jthome27 Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Name the series that, for you has the best use of magic. Also, does this series immerse this system of magic into the plot really well? For me, and this is going to be a popular one as this is a Sanderson fan site, it has to be by far the Wheel of Time (I know I'm guilty and this seems cliche) I just absolutely LOVED Aes Sedai, their politics, the white tower, channeling and the black tower! Name your favorite magic system and why! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketek Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Mistborn and its Metallic Arts. Heavily constrained by rules, but that was what made it such a good system; it didn't allow for deus ex machina without good reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthome27 Posted April 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 I actually just started to listen to the first book in the Mistborn series last night! I hear great things about it and so far so good! Gotta love Michael Kramer! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Of Sanderson, the Metallic Arts and Forgery are my favourite, though Lightweaving is also awesome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorridgeBrick he/him Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Metallic Arts. I loved how Harmoniously the magics fit together, and how well each of them fit into the world. Behind that would be Awakening in Warbreaker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketek Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 Ah yes, Forgery. That's a very good shout too. Awakening is nice, but it didn't quite hit me. Has a lot more potential than the Metallic Arts though, although the latter is probably more combat-oriented. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briar King he/him Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 The magic in Malazan is wicked cool and important. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Lightbringer - very cool and interesting system. Nice and logically laid out, easy to follow, easy to infer, fun to rattle around in your head. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 Not the best, but I love the ambiguity there is to the magic in A Song of Ice and Fire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSU Tiger he/him Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) The magic in Malazan is wicked cool and important. Brandon's awesome, but I suspect he'll get plenty love here. I'm throwing in with Malazan. Edited April 30, 2014 by LSU Tiger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly he/him Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Malazan all the way. With Malazan magic, there IS always another secret. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Deleted- Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 I can't believe I'm the only one saying this, but Words of Radiance. Not only did it bring us closer to tying all the magic systems in Roshar and the Cosmere together, but the magic is so weaved into the story, it actually caused supporting characters to exist (Pattern and Syl). The magic is also what led all of the major battles, is the reason two of our main characters survived the fall that caused 100 pages of story to exist, and it is also a main component of most of the plot twists and is the thing slowly uniting all of our characters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AerionBFII he/him Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 (edited) Im very fond of the Talent magic in the Night Angel and the magic in the Lightbringer Series Magic both by Brent Weeks. The Auger abilities in the Licanius series is also very cool. Edited May 17, 2015 by WEZ313 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracknut he/him Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Metalic Arts, Awakening and Forgery are some of the best magic-systems ever imho.Malazan has it's ups and downs but still up there as well.Brent Weeks is doing fine as well, especially in Lightbringer.One that I can't see in this topic is Patrick Rothfuss and even if his magic-systems aren't as unique, the way they are executed and put into the world is phenomenal(yes I used that word ).Powder Mage Trilogy has good stuff as well.I'm forgetting something here... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Gleeman he/him Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Wheel of Time's one power is pretty sweet, but I'm a WoT fanboy soooo.... The metallic arts are, in my opinion, Sanderson's best magic system, but Awakening and Surges are also well done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Symphany - Name of the Wind 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bort he/him Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Thanks to the Gleeman for reminding me of one of the greatest magic users that ever lived... Miracle Max. I was just considering which magic system would be best, and while I still can't decide, I do feel Miracle Max deserves at least a mention. I mean, who else can revive someone from being mostly dead with a chocolate coated chestnut? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkum he/him Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Sanderson tends to be really good at this (and I'll cite Awakening, from Warbreaker as a favorite there). for others: The magic system in Ursula LeGuin's Earthsea books is pretty good, and one of the few times I've actually seen "magic Words" type magic make sense. Specifically incatations and such are done in the language that that world's god used when creating and naming everything (as opposed to garbled Latin, say). I also like the aspect of it where knowing the name of a thing allows you to wield power over it. another I liked is the endowments system from David Farland's Runelords series, which works similar to Hemalurgy in some ways. and finally, I'm a fan of L.E. Modesitt's Recluce books for the Order/Chaos magic, which, when I read it anyway, seemed rather unique among most of the systems I had seen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jit he/him Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Apart from Sanderson works, my top three would have to be in no particular:- Malazan Lightbringer The kingkiller chronicles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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