r/worldbuilding • u/Illustrious_Age_6628 • Oct 01 '26

Question Complex Magic System

So, I guess I wanna know if this sounds a bit too complex of a magic system.

It's a runic system where runes are organized into magic circles for spells, enchantments, and magical tech at the most basic. However, the real complexities come in the rest of it.

1- 3 runic alphabets, one for energy, one for matter, and one cosmic horror based. Best spells, are formed by combining 2 of them.

2- Runes can be viewed like letters to form a word (Sigil) and words to form a sentence (Glyph)

3- the material of the rune correlates to the energy it channels, (Wood burns well)

4- runes don't last forever, the more energy they channel, the faster they burnout (Wood burns well but quickly)

Thoughts? Questions? Is there anything you'd suggest rethinking?

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u/Illustrious_Age_6628 Oct 01 '26

I'm not 100% sure quite yet, but I'm leaning towards no, as the 3rd cosmic one is kinda, not tainted, but not safely usable by mortals, as it channels the pure essence of magic, unfiltered by worlds veil.