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Magic System Brainstorming (Weaknesses, Costs, or Limitations (physical -…
Magic System Brainstorming
Elements
Chakras or other historic / strange systems to base it around (elements is similar really)
Resources i.e. metals, rocks, gemstones, foods as fuel
Materials as either fuel or the basis of magic (like paper magician)
Affinities with things in the world like animals or trees etc. Could perhaps just pick one thing though like birds, and drill down a huge amount into this?
Weaknesses, Costs, or Limitations
physical - fatigue, senses, temporary or permanent
mental - sanity, tortured, hallucinations etc.
Resources like allomancy requiring metal to ingest or paper magician requiring paper to work on
Education or innate skill/talent levels
Somehow controlled by guild or higher power--taxed or sacrifices or politics or something
Think about the world itself and whether there's anything specific/unique to bring out of that
Colors
Words, written, songs, poetry
blood
Personalities or emotions?
Memories or life experiences?
Think about something in ordinary world that everyone has--then make it the basis of a magic system
choice base magic system--lots of choices but can only choose one (or small certain number - kinda like the major magical mishaps guild)
Gases or chemical elements of the universe like air, hydrogen etc? >> or molecular level stuff?
maybe look up scientific breakthroughs for ideas
food recipe magic?
friction or movement based magic?
Essential oil based magic? - Myrrh, lavender, sandalwood, lemon, geranium etc. -- could use their real-world benefits as a basis--i.e. sandalwood brings incredibly mental acuity/speed/clarity. lavender puts people to sleep.
Scent based magic? Perhaps attract different spirits that do particular things based on released scents (but good and bad, accidental and intnetional too like blood spilled could attract nasty spirits (could have opening scene of someone getting a papercut or something and then rushing to cover smell with something to counteract it (with frenzied, terrified focus)
could make a world where magic affects the mind only but in such extreme ways you can kill with it etc.