Lately I've been struggling to come to grips with a viable (as viable as fantasy can be) magic system that I like. It seems like you can go down one of two routes:
magical person + intention (will) = magic
or
magical person + spells/wands/incantations blah blah blah = magic
While the first seems to be much less cliched than the second, I'm still eager to somehow incorporate the more traditional magic system into my story (magical script possibly). How could you make the typically cliched spell-ish magic into something a little more modern?
I'm a great believer in two, three, four-hundred and sixty-seven heads are better than one and would appreciate any ideas you lovely people can think of.
magical person + intention (will) = magic
or
magical person + spells/wands/incantations blah blah blah = magic
While the first seems to be much less cliched than the second, I'm still eager to somehow incorporate the more traditional magic system into my story (magical script possibly). How could you make the typically cliched spell-ish magic into something a little more modern?
I'm a great believer in two, three, four-hundred and sixty-seven heads are better than one and would appreciate any ideas you lovely people can think of.