Editing Talk:Spell (section)

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  Q: After all these years, can you shed some new light on the technology present in the world of M&M? 
  A: When it comes to deep Might and Magic lore, Paul Rattner is really the best person to ask, but I will do my best.  To start, I’m not sure what you mean by ‘new light’, as what is publicly known is relatively accurate.  Regardless, from my understanding, at its most basic, the idea was simple.  ‘Ancient’ high technology machines, typically hidden, could be accessed and manipulated to produce ‘magical’ events, via ‘physical and mental ritual’.  This excluded high tech machines, such as the Heavenly Forge, which made magical artifacts via simple instruction.

Behemoth Cave [http://h3.heroes.net.pl/nowina/3765] Interview (2020.11.20)

[https://www.fanstratics.com/fstnewsletter08 Fanstratics Newsletter #8	 (April 2021)]

  HoMM3 Fan Question:  Hello, may I ask you are there actually magic in Might and Magic universe or is it all technology?
  This is really a question for Jon Van Caneghem or Paul Rattner.  Jon created the M&M universe, and Paul basically took over lore duties when Jon took a back seat after Might and Magic 5.  As for myself, to the best of my understanding, there is no ‘actual magic in the Might and Magic universe’.  For example, if a Wizard casts a Fireball spell... what actually happens?  In my mind, the Wizard’s mental, verbal, or physical ritual invokes the capabilities of technological machines, deep within a world, causing the machines to create the Fireball and its resulting behavior.  This is a pure guess on my part, but I suspect JVC was inspired by Arthur C. Clarke and his famous quote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

Greg Fulton, the lead designer of HoMM3 (RoE and AB)

[https://www.fanstratics.com/fstnewsletter19 Fanstratics Newsletter #19 (March 2022)]