For hours have I followed the trail of my prey... strange creatures that walk like me, yet cast forth fire and lightning from their magical stones.

Now, in the thick jungle beyond this low wet clearing, I have finally caught sight of them!

Though they are too far for a spear's throw, my eyes still see that all of them yet draw breath... and their numbers have increased to four.

The lifeblood of the jungle depends on you, o lord!


What will you do, Tratot?

rolled 3 = 3

>>13211008

Tail them silently, be ready to make a break for it if spotted.

rolled 5 = 5

>>13211008
Trample those fucking outsiders on our gigantic lego-monster-mount-thing, and feast on the marrow of their bones.

>>13210994
They appear to be settling in for then night.

We stay hidden and wait until most of them are asleep. Then we try to sneak up on the one standing guard.

rolled 2 = 2

>>13211036

The great sharger is too raucous as it charges through the underbrush, so I bid it stay and scout ahead by myself...

rolled 6 = 6

>>13211117
Charge ahead on your own, rather than 'scout.' Stab them in the face with your pointy stick against all odds, and feast on the marrow of their bones.

...

I come across one of them marking the ground in front of him! The strange creature remains oblivious to me!


What will you do, Tratot?

>>13211217

ffff

Roll a d12 for whatever you do, Tratot!

rolled 10 = 10

>>13211217
Do I have to spell it out?

STAB HIM. STAB HIM WITH YOUR POINTY STICK. THEN FEAST ON THE MARROW OF HIS BONES. PERHAPS CRUISE CONTROL WILL MAKE IT CLEAR ENOUGH.

rolled 5 = 5

>>13211217
Silently break his neck and hide the body, examine his stuff once in a safe place

rolled 5 = 5

>>13211217
Pull a Sam Fisher and grab a hold of him with one arm around his neck and the other pointing the tip of your spear to him, threateningly.

>>13211237
Or maybe that.

But we'll want to keep quiet lest his screams alert the others.

rolled 2 = 2

>>13211262
Nay. We will FEAST. FEAST! This does not entail dainty napkins and salad forks, you hippy! It involves GNASHING, RIPPING AND FINGER-LICKIN' GOOD KENTUCKY FRIED CANNABILISM.

rolled 3 = 3

>>13211217
*Cough* Look at him as if he has done something incredibly rude by peeing in front of you.

>>13211291
Do you WANT to get shot by them again?

Because once in a session is enough, in my opinion.

rolled 6 = 6

>>13211340
We have the power of plot armor, loincloths, a giant monster and pointy sticks. Their lasers are irrelevant.

>>13211365
Stop trying to get us killed!

for Terimeo
The name of our Tribe

>>13211237

>>13211365
>We have the power of plot armor

Negative, we re subject to the will of the dice gods, who are quite fickle.

rolled 9 = 9

>>13211249

What this man said, but be sure to cover his mouth.

rolled 2 = 2

So... they die like any other beast...
Roll a d12 and link to this post, please!

>>13211403
slowpoke.jpg

rolled 9 = 9

>>13211409
take his stuff, hide the body

rolled 3 = 3

>>13211409
Well, that's the stabbing done with. Now, we FEAST.

rolled 11 = 11

>>13211409

Take the thing he used to hurt us last time and USE IT ON THE NEXT ONE WHEN THEY ARE ALONE!

Tear out his heart and eat it, then feed his corpse to our new pet.

Feast on his corpse!

Goddammit when the hell did we become cannibal's you know that shit basically gives you mad cow.

>>13211493
When it became trendy and grimderp to eat people, of course! Now grab your butcher knife, and DIG IN! We're having Soylent Green tonight!

>>13211493
It's called Kuru in humans, but yeah I'm opposed to the whole cannibalism thing.

rolled 11 = 11

>>13211291
>>13211426

Roll a d12 for whatever you do, Tratot!

rolled 7 = 7

>>13211529
Feast upon his flesh, that you might gain his power...

... surely you've heard the old Indian tales of the Wendigo - a man that eats the flesh of other men, and becomes something both more and less than human.

We are sickly from eating that octopus earlier - this is for the best!

rolled 5 = 5

>>13211556
You pussy. KEEP IT DOWN THIS TIME. BITE. CHEW. CHEW. SWALLOW. BITE. CHEW. CHEW. SWALLOW.

>>13211541
You watch that doco on SBS too?

rolled 7 = 7

>>13211556
Hide in trees or bushes nearby! Quickly! The others will come soon.

