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tell me more. What do you mean by "unique"?

So glad to hear it! You definitely have your work cut out for you with three systems to process and edit. Good luck!

@@themagicengineer5314 thank you!

So glad to hear it! Thank you for the comment and the sub. Be sure to let me know if you have any questions or if there's something your struggling with and I'll do what I can to answer/address it

That's a great way to take advantage of foreshadowing and hanging a lantern on something

I actually want to do a different video on expanding your existing magic system as well as how to take one magic system and use it to create more magic systems

@@themagicengineer5314 Gotcha, I realized after I posted the comment that I should not have. You are much better at the english language than I. Are you gonna do a piece on magic system spectrums?

@@akamatt67 Not at all! I really appreciated your comment! What are you looking for regarding "magic system spectrums"? Do you mean the different types of magic or something else?

@@themagicengineer5314 Close, but more like adding different levels of abilities/applications or those abilities/applications elasticity.

@@akamatt67 So leveling up abilities like in LitRPG stories? Can you give me an example of what you'd like me to explore/explain?

Thank you so much for the kind comment! I'm glad it was useful. Is there anything else you'd like me to cover or something you have questions on?

@@themagicengineer5314 I actually would love for you to give us tutorial on how one should format their magic system in Google doc or something similar. It would ease my current pain on how exactly should I categorize my magic system to make it readable or tidy.

@@themagicengineer5314 I actually would love for you to teach us how we should format magic system into categories or section that will be tidy and readable. It would help me tremendously on my current issue where I have a lot of notes and currently struggling on how I should compile it all together neatly

@@munannomercy8044 can you give me an example of what you mean by categories or sections? I think I'm tracking, but I'd like to be sure

@@themagicengineer5314 how exactly should the info about our magic system be split into? Magic type? Spells? Ability? Perks? How to judge the thing your writing falls under what part of the magic system? Like, how exactly should one compile their notes about the magic system?I'm not exactly literate but I think that's what I try to convey here.

Thank you for sharing your experience. I debated saying anything since I'm just an average, cis, white male

I'm so glad that you found this helpful! Is it Exolore you were looking for (www.moiyamctier.com/exolore) or did I mention something else somewhere?

@@themagicengineer5314 ya as a science nerd, I definitely appreciate it being put into more practical theory. Also, I think so, but the link doesn't work

​@@absolutelycitron1580 That is so weird. I copied the link right from the page, but the hyperlink I gave you doesn't work for me either. Google "Exolore Podcast" and it should get you where you need to be. No idea why that didn't work

Tell me more about this corner you've written yourself into

@@themagicengineer5314 Thematically the old generation was full of hubris (in different forms) and insane egos. These flaws essentially came full circle and thematically closed the loop on their arcs by having their failures manifest itself into an unkillable god that they accidentally created. They had lived their lives as superior in almost every aspect to everyone else, so having the new antagonist kill them (and only by them fighting each other instead of the obvious threat) was long-deserved comeuppance. The best of them did hint in his final words that final hope still exists via the protagonists. So thematically, avoiding that scenario is difficult but doable. However, I want to leave it mostly untouched since it's such a great ending for everyone who died and such a great ascension for this new antagonist. However, now he has reality-warping powers (who's only limit is his mind - this could possibly be exploited but I can't figure out how) and the protagonists (powerful as they are) are hopeless against such a threat... except some of the old gen have hope in the protagonists. Why? I'm trying to figure that out. And I'm stuck. How do you access the mind of someone who has powers over seemingly everything else? This is final boss sort of stuff so thankfully I don't have to worry much about story-breaking after-effects. The antagonist should (hopefully) be put down or at least meaningfully-threatened.

@@hyronvalkinson1749 Well you have a couple of options you can explore. - Maybe the god's power isn't as overwhelming as they THINK it is. There might be nuances and limitations they can discover and exploit as the story progresses - maybe the god's power CHANGES over time, developing flaws and weaknesses - Maybe the protagonists ultimate goal is to become a rival got that is equally powerful. Not necessarily defeating the antagonist, but balancing it out - they could defeat the god through non-magical means by tricking it, taking advantage of vices, or otherwise acting outside the magic system. A lot of times when we end up in a "corner" it's because we've become too focused on using a specific type of solution. We have LOTS of tools at our disposal as writers, so if you can't find a solution with one tool, spend some time considering what other tools you have and how THEY might do the job. I hope this helps. Good luck defeating the unstoppable god!

Excellent! That is definitely an example of where you're starting to blur the lines and take a magic system and find ways to make it function like technology in application

Nice! Now, given the conversation, are you looking to lean more toward the origin being in the world or in the individual?

@@themagicengineer5314 Well, right now I've just the barest phantom of an idea, but I'm leaning on internal: most of the magic itself happens during the crafting of a magical item, when the artisan "programs" the magic into the object while making it. That said, I'd like to give importance to categories of Materials, Technique and Purpose of the item so, for example, a Metal shield, Forged for Protection would have a different effect than a Wooden shield Carved for Protection. End users, those who get the items, wouldn't need to be mages to use them, just "tap" into the magic (... somehow).

@@lucasfv1357 Nice. So blurring the lines a bit. It sounds like the FUNCTION of the artifact is internal while the nuance and PROPERTIES of the item come from external materials and such

Yep, with the particular technique (weaving, carving, forging, drawing, etc.) serving as the bridge. Still gotta figure out effects and other stuff

I hope it was interesting and helpful. Did it all make sense and is there anything you don't agree with?

