I am thinking of trying to write a story about a dude getting the power of skynet in a fantasy world

[Indicterra]

Yes, we are talking about termintors going against cat girls

Vampires kings and demon lords get a sun dropped on them in a B2

And sea dragons coming to face to face with 7th carrier group but on AI steroids

And our MC with American GunFu smurfing as somebody else quoted

Usual Sci-fi vs fantasy shit, but i still haven't come up with a proper way to MC to inherit this power.

One of the way, I come up with is MC being adungeon master and the dungeon theme is sci-fi stuff, the problem is the more I write about this the more I realise, to write it requires extensive tech knowledge which I severely lack, I thought I could wing it using common sense and fantasy bullshit.

But couldn't, any advice

 

[Tsuru]

Try to surf more raw chinese websites.

like : https://www.ffxs8.com/

There were already some authors that did ZERG plot, tech army plot, but didnt bother to read them.

 

[FlyingPotatoes]

Then it's about time to introduce that worlds magic combined with your mc's knowledge in modern tech. That way you can make some bs like a pistol that release a small blackhole by harnessing gravity magic together with the pistol or something like that

 

[Tsuru]

I think some novel with robot army was like "I am the 4th apocalypse" or something.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Either:
A. You make it into a system thing and handwave MC being an idiot who is just a pleb user and not grasping the tech.
B. You have some studying to do. Some surface level of knowledge is good enough to attract readers, but not too deep that you need to go for a lore dump or university course.

So you want your MC to have a super AI as a clutch and the method of production is dungeon magic/ core.

So it is another reskin dungeon core novel.

 

[Indicterra]

Either:
A. You make it into a system thing and handwave MC being an idiot who is just a pleb user and not grasping the tech.
B. You have some studying to do. Some surface level of knowledge is good enough to attract readers, but not too deep that you need to go for a lore dump or university course.

So you want your MC to have a super AI as a clutch and the method of production is dungeon magic/ core.

So it is another reskin dungeon core novel.

I already tried B where I gave MC a background of techie, and it worked a lot when things are simpler like guns and stuff but got a lot complicated when I go into much advanced stuff like how do I mechanically or technologicaly explain stuffs that still don't exist.

And about A how do you suggest I do that, I want my mc to be a fighter, not a maker. So if I can implement this I can make mc focus on fighting while other stuff handled by system

 

[NotaNuffian]

I already tried B where I gave MC a background of techie, and it worked a lot when things are simpler like guns and stuff but got a lot complicated when I go into much advanced stuff like how do I mechanically or technologicaly explain stuffs that still don't exist.

And about A how do you suggest I do that, I want my mc to be a fighter, not a maker. So if I can implement this I can make mc focus on fighting while other stuff handled by system

Well, if you have a system, just implement the tech, throw in some jargons from the wikipage of said tech and mainly focusing on how cool when it is being used.

Because most readers come in for the action, not for a technical presentation. Since you want your MC to be a fighter that summons T-800, I would go for something similar as summoner type of fighting style, ie zerg rush, when your MC is weak and his summons strong. Have your MC in the hiding, let his metal puppets do the job. Then slowly move towards Solo Levelling's style and have the summons fighting alongside or reverted to just simple supports.

Most importantly, your fantasy enemies must not be too weak or, in the other spectrum, too strong. MC might have tech, so magic might be his kryptonite. And magic can do loads of mumbo shit from mind control, spacetime warp or even as simple as divination that exposea the MC way too early and gets him into trouble.

 

[Deleted member 68927]

Yes, we are talking about termintors going against cat girls

Vampires kings and demon lords get a sun dropped on them in a B2

And sea dragons coming to face to face with 7th carrier group but on AI steroids

And our MC with American GunFu smurfing as somebody else quoted

Usual Sci-fi vs fantasy shit, but i still haven't come up with a proper way to MC to inherit this power.

One of the way, I come up with is MC being adungeon master and the dungeon theme is sci-fi stuff, the problem is the more I write about this the more I realise, to write it requires extensive tech knowledge which I severely lack, I thought I could wing it using common sense and fantasy bullshit.

But couldn't, any advice

Don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness.

You have a cool concept, but only you can let it see the light of day.

I wish you luck! =)

 

[Vnator]

Interesting concept, but is it like just some guy who suddenly has a robot army at his beck and call? Sounds like a cheap op power up that is undeserving for someone who doesn't understand or appreciate the weight of it or war or the lives he'll kill.

Just make sure it feels deserved (maybe he gets left for dead and merges with the robot stuff like meta cooler so he has to struggle with keeping his own humanity in the process) And make sure there are proper challenges he faces that he doesn't just steamroll.

 

[Cipiteca396]

but got a lot complicated when I go into much advanced stuff like how do I mechanically or technologicaly explain stuffs that still don't exist.

You don't have to explain anything. You absolutely should if you are writing scifi, but if you aren't writing scifi, then all you have to do is say, "And then it fired a really big rock at really high speeds. The enemy exploded. The end."

For scifi, you just need to do the research.

If there's a specific type of tech you need help explaining, you could always ask for more specific help. Like, here, in this thread. Do you wanna know about rail guns? Warp drives? What the missile knows? How flint makes sparks?

 

[Indicterra]

Interesting concept, but is it like just some guy who suddenly has a robot army at his beck and call? Sounds like a cheap op power up that is undeserving for someone who doesn't understand or appreciate the weight of it or war or the lives he'll kill.

Just make sure it feels deserved (maybe he gets left for dead and merges with the robot stuff like meta cooler so he has to struggle with keeping his own humanity in the process) And make sure there are proper challenges he faces that he doesn't just steamroll.

No, actually he starts with few robots and then go up in quantity and quality, while he himself try to mitigate his shortcoming using technology.

 

[J_Chemist]

Find reference material to help you orient your brain. 86 has advanced AI. Arifureta LN has a weeb isekai who uses magic to make guns.

There are ways to get your Gun-Fu going by either burying the tech and having your character encounter it, or finding ways to integrate it on a minor level. You could even go full Gate style and have a portal open that your character goes through and learns the knowledge in the alternate region before finding their way back, or maybe an assistant bot falls through and assigns itself to the character as an 'Overseer'/Support unit (think Halo when Guilty Spark initially helped Master Chief). Stuff like that.

Good luck, have fun.

 

[Vnator]

No, actually he starts with few robots and then go up in quantity and quality, while he himself try to mitigate his shortcoming using technology.

That's good, now you just need a reason for us to care about the MC and his character (aka some quality or something about his past that makes us want to root for him), along with some kind of personal challenge that isn't "not enough or strong enough robots" to add some character spice for when the power climbing will inevitably start to feel a little stale after about 17 chapters in