Building the Raksura: How Martha Wells Fell Into Toxic Tropes Good intent won't erase the harm of baking bigotry into your worldbuilding. December 18, 2021December 28, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Episode 357: Sources of Magic Where does the magic of a podcast come from? December 12, 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
Episode 338: Mysterious Magic Keep it secret, keep it safe. August 1, 2021September 4, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi and Chris Winkle
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
Q&A: How Do I Limit What Elemental Magic Can Do? Answered by Chris Winkle October 5, 2020August 26, 2021 in Worldbuilding
Building Earthsea: How Le Guin Laid a Shaky Foundation for Her World Despite a novel and diverse setting, Earthsea suffers from sexism and a lack of planning. September 19, 2020June 16, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Umbrella Academy Shows Us Why It’s Important to Plan Your Powers The characters’ powers are all over the place, and it damages the story. September 5, 2020June 28, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Episode 287: Magic Systems With a snap of our fingers and an abracadabra, we summon this podcast to appear, as if by a system of magic. August 9, 2020August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Fay Onyx
Six Magic Systems That Need Stricter Limits When heroes can easily solve every problem with magic, your story is boring. April 18, 2020July 4, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Episode 268: Anti-Lying Magic I could tell you what this podcast is about, but how would you know if I was telling the truth? March 29, 2020August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Episode 250: Oppressed Mage Shenanigans November 24, 2019August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Five Ways Your Characters Can Acquire Magic Whenever we create a magic system, we have to choose how it ends up in the hands of our characters. March 15, 2019March 14, 2019 by Chris Winkle and Oren Ashkenazi in Worldbuilding
Creating a Magic System for Superpowers July 6, 2018November 12, 2018 by Chris Winkle in Worldbuilding
How to Create an Eclectic Magic System How to keep your folkloric magic system mysterious without making it feel random. September 15, 2017June 28, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Worldbuilding
How to Create a Rational Magic System If you make all of your spells fit together, you'll need less foreshadowing. June 19, 2015November 22, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Worldbuilding
Four Ways to Limit Magic & Technology How to put dampers on your fancy inventions and physics-bending word powers. April 26, 2014August 8, 2021 by Dash Buck in Storytelling, Worldbuilding
Know How Your Magic Works How to pin down your world's reality-bending spells. September 21, 2013August 11, 2021 by Jessica Lee in Worldbuilding
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