#smuggler spoilers

[shark-smuggler]

i never thought id go "wow this minecraft youtube series reminds me of fire punch" but ive been proven wrong

[stone-stars]

songs in c3e60: peregrine (timestamps from the ad-free version. does not include the generic combat music. “a wizard’s tournament” is the recap song.)

Shock at the Dock - 14:05

The Purge - 17:24 (loops)

Bronzebeard Baddies - 25:34

Conspiracy in the Clouds - 33:56

A Fate Refused - 35:38

The Valiant Ol' Cobb - 40:54

Mothership - 42:12

Spearmint & Tea Leaves - 44:46

A Fairy Remembers - 47:07

Demigod - 49:48

Escape from Smuggler's Bounty - 56:45

Escape from Smuggler's Bounty - 57:59

Demigod - 1:00:42

royalty free metal song - 1:02:21

Bahumia Theme - 1:03:39

Conspiracy in the Clouds - 1:08:59

Spearmint & Tea Leaves - 1:10:09

Bahumia Theme - 1:12:29

A Fairy Remembers - 1:15:58

The Fairy - 1:19:24

The Twinkling Lights of Galaderon - 1:22:16

The Posse - 1:23:19

A Tale's End - 1:26:16

Home is Where the Hearth Is (instrumental ver) - 1:27:39

Home is Where the Hearth Is - 1:31:28 - (clipped here!)

context for each song + notes under the cut!

Shock at the Dock - 14:05 - Callie gets hit with the anti-spell blast

The Purge - 17:24 (loops) - Alexandrite's first lair action and the submarine exploding from the ice

Bronzebeard Baddies - 25:34 - Alexandrite shifts into giant Gowan/Scorpion form

Conspiracy in the Clouds - 33:56 - Nat 1 for the village / Nat 20 for Alexandrite

A Fate Refused - 35:38 - Sol shoots a flare to let the village know they're fighting

The Valiant Ol' Cobb - 40:54 - Alexandrite crits on Calder / He saves from the poison

Mothership - 42:12 - Alexandrite's lair action earthquake

Spearmint & Tea Leaves - 44:46 - Callie offers to help the village, Calder says no, and Garrosh offers aid

A Fairy Remembers - 47:07 - Calder takes a leap of faith and and fuses the swords

Demigod - 49:48 - Alexandrite expands into a giant mass of people

Escape from Smuggler's Bounty - 56:45 - Kenna inspires Calder by calling him Giant Heart

Escape from Smuggler's Bounty - 57:59 - Calder crits for the Ice Knife vs the zombies

Demigod - 1:00:42 - Alexandrite's turn

royalty free metal song - 1:02:21 - Sol Silvery Barbs on Alexandrite

Bahumia Theme - 1:03:39 - Calder opens the gate

Conspiracy in the Clouds - 1:08:59 - Licorice goes down, Calder falls

Spearmint & Tea Leaves - 1:10:09 - Calder falling, at peace, and Callie saving him

Bahumia Theme - 1:12:29 - Callie crits and kills Alexandrite

A Fairy Remembers - 1:15:58 - Alexandrite is defeated

The Fairy - 1:19:24 - Albin arrives

The Twinkling Lights of Galaderon - 1:22:16 - Calder + Gowan talk

The Posse - 1:23:19 - Gregor defending the town

A Tale's End - 1:26:16 - Celebration in the village

Home is Where the Hearth Is (instrumental ver) - 1:27:39 - Callie plays a fey song in front of the rift

Home is Where the Hearth Is - 1:31:28 - Emily sings us out!

Notes: The metal song at 1:02:21 is one that murph uses a lot for badass moments, so i'm calling it out even though it's royalty free New Song: Home is Where the Hearth Is (lyrical version, the instrumental was used in ep 57) Unlisted in the Credits: Mothership

[rttnpnkpmpkn]

I'm gonna start saving screenshots of my misadventures because some were so freakin' cute but I can't recall from memory ;w;

Shopping with Eden

Eden, after the escape from the asylum

Eden, Hurt

Eden, at the Park

Misc. Great Hawk

Meeting Wren

feckin' Kylar xD

[galactic-gunslinger]

Don't worry, this is a completely normal thing for a smuggler to do. Nothing supernatural going on here ;)

[larena]

Wanted to try ranking SWTOR class stories in order of "importance" - how relevant they are to the games overarching ongoing storyline, based on factors like how often aspects of them come up in other class stories, or elsewhere in the story, how easily they flow into the expansions, how important their companions end up being later, etc.

