Yours will arrive early December like 7 th <| sep |> My setting is packed out with different kinds of magic to enable a number of different stories I could tell I tend to write standalones and short stories in it at the moment , but am thinking about a series . The gamification of magic is a plausible idea about how the supernatural might work , particularly in a modern setting , but I think there is a thing as too much , as Mayotte says . I think you want to start writing . Fiction as opposed to gaming means there ' s a bit of flexibility required to make sure the story doesn ' t come across like a video game , so having a rigid magic system is a small part of the process . This is a menu to choose powers from it ' s not too arcane or strange , and I like the idea that spells need to be cast in their original language it establishes both an internationalist flavour for magic and that new magics can be invented . I ' d caution , though , that paying attention to the story now is more important than the magic system . If you have to sacrifice something for a more plausible story , don ' t bind your hands on this one .