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11-12-2015, 04:25 PM

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whswhs

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Re: What Makes a Great Magic System?

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Originally Posted by David Johnston2

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I consider that a feature, not a bug. To me a great magic system is the product of a comprehensible set of alternate natural laws.

To me, any product of any system of natural laws is a technology, not a magic system. Magic is supernatural; it works by poetic association and narrative plausibility.

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