Jedi Knight: This one's undeniable, I think. It's basically the main plot class. Knight kills Vitiate first, deals with a lot of the more important problems on most of the planets they go to. And Kira, Scourge, and T7 all get main character status in the expansions regardless of your class.

Imperial Agent: This one is a tossup with Sith Warrior for me. I can see arguments for either, but Agent wins out imo just because of how far-reaching the Star Cabal is, and, maybe somewhat paradoxically, how relevant *other* class stories are to its story. Kaliyo and especially SCORPIO also end up being pretty important in the expansions, as well as a few other Agent companions and NPCs.

Sith Warrior: You are literally the Emperor's Wrath. The class with the closest direct connection to the Emperor, besides maybe Knight. Again its a tossup for me whether Warrior or Agent are the "A" plot for the Empire storyline, but the Wrath almost single handedly reignites the war for Darth Baras. As well as being a fairly close acquaintance of one of Vitiate's potential successors, Vowrawn. Vette also ends up being fairly important in the expansions, though not as much since Eternal Throne.

Jedi Consular: The Children of the Emperor have only recently become very, very relevant again, and we don't fully know where that plot is going, but I think thats still a compelling argument to put Consular relatively high. None of their companions have been super relevant post-class story besides Nadia on Ossus, but the Rift Alliance does end up feeling like a precursor to the Eternal Alliance, to me.

Sith Inquisitor: This may feel low for Inquisitor, given they become a Dark Council Member but honestly they don't do that much. They're somewhat responsible for the Dark Temple being Like That in the other class stories, and the Silencer Fleet is somewhat important, as well as Moff Pyron. But none of their companions are relevant anywhere else and I don't think the events of their class story are referenced anywhere except some passing name drops of Darth Thanaton. I could realistically rank them lower, but again, they ARE on the Dark Council.

Bounty Hunter: Honestly the remaining three tech classes are hard to rank. But I think BH gets a lot of credit for technically allowing Saresh to rise to power. And not for nothing, a lot of their companions have been relevant in expansions, especially Torian recently. You only get a *lot* of the earlier Mando stuff through BH, which I think also counts for something.

Trooper: I think Trooper mainly gets points for Jorgan being a main character in Fallen Empire. They do a lot of stuff that *feels* important, and General Garza, Rakton, and the Bastion come up elsewhere, but it never feels like there's much impact from the Trooper story overall.

Smuggler: I mean what can I say. I love the Smuggler storyline, and Nok Drayen *is* a member of the Star Cabal, but none of this shit mattered lol. Which is totally thematically appropriate imo, it's at least meant to be a pretty personal story with personal stakes. At least everyone can meet Akaavi and Guss in the expansions.

[queen-scribbles]

@star-wars-nexus​ haha I am both a good and bad person to ask this. Bad bc Consular is my favorite storyline so I am incredibly biased, good bc Consular is my favorite storyline when a lot of people write it off.😂

I really love the Consular story. It’s slower paced than some of the others, and doesn’t have the thriller feel of the Agent or the same in-your-face badassery of the Sith classes, but I feel like it’s one of the better stories at transitioning between acts, so it’s also smoother, if that makes sense? (Especially act 2 into act 3) And I honestly enjoy that it’s quieter and more subtle at telling its story. Also,it’s mentioned several times that you’re one of the more powerful Force users in the galaxy, so while it may be less in your face, you’re still a Badass.