>>13211556
The hell are you vomiting for, Tratot? You eat animals all the time. Treat this like any other, it should be quite tasty.

rolled 8 = 8

>>13211556
Finish puking.

Then eat his heart to gain his courage.
His rich, tasty courage.

rolled 1 = 1

>>13211571
Perhaps the creature's flesh is too similar to mine, but my very insides rebel against me!

>>13211421
However...

The creature's magical totem... perhaps it is not so different from the other artifact of theirs that I carry...

What will you do, Tratot?

rolled 5 = 5

>>13211631
Hide, Kroot-darn-it. The others will come.

rolled 9 = 9

>>13211631

Send the beast into their camp to confuse them, and then spring from the bushes! Use their talisman against them, and then use the spear to slay those that survive!

None shall taint our jungle with their filth!

>>13211631
Huzzah we are a Noble Savage

I say we go predator on their arse. It's time to play the most dangerous game......

Hey Tratot, I'm Marconi, Lord of the urban jungle. I recently bought 500 square acres of jungle. I'm going to turn it into a parking garage.

rolled 5 = 5

>>13211631
DEVOUR THIER FLESH
GAIN THIER POWER

rolled 8 = 8

>>13211699

rolled 7 = 7

I drag the carcass away from the firelight and into the growing shadows...

...and the Sharger makes short work of his remains!

>>13211791
That tree looks like a grenade.

With a slap, I send the fearsome beast toward the others' camp! It thunders through the leaves and brush, and within moments the shouts of the others and the roar of the sharger ring out!

Roll a d12 for the Sharger, and a d12 for whatever you do, Tratot!

>>13211584
>You watch that doco on SBS too?
Actually I first heard about it in Michael Crichton's "The Lost World."

rolled 5, 11 = 16

>>13211803
Sherger is first die
Second die is how well we RUN IN AFTER IT, CAN'T LET BEAST ATTACK ALONE

rolled 1, 10 = 11

>>13211803
Second die for Tarot. Stab the shit out of any survivors of the rampage with your pointy stick. Maybe futz with that magic totem.

rolled 8 = 8

>>13211803
May the jungle protect you sharger.

>>13211791
Under 16 U.S.C. 1531-1544, 87 Stat. 884, your "Sharger" is being confiscated from you.

I filled a TRO against you for tresspassing on my land. I will allow you one week to remove all of you belongings and self. If you remain upon said property after the mentioned period, you will be debricked. Medium Style.

rolled 1, 5 = 6

>>13211830
>>13211832

i'll be back in 10 days, to begin removal of the trees for the parking garage.

>>13211918
Cut that shit man, this thread is too cool for you.

As I round the path and charge into the clearing, the sharger rears skyward, and the being in its mouth screams as terrible fangs rip it apart!

The two remaining creatures turn their lightning-stones on the sharger's underbelly, burning it cruelly!

With a roar, I charge forth and drive my spear deep into the creature's neck!

rolled 7 = 7

ffffffff goddammit it's getting late

THE OTHER CREATURE POINTS HIS OWN MAGICAL STONE AT YOU! ROLL A D12 FOR WHATEVER YOU DO, PLEASE!

rolled 6 = 6

>>13212023
oh shit man, throw the totem at the other guy.

rolled 3 = 3

>>13212039
FUUUU-
THROW THE SPEAR!

rolled 5 = 5

>>13212039
rollin for throwing the totem.

>hoospen insanity

rolled 2 = 2

>>13212039

GRAB THE CREATURE WE STABBED AND HOLD HIM BETWEEN US WHILE WE TRY TO MAKE THE TALISMAN KILL THE LAST CREATURE.

WE ARE TRATOT, LORD OF THE JUNGLE. NONE SHALL SURVIVE OUR WRATH!

rolled 3 = 3

Shove the body of the animal we stabbed at him!

rolled 1 = 1

Throw the spear? Use the man as a human shield?

Ha. No.

I reject these answers. I say...

THROW THE MAN AT THE OTHER CREATURES.

Thinking quickly, I fling the strange totem at him!

>>13212101
Either some good photoshop or some clever photography cheat. How'd you do that?

>>13212115

rolled 2 = 2

The air is again filled with burning as he sends another bolt of lightning at me and turns to flee into the jungle!

