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Episode 101: All About the Zhuzh
Season 4 · Episode 23

Episode 101: All About the Zhuzh

Worldbuilding for Masochists

April 26, 20231h 7mExplicit

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Show Notes

It's time to get specific -- about magic!

When you're building a magical system for your fantasy world, there's a lot to consider. Where does it come from? Who can access it -- everyone, or just some percentage of the population? Does it come naturally, or does it have to be trained? All of these choices will affect how magic is perceived, valued, and used in society.

In this episode, we poke at all these considerations and make some choices for the expression of magic in our co-created world.

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