The Consular deals a lot with themes of agency, responsibility, sacrifice, and forgiveness. If you’ve played a Knight and done the stuff with Kira being a Child of the Emperor? Yeah, the Children are a BIG part of the Consular story later in the game. So there’s some more you learn about them, which I think it neat. (Fingers crossed for more in the next patch)

It’s less a thing now that you can switch up class/origin, but Kinetic Combat Shadow makes me feel like the biggest badass in the galaxy and is handsdown no contest my favorite thing to play(almost all my Force users added it as second spec if they didn’t already have it, my SW hasn’t switched back to Mara since xD)

I’m trying to think of ways to talk it up without spoiling too much in case you haven’t played it yet and want the surprise. let’s see.... the companions are great, I think it might be the only class where I like all of them a lot. My one gripe would be how late you get the romances. You don’t pick up Felix until you finish Hoth, and Nadia(my beloved <3) doesn’t join as a companion until after Belsavis, but she’s been traveling with you and engages in ship cutscenes for act 2 and 3 even before she’s a companion. So you get to know her and build a relationship even before you can take her on missions with you.

The ending... OOOOOOOOH the ENDING. You can drastically alter your ending depending on your dialogue options with a certain NPC. We’re talking life or death, redemption or destruction level alter, and I love it so much. 

[theirishhalfling]

Tested out a bit of Stars Without Number the other day, so of course that means the chance to design a PC.

Her name is Avanti, she's a smuggler/thief and I feel it's a miracle she survived her first outing, since SWN holds no punches (a trap nearly took her out as it was). It's just her and her space-exploring buddy out to do some adventures.

(criminal background, adventurer expert-warrior class with alert, gunslinger and specialist-connect for foci)

[fuchsiareign]

The conversation about the spirit stones in the smugglers hideout is no longer triggering for me and idky

Is it a bug or did I fail some requirement?

[calico-heart]

Lyrha, the literal ex-pirate, smuggler, and human trafficker:

Sam Coe I assure you she was not

[cryo-lily]

The best of friends even since childhood. (Minus them unwillingly losing contact for a couple of decades)

Because every former Jedi needs one good rich smuggler friend.

Also the founders of The Eridium Cartel, don’t ask how it all started, lest the Hutt Cartel gets jealous.

[sheyshen]

for BH specific lines there was only really one outside of being called hunter once at the start:

otherwise a BH being a mandalorian is never mentioned. the only other differences is how sa’haar reacts to an imp character vs a pub character and your responses to her. she seems more amenable to a pub character and more guarded towards imp, and pub is much kinder, has an option to offer her to join you, imp really only had yell at shae or yell at her, whoops)

bonus, since i didn’t flirt with rass on koren, if you didn’t take the flirts during the main story, when you talk to him at the start of the daily area story you get a different flirt than if you had chosen the “i owe you one” flirt prior

[stone-stars]

songs in c3e70: deer old dad (timestamps from the ad-free version. does not include the generic combat music. “a wizard’s tournament” is the recap song.)

Balnor the Brave - 7:29

Blackthorn Hall - 8:30

Ode to the Archipelago - 13:16

Bittersweet Sixteen - 14:51

Hospitably Hostile - 17:20

Balnor's Bad Dream - 20:44

Balnor the Brave - 23:26

Winter Sprite - 24:58

Left is Left and Right is Center - 28:22

Escape from Smuggler's Bounty - 30:26

Gunvar - 32:54

The Red Fen - 33:54

Greener Shades - 35:26

Slumber in the Stump - 36:14

Zelbuldar 3 - 38:46

Mothership Lobby - 39:35 and 43:29

Left is Left and Right is Center - 46:34

The Multiverse - 48:46

Goblin Dirigible - 50:56

A Friend For Life - 53:49

Escape from Smuggler's Bounty - 55:40

Tower in the Distance - 58:57

Frankie Vantasmo - 1:02:22

Malscurial - 1:07:02

The Mindflayer's Lair - 1:08:16

Bonkginya, Fia Bonkginya - 1:12:23

Malscurial - 1:17:15

Sir Reynard - 1:20:41

Malscurial - 1:22:26

context for each song + notes under the cut!