Roll a d12 for whatever you do, Tratot!

rolled 2 = 2

>>13212133
Throw
The spear
At his torso

rolled 6 = 6

>>13212133

DUCK AND FLING THE SPEAR AT HIS GUT. WE WANT HIM TO LIVE JUST LONG ENOUGH TO SUFFER FOR WHAT HE DID TO OUR PET.

rolled 9 = 9

Duck and stab his kneecaps.

>>13212150
A deep thunk resounds as my spearpoint buries itself in a tree!

The creature disappears into the jungle!

Behind me, the sharger grunts weakly, perhaps near dying from the lightning-strikes!


Roll a d12 for whatever you do, Tratot!

rolled 6 = 6

>>13212209
See if we can help the sharger

rolled 3 = 3

>>13212209
Ignore the man-animal thing and recover spear. Then check on the beast. Somewhere during that, recover the totem. We may have better luck throwing it next time.

The sharger growls weakly... perhaps its wounds are worse than I fear...


Roll a d12 and link to this post...

rolled 3 = 3

>>13212297
No, the loyal sharger must live! Find it herbs or something!

rolled 9 = 9

>>13212297

Look at the wounds, and if we have seen their like before, we should know how to treat them.

Perhaps the beast's drool is a healing agent, we were struck by the burning and woke up to it licking us. It may have healed us!

rolled 3 = 3

>>13212209
>mfw i'm responsible for getting officer clark, spaceman, and the sharger shot. not to mention the rest of my rolling blunders.

>>13212326
>My face when it was my die roll that was used for the Sharger, what are you talking about you being responsible for it getting shot

rolled 10 = 10

>>13212042
>me
>>13212059
>me
>>13212366
uh huh, sure thing bro

>>13212387
Yup it's a pretty sure thing bro
>>13211830

...

rolled 7 = 7

>>13212440

http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

>>13212440
Oh damn it.
I'm sad.

>>13212509
>>13212522

....

The stranger stands before me with no fear, as much a predator as I am...

His skins are the color of the sky...


What will you do, Tratot?

rolled 9 = 9

>>13212558

He killed the evil creature. He must be a friend.

Try and communicate with him.

rolled 2 = 2

>>13212558
He uses a pointy stick too. He must not be a lightning god. Befriend.

I speak words to him, but he knows not what I say. Then he begins to speak...

...and the words stir up something familiar inside of me... something I cannot place...

I can almost understand what he says...
What will you do, Tratot?

rolled 6 = 6

>>13212638
Rolling to exercise brain meats into trying to understand, even vaguely.

He looks at the magic stone on the ground, then at me, as if seeking permission, then reaches down and grasps it without hesitation.

Again he speaks, but it is strange and unknown to me.

The sky-man gestures toward the thick jungle beyond us, where the last of the intruders fled...

(I know it's late, but Tratot's quest is almost over!)

>>13212717
If he seeks the intruders, you should aid him. Gesture with your fingers to indicate their number, pointing to the body to indicate what you mean, and count down each that you know is dead. Then point to where the last one went.

Make everything slow and obvious, trying to track if he's following your meaning.

I point, and he nods in understanding.

Then he speaks again, and I understand one word among it...

"Battle."

>>13212808

Shit just got real.

rolled 8 = 8

BATTLECRY
>>13212808

>>13212808
>fuck yes

rolled 10 = 10

>>13212808
Battlecry time!

rolled 8, 8 = 16

Suddenly, a burst of lightning flies from the trees ahead straight at us!


Roll a d12 for yourself and one for the sky-man, please!

rolled 3 = 3

>>13212883

Duck for cover!

rolled 3, 8 = 11

>>13212883
Dodge that shit like a pro.
First is Tratot, second is sky guy.

>mfw I deleted the action scene from the camera before I got a copy and had to do it over

>mfw I turned around and ran into one of the lamps and broke it

The lightning screams from the trees-

...and the point of my spear is burned away to nothing in an instant!

>>13213018
>>13213018
>hfw

My new friend, however, finds safety behind a craggy outcrop and casts forth lightning of his own!


The air fills with the sound of frightened birds, then all is silent... the sky-man nods and I move forward once more!

My new friend yields his spear, leaving him with the lightning-stone.

As we speed after our prey, he tarries a moment to examine a strange object half-buried in vines...


...This place...

rolled 3 = 3

FRZAP!

Roll a d12 for whatever you do, Tratot!

