Editing Greg Fulton/Fanstratics Newsletters/19 (section)

== HoMM3 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.”