Balnor the Brave - 7:29 - Balnor grieves Truehare

Blackthorn Hall - 8:30 - Duck Team celebrating / Kenna's first beer

Ode to the Archipelago - 13:16 - Calder makes an ice luge / Revelry with the Green Knights

Bittersweet Sixteen - 14:51 - Entering the Summer Court Castle

Hospitably Hostile - 17:20 - Calder brings up Leonore to Robert / Robert explains their past

Balnor's Bad Dream - 20:44 - Robert explains Leonore's treachery and betrayal

Balnor the Brave - 23:26 - Robert explains his order's mission and that they have failed Queen Cirilla

Winter Sprite - 24:58 - Callie's read on Cirilla (naive)

Left is Left and Right is Center - 28:22 - Discussing Gunk's future

Escape from Smuggler's Bounty - 30:26 - Robert offers the Green Knight's service if DT will help bring Cirilla back

Gunvar - 32:54 - Robert reminisces about Queen Cirilla

The Red Fen - 33:54 - King Lestibourne

Greener Shades - 35:26 - Duck Team's sleeping quarters

Slumber in the Stump - 36:14 - Duck Team going to bed

Zelbuldar 3 - 38:46 - Ma Goblin hologram

Mothership Lobby - 39:35 - Ma Goblin gives them a net gun for the Fatebringers

Mothership Lobby - 43:29 - Ma says she can scan automatons

Left is Left and Right is Center - 46:34 - Sol uses Lestibourne's bath water

The Multiverse - 48:46 - Sol crits to recharge his spores

Goblin Dirigible - 50:56 - Green Knight forces gathering / Saying goodbye to Robert

A Friend For Life - 53:49 - Callie gives Robert a stag fern as a token

Escape from Smuggler's Bounty - 55:40 - Green Knights preparing to fly out

Tower in the Distance - 58:57 - Arrival in Autumn

Frankie Vantasmo - 1:02:22 - Discussing an approach to the castle

Malscurial - 1:07:02 - DT + Balnor land among the elementals + automatons

The Mindflayer's Lair - 1:08:16 - Callie scans an automaton

Bonkginya, Fia Bonkginya - 1:12:23 - Communicating with Ma Goblin / Automaton overview and discussion

Malscurial - 1:17:15 - Entering Charbin's castle

Sir Reynard - 1:20:41 - Charbin shows Bearlain in a cage / Betrays them

Malscurial - 1:22:26 - Charbin's forces start attacking

Notes: "Slumber in the Stump" is credited as "Moonshine's Stump"

[waterlogged-detective]

So the thing is is that Doe is inclined to help those badly off or if they ask nicely or if he feels like they've suffered some injustice 97% of the time

However

If you do something he finds annoying or rude (towards him) on purpose, all helpfulness is out the window and now you are put into the 3% of People Doe is Going To Go Out Of His Way to Inconvenience.

He had to physically stop himself from selling the Devil who helped him escape New Newgate out when he saw him using his knives.

The smuggler trying to steal his shit and then fighting him physically for it? Sorry but he's going to sell you out to the Capitalism Bat. And then you lie to him about a revenge plot after what he's been through?

He'd have left them in the mine for the crime of being annoying, honestly.

[undead-potatoes]

So the idea behind my Tav's backstory is that he's The Guy™️. You need something that's hard to find? Something kinda illegal? Something in a difficult place to reach/break into? He's your guy. If he can't get it, you're either asking for the (almost) impossible, or you're just asking for something he refuses to get for you (like people or something incredibly dangerous).

He uses his various wild shapes to sneak in and out and around, and a special bag of holding that can stretch to a very large opening (is this canon compliant? I have no fucking clue, don't care, my city now). And maybe most importantly, he uses his approximately 5 billion contacts in and around and outside the city of Baldur's Gate that he's built up over the past 30 years to find and get what he needs.

This leads to 2 things;

1) When people start getting difficult, he immediately switches into "customer service mode" where he's very polite no matter how rude the other person gets, but he can also be very persuasive and maybe even a little manipulative.

2) Once they reach Baldur's Gate they get stopped like 5 times a day by people coming up to Tav like "mate where's my stuff, where have you been for the past month(s)", which all the companions either find very annoying or just hilarious. Eventually he just writes out a handwritten note and asks Gale to magically make copies of it so Tav can hand them out to anyone who asks lmao

[revanknightwoman]

Republic smuggling is my specialty

[queen-scribbles]

He says to my SMUGGLER😂