Designing DSRPG: The Challenge
When I first put together the idea for the Demonsword Project--the setting, not the game--I put it together in order to gather my thoughts about fantasy and magic so that, in my various stories and daydreams, I would have a consistent flavor for how magic worked. Magic in fantasy has been in many ways my obsession since I was a child; I spent months or years worth of time in my own head telling myself stories, because it was fun. I love magic, in principle; I love the idea that when you get the right idea in your head you can change the world to make it just so.