How to Create an Elemental Magic System While it's easy to make these systems rational, a flawed set of elements will ruin the effect. September 24, 2021September 23, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Worldbuilding
Episode 345: Witches Let the season of witchery begin! September 19, 2021September 29, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Svend Phillips
Building Mass Effect: How Bioware Imagines the Future Whatever the Reapers are working toward, it must be big! September 11, 2021September 9, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Episode 343: Giants What’s 20-feet tall, lives in the clouds, and can smell your nationality? September 5, 2021July 30, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Avery
Episode 342: Divine Magic If you’re out of spellbooks and fancy crystals, try praying to some powerful wizards. August 29, 2021September 29, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Wes Matlock, Chris Winkle, and Svend Phillips
Q&A: How Should I Handle Guns in My Story? Answered by Oren Ashkenazi August 16, 2021August 26, 2021 in Worldbuilding
Q&A: How Do I Limit Shape-Shifting Powers? Answered by Chris Winkle August 2, 2021August 26, 2021 in Worldbuilding
Episode 338: Mysterious Magic Keep it secret, keep it safe. August 1, 2021September 4, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi and Chris Winkle
Building Age of Myth: How Sullivan Employs the Neolithic Sullivan's setting has lots of novelty, but bronze and copper swords don't work that way. July 17, 2021July 15, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Episode 334: Monarchy in Spec Fic All hail the one true podcaster! July 4, 2021January 27, 2023 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Svend Phillips
Episode 332: Unusual Settings Castles, spaceships, and high tech cities are all great, but they can get a bit repetitive. June 20, 2021June 20, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Episode 330: High Magic Settings Sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from a broken setting. June 6, 2021September 4, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Q&A: How Can I Keep Luck Charms From Breaking My Story? Answered by Chris Winkle May 31, 2021August 26, 2021 in Storytelling, Worldbuilding
Q&A: How Do I Include Diverse People in a Fantasy World With Modern Technology? Answered by Chris Winkle May 24, 2021March 10, 2023 in Worldbuilding
Episode 327: What Are Wizards? We were going to talk about wizards, but we couldn't agree on what they are. May 16, 2021September 4, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Wes Matlock, and Chris Winkle
Q&A: What Should I Avoid While Creating Names in Fantasy Cultures? Answered by Chris Winkle May 10, 2021March 10, 2023 in Worldbuilding
Building Baubles: How Revenger Fails at Technology Revenger's setting is both intriguing and highly confused. May 1, 2021September 23, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Five Tips for Using an Arbitrary Magic System Arbitrary magic systems can work, but they have some liabilities. April 23, 2021September 8, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Worldbuilding
How to Teach World Terms Without Confusing Readers Confusing new terms can make readers feel jarred and overwhelmed. April 16, 2021May 24, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Worldbuilding, Writing
Episode 322: Urban Fantasy… Again Werewolves with smartphones, vampires on motorcycles, mages at school, and so many nightclubs! April 11, 2021September 4, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi and Chris Winkle
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