>>13213146

Pick up the object and block with it.

rolled 2 = 2

>>13213160

Forgot my roll.

rolled 5 = 5

>>13213146
>filename
Hmm...

we'll be fine. we'll just drop to the floor (grass).

rolled 11 = 11

>>13213163

A searing fire roars up my arm as the lightning strikes my hand!

Roll a d12, Tratot!

rolled 1 = 1

>>13213244

rolled 8 = 8

>>13213244
I catch lightning

rolled 1 = 1

>>13213256
>noko rollers
>my face

rolled 6 = 6

>>13213244

We throw it back.

rolled 6 = 6

>>13213279
Strangle him with our good hand, fueled by our burning rage and also burning stump of an arm.

Meanwhile, the sky-man is pinned down under the constant streams of lighting that seem to come from the air itself!


Roll a d12 for whatever you do, Tratot!

rolled 5 = 5

>>13213279
Ouch indeed...
Doesn't look like it's bleeding though. Lightning cauterized it?

>>13213279

>mfw

captcha says: Armseer few
Yes, are arm is seared and we have fewer hands

rolled 6 = 6

>>13213301
with other hand, throw spear into the air, best as we can.

>>13213317
er, meaning in the general direction of the lightning

>>13213317

I fling the sky-man's spear at the source, but it clatters into the bushes and disappears...

The sky-man rights himself and looks about, but he cannot see the other man either! Now armed with only one lightning-stone between us, we face the deadly storm!

The sky-man turns to me and asks, "What say you?"

What will you do, Tratot?

>>13213404
As the quest thread goes on later and later i feel like I'm the only one here. I'll wait a few minutes.

rolled 2 = 2

>>13213404
We can understand the sky man?

>>13213420

Heh, I know... I should have called it a few hours ago, but I don't know when the next time I'll get to run it is!

>>13213424
It's coming more and more fluently...

rolled 1 = 1

>>13213424
Perhaps we can only understand some of his words?

>>13213439

Ha ha ha...

Well... I might be able to squeeze in a few hours tomorrow, but it's kind of doubtful. The next time would probably be after January 1st...

rolled 10 = 10

>>13213439
I suggest we inspect the disc and strange triangular device >>13213368 on the right

Love these threads, Lego Quest is best quest

This place...

"Tratot!" the sky-man shouts.

"Come and see!"

"This place..."

I used to play in this place when I was only a cub!

I remember... something important about this place...

rolled 10 = 10

How does Spaceman know our name?

rolled 3 = 3

From out of the trees the other man springs forth, loosing blasts of his evil lightning at us!


Roll a d12 for whatever you do, Tratot!

rolled 10 = 10

>>13213590
rolling a spot check for any forgotten childhood toys

>>13213595
>How does Spaceman know our name?

Your conversations are coming more fluently... but I guess I skipped the "Me Tratot, you sky-man" bit ><

rolled 12 = 12

>>13213599
DODGE AND THROW OUR SPEAR AT HIM! OR IF WE DONT HAVE A SPEAR, JUMP AT HIM, TACKLING HIM TO THE GROUND AND HOLDING HIM.

>>13213600
>>13213634

Hmmm...

rolled 11 = 11

>>13213599
You can shoot lightning at my buddy, you can blow my hand off, but you do NOT screw with me when I'm about to nostalgia!

Charge him! Tackle, grapple!

>>13213634
>rolled 12 = 12
Aww yeah.

rolled 3 = 3

>>13213599
Lose other hand.

rolled 8 = 8

>>13213642
>>13213634
>>13213600
Tratot does not fuck around.

...

The strange object makes an admirable spear, driving deep into his stomach and nearly slicing him in half!

>>13213744
Glorious. Here's hoping we can pounce on him and punch the British out of his face. In an in-character way, of course.
>>13213726
Did that piece come with that red logo on it? Kind of neat.

rolled 12 = 12

>>13213744
TRATOT UP IN THIS MOTHERFUCKER

>>13213764
Fuck year
You must post a closeup of Tratot with his hands up and a TRATOT UP IN THIS MOTHERFUCKER macro

>>13213785
>hands

>>13213796
I rolled a 12, his fucking hand will regrow for the pic

>>13213796
>>13213785

>>13213807
No it will not, he will only have one hand

"So... not Tratot after all," the sky-man says, picking the object up and wiping muck off of it, revealing symbols I remember from long ago...


.S..TRATOT...HES

"Not Tratot, but Stratothes..."

"Stratothes of Futuron!"

