice welcome.

    So set enough rules that it's not broken, but not so much that it chains me later?
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    Magic System Mayhem. Advice welcome.

    It's a bit complicated. You see there's another race in my world called beast-bloods, humans that can turn into animals. They aren't considered humans. But the magic users are a race that came around by watering down beast-blood lines. When they paired with humans and their offspring began...
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    Magic System Mayhem. Advice welcome.

    So in my book, I have a subrace of humans that can use magic. The idea is that there are many 'strings', if you will, of power and each magic user is connected to one of those strings. Say the string of elements, or psychics, or life. And each person's power generally differs because they're all...
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    Let's start with, hello.

    Hello to anybody who reads this! I'm Moona and I found this awesome forum while looking for a place to discuss fantasy writing. I'm just a simply grocery worker that plays god over the lives of my characters. For the last three years I've built the idea for my story up further and further, but...
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