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Magic in fiction is the endowment of characters or objects in works of fiction or fantasy with powers that do not naturally occur in the real world. Magic often serves as a plot device and has long been a component of fiction, since writing was invented .
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The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction records a chance example of "sword and sorcery" from 1953, where it appears in a headline of a review of an L. Sprague de Camp novel. [1] American author Fritz Leiber re-coined the term in 1961 in response to a letter from British author Michael Moorcock in the fanzine Amra , demanding a name for the ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Magic systems" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This ...
This category is for stories, characters, concepts and other things related to creative works of fiction. Do not include things related to folklore , mythology and religion . For more information, see Magic in fiction .
The Sword of Shannara – The sword enchanted by the druids to reveal truth in Terry Brooks novels. The Sword of Truth – The sword wielded by the Seeker of Truth in the Terry Goodkind novels. Callandor - an unbreakable sword made of crystal, "The Sword That is Not a Sword" is also a powerful aid to channeling (magic) in the Wheel of Time series.
The Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated literature used a magic system inspired in part by Jack Vance's Dying Earth series: notably, magic users in the game forget spells they have learned immediately upon casting them, and must re-study them in order to cast them again; indeed, this whole system of magic is commonly known as ...
The Dying Earth was featured in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master’s Guide under Appendix N: Literature as one of the works that were read during the development of the game system. [2] The designer, Gary Gygax , also credited the novel with being the inspiration for the magic system, which he called "Vancian".