Magic Systems that wish they were Science — Worldbuilding Ideas

159K views • 5 years ago • 12:53 WORLD ANVIL ➤ http://worldanvil.com/talefoundry Use code "talefoundry" to save 30% on your annual guild membership! — In the old days, "thaumaturgy" was a word that meant wonder-working, but as science and technology developed, the nature of wonderment itself changed. Now, thanks to the proto-scientists of the renaissance and enlightenment, it means something far different. Not all magic is divine or supernatural or ineffably linked to the cosmos. Sometimes it's just a matter of perception. And the authors who know how to play with that can create some really interesting things. ▬▬▬▬ Credit/Attributions ▬▬▬▬ For a complete list of all sources used in all videos, please visit our Comprehensive Content Sources document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HFR3ck0NhdUchKM0atkKsZT4yl9xiY3-7FVELBhY89U/edit#bookmark=id.b337h5k7meoh Additional Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com ▬▬▬▬ What is Tale Foundry? ▬▬▬▬ If fiction were a material, we would be its manufacturing plant. We make: ➤ Tale Foundry Episodes — Where we take apart stories to see what makes them tick, then recycle what we find to create our own. http://bit.ly/TaleFoundry ➤ Tale Bits — Where we pluck interesting ideas from stories and try to draw inspiration from them. http://bit.ly/TaleTips ➤ Writing Group — Where we run a weekly writing group stream on Twitch where we read stories from all of you, the community! http://https://www.twitch.tv/talefoundry ➤ TF Discord — Come join our community! https://thetalefoundry.com/discord ▬▬▬▬ Support Us▬▬▬▬ https://www.patreon.com/TaleFoundry ▬▬▬▬ Tale Foundry Team ▬▬▬▬ • Talebot — the talent • The Taleoids — the talent's helpers • Benjamin Cook — writer/channel founder • Felipé de Barros — artist (https://www.artstation.com/felipedb) • Alexander Cuenin — Animator & Editor (http://www.alextheanimator.com/) • Bazz Bartlett — audio editor