THE END

>>13213847

>No Tratot, you are the sky-mans

>>13213838
>>13213829
OH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

I never got into the Futureman lego quests. Now I have to go back through the archives and learn their secrets.

>>13213829
>>13213838
>>13213847

>>13213891
FUCK YEAR

rolled 10 = 10

>>13213891

I look forward to it, OP.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=lego%20quest

Full Lego Quest archive is here!

Goodnights!

reading through.. awesome.
Was wondering, Lego Quest op (or anyone who asked before or found it in an archive) other then having a bottomless supply of minifigs and bits, What is the secret to lego close-up 'action' shots?

>protected latung
>well of course, but that just goes without saying.

>>13213977
good at camera

>>13214086
ah. i was hoping for something more concrete then "be good at it by being good at it"

Wrong time of night perhaps.. but they will see! they will all see!

OK, back, largely awake, and ready to answer any Lego-related questions!

>>13213977
>What is the secret to lego close-up 'action' shots?

The 'digital macro' mode is essential for taking really close-up shots; any other mode is too blurry from three inches away.

Even then, it takes a lot of focusing and re-focusing, since the camera is sooooo picky about what miniscule area it brings into focus: "No, goddammit, stop focusing on his shoulder, focus on the faaaaaace!"

Some people in another quest thread told me I should be using these other settings too. Something about ISO. Pretty sure I switched to what they said.

>>13216108
Some of the photos, like the chase seen and that last blast the bad guy did, have a blurriness to them that is completely appropriate and dynamic, almost like motion blur but not quite. Did you do that on purpose?

Also, all these photos have a yellowish tint to them. It looks kinda cool, but it also looks like your white balance might be off. Is that also on purpose? Just curious about your methods.

And thanks for the quest. Amazing story, man.

And because
>>13212120
asked about it, here's the cheap and easy way to take shots of airborne objects.

Here we see Tratot floating mysteriously in mid-air...

...but we can see that even in the Lego world, bricks must still obey the merciless laws of physics.

>>13216220
>almost like motion blur but not quite. Did you do that on purpose?
As much as I'd like to take credit for setting it up like that, it's just lucky shots that occasionally end up looking cool.

>all these photos have a yellowish tint to them. It looks kinda cool, but it also looks like your white balance might be off.

Yeahhhhh.... I tried tweaking it, but between my terrible light situation (now more terrible because I broke a lamp last night ><) and my general ineptness for all things photographical, I can't get rid of it. Sometimes I can get rid of it in Photoshop, but I'm usually in a hurry to get pictures up asap.

Remembered one more thing I was going to point out, among all the hints to Tratot's heritage I put in this game:


This

and this.

>>13216108
>>13216254
>>13216266

So, Macro-mode, screw around with it plenty, and don't forget the magic tricks.

Thanks LegoQuest!

this is getting archived right?

>>13216731
>this is getting archived right?

All LQ episodes are archived here:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=lego%20quest

Just realized I posted the wrong version of this.

>>13217051
What's the difference?

>>13218342
Oh, uh... I thought the first version's file size was a lot bigger because of all the extra data my camera puts on pictures... but then I see that it's only a couple of kb smaller...

These are the kinds of bad decisions I make when I've only had four hours' sleep.

>>13218778
Perhaps you should not sleep at all and instead Lego Quest 24/7.

More seriously, how do you take your pictures and upload them? You do a lot of them, and the channels I'm used to using take forever to get pictures up. Is it just camera -> wire -> upload over and over?

If it is, you upload commendably fast.

>>13218950
>Perhaps you should not sleep at all and instead Lego Quest 24/7.

That would be pretty sweet. I'm probably going to be semi-unemployed for the next few months, so expect more weekend LQs.

>Is it just camera -> wire -> upload over and over?

Yeah, pretty much. Sometimes I use Photoshop to make possible some things that I can't do with just the camera. For instance, LQ pics are usually 800x600, but I take them all in 1600x1200, then shrink them. Sometimes, though, when I want an extreme close-up of something, I'll copy-paste the 1600x1200 image onto a blank 800x600 canvas (i.e. the big image is cropped to a canvas that only fits the middle one-fourth of it). This lets me have an extreme closeup and keep the level of detail that I want.

>>13212801
This picture, for example, was made using that technique.

Looking at Lego quest back in March, /tg/ was at post no. 8848471 and thereabouts.

Now we're at 13222513. Geez.