Hey, we're all about the weird stuff over here lol. You should definitely check out some of the videos on the blueprint, specifically where I talk about Perspective. i think that could be very helpful for where you're at

Lol

Roughly 1/month. There is one tomorrow, if you're interested - th-cam.com/video/CnlCd4Na9Hk/w-d-xo.html

So glad to hear it! Be sure to use the question box if you've got any questions or topics you'd like covered

No worries. I'm always here to answer questions and I've got regular Q&As if you want to walk through anything. Also, here's some stuff that might help: www.brandonsanderson.com/sandersons-first-law/ th-cam.com/video/YvyffF35V2I/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/iMLT8QQHEyM/w-d-xo.html

Glad to hear it! I wasn't sure if it would make sense because that's not my normal mode at all. Thrilled to hear it was helpful

So glad to hear it!

That is certainly one way to answer that question. There are a lot of different ways you can go about it all

Also Mana is restored in a few ways: passively(by converting nutrients to Mana) and by consuming food the more nutritious the food the more the Mana is recovered.

When fire beam, ball, etc of one user collides with the water beam , ball, etc of another user it creates a steam element that is harder to control because the two users have different energy signatures and can't control the blob of the two signatures.

Sounds like a perfect setup for a cultivation-type magic system!

So glad to hear it! Thanks for the comment and be sure to let me know if you have any questions

how do you define the natural and artificial energies?

@@themagicengineer5314 the definition of natural and artificial energies is not so complicated, so first of all natural energies can generate from natural objects like flesh, blood, bones, plants and many more. And cannot come from artifficial objects making it impossible for natural beings like humans, wolfs ext to have artifficial energy types... Unless if you find the extremely mega rare ribbon... And artifficial energies generates from artifficial objects/beings like robots, Hybrid, and many more and just like natural energies they cannot come from natural objects unless you find the ribbon... And paradoxal is both of them making them free so that's why all magic types has respective energy types and for the costumized ones or NULL ones like the target type are chill in danger so here's your answer!

@@AceProductions10 Then what you have so far seems to make sense and is a solid framework to build from. The rest will be in the execution

Probably just what I did. Contact the support email and your bank right away. Your bank will probably want you to wait and see if they respond, but talk with them to learn what they will need form you to reverse the transaction. For me, I had to show that the product wasn't working and that the company wouldn't take sufficient steps to replace it.

@@themagicengineer5314 Alright, thanks for the help, hopefully it goes well

Bear in mind, this is based on my definition of magic and magic systems (th-cam.com/video/hX-2Bg7n5wQ/w-d-xo.html). There is plenty of sci-fi tech (especially in space opera) that doesn't follow physics. I get more into some of the differences between tech and magic in another video (th-cam.com/video/CNCts5auJmg/w-d-xo.html)

​@@themagicengineer5314 I understand where you are coming from but sometimes I could just ☠ Arthur C Clarke if he wasn't already. The existence or not of magic is at the boundary of the distinction between SF and Fantasy If yes then it's one thing, if no it's another. It's like saying a mule is a horse just because they look similar and do the same job on the farm.

Outstanding! Let me know if you'd like me to talk more about soft-rational systems sometime and I can

@@themagicengineer5314 I’d be happy to explain the specific details of my soft-rational system if necessary. However, I should clarify that technically both Stargate SG-1 and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, draw inspiration from Thor from Norse Mythology, and that I definitely think that the MCU also counts as a soft-rational system.

​@@isaacthewebcomiccreator9750 If that's the definition that works for you, then run with it. All of this stuff is intended to be a frame of reference to help you understand and improve your own systems, not to be treated as dogma :)

OOOOO. I Like that! Think Constantine (with Keanu) but it's a necromancer instead of a priest! I'd watch/read the hell our of something like that!!!

@@themagicengineer5314 I’m glad you do! And yeah, that is a good comparison! Also, if you haven’t checked it out yet, the Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir also has heroic necromancers who might have some aspects similar to Constantine (as of writing this, I have only read about the series but haven’t read it yet, but I hope to). To be honest, I even have a character in my head for this kind of story that would fit a lot of Constantine’s character as well (cynical, anti-social, snarky, etc.). I’m even brainstorming the story, and while I still have a ways to go, I do have a title and basic conflict: The Last Necroturgist-since technically speaking, “-mancy” is a suffix that just means “divination” while “-urgy” is a technically a suffix that means “work/technique for working with” I’m going to rename a lot of magic-users with that suffix in my story-and the main story will be about a group of five other mages trying to find the last remaining necroturgists/necromancers to stop an invading “zombies” with the catch being the zombies are biomechanical, H. R. Giger-styled, eusocial (and Hive Minded) creatures that actually have a *very* hard time working with dead and decaying matter. I’ll be sure to send you an email about when it’s available, if you’d like. 🙂

@@psionicsknight6651 Please do!

@@themagicengineer5314 You got it!

Glad it was helpful. Sorry I didn't have better news for you

I'd start a conversation with your bank about your options. Let them know what happened (bought the suit, found concerning information, worried about delivery of the product) and they should be able to tell you how to proceed. For my bank, they requested copies of my emails with the support team and tried to contact the company on their own. When the company didn't respond, they marked it as something like "vendor did not provide product/services paid for" and refunded me.

@@themagicengineer5314 I'm in much the same boat, so this is very helpful info. Thanks for the vid and info here in the comments.

Lol. Thanks. Sorry I had to disappoint on the suit review

This is for fiction. You can find a more complete explanation here: th-cam.com/video/hX-2Bg7n5wQ/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUedGhlbWFnaWNlbmdpbmVlciB3aGF0IGlzIG1hZ2lj

Also a good way to look at it. I'm going to store that thought away and chew on it a bit

I get you... trust me :)