The Legacy Challenge Rules

Stormfeather wrote:
Reposting since it got lost like half a dozen pages back or so (plus I have another question to add on...)

Some questions (some I jotted down have already been answered in the meantime I see, such as using cakes to age up kids, but I still have a couple more):

1. To make sure - you can have kids with Rich Sims, and even have their kids as the heir, as long as you don't move them in/marry them, right? I'm thinking of trying for a kid with Gunther Goth, because I like his jeans, er, genes ... so would that be allowed and could the kid possibly be heir, so long as Gunther stays at his house and my Sim doesn't marry him?

Sims identified as rich may not be moved into the house - your famale sim can mate with a male sim though and raise the resulting child as an heir. Male sims must move their female mates onto the lot though so this option is only available for your female legacy sim.

2. Portraits can only be made of the bloodline, I understand that, but is there any restriction as to who's doing the painting? I just moved in/married Leighton Sekemoto (yes, again, I didn't plan it that way! ), and his son Sam... Sam I realize can't be part of the bloodline since he's my founder's stepson, but could he be the painter of portraits for the Sims who ARE in the bloodline, since he's Artistic and all?

I believe the original rules said only people part of the bloodline can procure points for the challenge. I would like further clarification of this as well, but perhaps it's only the portrait and the subject itself that earns the points and the painter doesn't really matter.

3. From the way I understand it, a spouse of the founder can start earning points for the Legacy as soon as they spawn a child with the founder... even if that child/those children don't turn out to be heir, yes? This is related to my thoughts of having an affair with Gunther and possibly even making his kid heir (depends on how it all turns out). So if I understand correctly, as long as I have some "spares" with Leighton, Leighton and those kids will be part of the bloodline, even if Gunther's kid eventually is heir?

This one is tricky - I would wait for further clarification - the idea is that all of your heirs must have a single unbroken link back to the founder, I don't know that having a child with the mate of your founder with another male is going to produce a viable heir. If your female is your founder though than I think that your heir can be whomever you deem worthy.

4. Were you thinking of adding additional rules that add more challenges/points, and were you taking suggestions for that? I wanted to ask before I start posting some ideas for them.

Obviously, Pinstar will need to answer this.

5. (New question) How are non-bloodline kids aging up in the household handled for traits? I had a step-son moved in when I married his father, so since he's not of the bloodline, does he get the family trait and randomize others, just like the bloodline kids do? I went ahead and did it like that, just in case, but I figured it'd be good to clarify.

Pinstar will need to answer this as well, but it would be my thought because they are not part of the bloodline than family traits wouldn't apply.

Also wanted to add my thanks for making an awesome challenge, and putting up with us all. ^^;; I didn't want to spam the thread further just to add those, but since I'm posting questions anyhow...

Hope you get some further clarification! Hope this helped a bit - obviously try to wait for the "official" word from Pinstar as the challenge creator as he has of course ideas for what is in the spirit of the rules, the rest of us can only suggest good naturedly what we interpret.