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  1. Ronald the wise

    HELP ME STUDY (Create) MAGE CRAFT (A magic system)

    MY GRIMOIRE HAS BEEN DESTROYED (my creativity is gone) SO I NEED SOME MAGES TO HELP ME STUDY (Give me ideas)! My current "Grimoire" : MAGIC SYSTEM.docx
  2. S

    Machine Magic/Mecha Magic

    Cleaned this up alot. I am happy with it but I would just like to know peoples thoughts. I feel like I could make a lot of fun societal ramifications for all of this. But at the moment just looking for thoughts on the system iin a vaccume. The Clockwork Plane, a sub dimension created by the...
  3. R

    Dinosaurs, but real

    So, I'm thinking of adding a few species of large Dinosaur-like reptiles but base them off what we think dinosaurs looked like now instead of 15 years ago, aka bright colors and odd patterned feathered behemoths. And oh yeah, they'll probably all have a sort of magical attribute. Anyone else...
  4. BJ Swabb

    Granderhill Volume Two: The Unexpected Journey

    Four Islands Two Great Adventures After visiting the first of the Four Isles on the Sea of Legends, Damien, Evelyn and their fellowship heads for Tormal Isle the second island in order to fulfill a deal they made with the leprechaun named Charles. During the expedition, Damien learns some...
    • BJ Swabb
    • Portfolio
    • adventure dragons fairies island kidnapping magic mideval mythical creatures travels
    • Portfolio entries: 8
  5. BJ Swabb

    Prologue: Part One

    The great ball is just about to commence at the great castle garden, as sanction leaders and a few of their loyal warriors and advisors begin to arrive. It is an early evening, as the sun begins to lower for the day, and the wind calms down. And the day for young Evelyn Scarlet is about to come...
  6. BJ Swabb

    Granderhill Volume One

    A Treaty Broken A Demon Released And A Prophecy that Needs To Commence After a great interruption from the Dark Trio things for the land of Granderhill turned from a peaceful land to a land of hiding and fear. With the great King of Torman missing, and no real heir to take the throne, the...
    • BJ Swabb
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    • adventure magic mideval mythical creatures
    • Portfolio entries: 18
  7. A

    Hylos VS Tempest

    Hylos emerged from the dense forest into a large clearing, the place that he last encountered the species that he was calling Tempest Crows. He strode into the clearing with purpose, making no attempt to sneak up on the enormous bird. Hylos was not considered a short man among Piminians, and...
    • AlexArcter
    • Portfolio entry
    • 7 min read
    • bird combat crow fantasy fight mage magic wizard
    • Category: Fiction
  8. Electro Queen

    Questions about fantasy weapons and weapon design

    Man its been awhile since I’ve posted anything on this website. This one’s gonna be a little different though. Rather than asking a single question in relation to a single underlying story/world building problem, this one’s gonna be broken down into a list of different questions all about a...
  9. D

    Windwalking Magic System

    Hello! This is my first post and I have a draft idea of a magic system :] This is a magic system centering around the usage of air and breathing. This system is called Windwalking, and those who are able to use it are called Windwalkers. Windwalking is not an innate or a learned ability. Rather...
  10. E

    How can absorbing the life force of human sacrifices to fuel spells decrease your own life span?

    Alchemy is a branch of magic practiced by witches that involves transmuting materials in the natural environment into various other materials through the use of mana, akin to the life force within humans. The relationship between mana and magic operates similarly to currency in trade and...
  11. LieutenantWolf34

    Seeking Ideas For Magic-Users In The Early 19th Century

    I'm world-building for an alternate history version of Belle Epoque with magic and the like. While I already had some ideas which will be listed below I'm seeking ideas for any more magic users. On Magic Magic is well known in this world being used for many things all the way up to the...
  12. Abhorsen

    The Aspects Of Magic From HP To Brandon Sanderson

    Hello all, I'm new here so go easy on me! :P I joined after discovering a fascinating thread of Old Kingdom fans! Thought I was the only one! Anyway, I wanted to hear what people thoughts were on how magic, or, the difficulty of magic, is presented in popular series. HP for example, are the...
  13. T

    Magic System

    Hi! My favorite world, that I've been working on for quite a while, was mostly built around the political system that I've developed. I'm now stuck at trying to figure out how to incorporate magic into it. so far in what I've written I've used elemental magic - a system in which people with...
  14. Dare Pelletier

    Which Magic system best suits my World?

    My world is a high fantasy secondary world inspired by the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression. The world has the technology of this time period and also will have a magic system which coexists with the technology. I have several ideas for my magic system, but can’t decide which one to...
  15. P

    Basic Question, need help!

    hello all, my name is Patrick jo, as you can see i am new on this platform, actually i've been searching for this kind of website before, to help me get an inspiration for my story. So the Idea for my writing is called Saint Michaelus, its an order created in medieval europe to terminate...
  16. PianoFire

    Magic As a Tool, Instead of a Replacement for Technology

    Hey, first time posting. I’m starting to create the bare bones of this world, and I’m still getting the whole skeleton together. The basics that I have so far is that the most developed parts of the world do have very rough technology. Think DaVinci, and possibly bordering Tesla once...
    • PianoFire
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    • culture governance magic magic element rules technology world building
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: World Building
  17. Michael Roy

    Is giving mortals a way to temporary immortality too op?

    I have a story finished up, but I'm reconsidering making some major edits. I came up with two potions that could give mortals (aka humans) temporary powers in this story. One called Immortalem Interficere allows a mortal person the power to kill an immortal person for 24 hours. The catch is...
  18. Some of my Fantasy/Scifi/Humour works

    The Lord of All

    One of my latest ones. Fantasy. Velvet, a young woman, is rescued from an attack by two strangers. She finds out they are just trying to get back home, and decides to help them. Unfortunately, this task is going to involve a lot more than taking a ship to another city! Brief Excerpt: The...
    • Chinaren
    • Portfolio entry
    • 3 min read
    • fantasy female protagonist magic warrior wizard
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Book Chapters
  19. mc.joeyy

    My Elves

    In planning and drafting my fantasy novel, I've come to learn that the elves found in my world aren't too much like elves traditionally found in fantasy. I wanted to know if this was a problem, and if they stray too far from their origins. Characteristics of my elves: -Have demonic ancestry (in...
    • mc.joeyy
    • Thread
    • blood demon elves fantasy magic nature world building
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: World Building
  20. I

    Casting Fire from Food

    So, according to some Pignite's Pokedex entries, it has the ability to convert the food it eats into the energy necessary to create fire internally (Fennekin is very similar, but it eats twigs and sticks instead of actual food). I'm currently designing a tribe of mages with the ability to...
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