What Makes a Great Magic System?

[shawnhcorey]

Originally Posted by whswhs

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.

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Whereas I think any magic system is a technology, although not necessarily a well developed one.

The definition of technology is the study of techniques. If magic can be learn, then it's technology. Even if it is not understood how it works.