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DarkChadmeister
6 years ago

Ancient Bloodline Legacy Challenge (Realm of Magic)

We have all seen and read those fantasy books/movies of powerful magical bloodlines that stretch back many generations. Penniless and alone, your Sim has dreams of being and creating something greater; a powerful and prestigious legacy that will be remembered by all. Realm of Magic now gives you that chance as you can create your very own ancient magical bloodline in Sims 4!

This challenge is inspired and is a variation of the standard Legacy Challenge for Sims 4 but with a focus on the Sims 4 Spellcaster occult from the Realm of Magic game pack. In order to complete the challenge you will of course need Realm of Magic but otherwise you should not need any further expansion/game/stuff packs to complete the challenge.

Goal:
To become one of the most prestigious and powerful bloodlines of spellcasters within Sims 4 and with each generation passing on your magical bloodline until you receive the Ancient Bloodline trait.

This will require 3 successive generations of spellcasters past the first generation so think of this as a shorter occult legacy challenge with a few more rules added!

More details on magical bloodlines can be located at Carl's Sims 4 Guide website.

Getting Started:

Create any character in CAS but you must start at age Teen or above and you must be the only sim in your household. (Note: Its not required that you start as a Spellcaster occult as you can become a spellcaster via the quest with one of the sages in Glimmerbrook)

Optional: You may use the in-game personality quiz to determine your founder’s careers, traits, and skills but you will need to cheat down your starting funds and possibly quit your job (see below).

Optional: If you have Cats & Dogs expansion pack, you may add a pet initially to be your familiar. Subsequently, any other pets added to the household must be in-game (strays moved-in, adoption or bred).

Optional (Hardmode): If you have Seasons, you start the game in Winter.

Purchase an empty lot (or bulldoze one of the other pre-built lot). Lot traits can whatever you wish but they can not be changed during the challenge. (For Hardmode take the off-the-grid trait for your lot)

Use the money cheat by typing testingcheats true in the command console and then money 1500 (or 0 depending on if you want to do Hardmode for a greater challenge).

Base Rules:

  • You must play with aging on and set to a normal lifespan (auto-aging for non-households can be disabled). Your sim cannot use any methods to prevent or prolong aging EXCEPT by their own magic. (Keep in mind household size limits so your immortal founder staying in your house may be an issue)
  • Any mods or CC that gives you an unfair advantage over others are not allowed. Your sim is powerful enough already!
  • No cheating or reverting to saves! The only exceptions are bb.moveobjects on (for building purposes) or to resolve glitches.
  • Your sim can only pass on his bloodline when they unlocked their full potential. They must complete both the Purveyor of Potions and Spellcraft & Sorcery Aspirations before producing an heir (i.e. having children).
  • Partner for your bloodline must be of an occult of some type (no mudbloods!). You can use the Rite of Ascension if you wish. (Keep in mind breeding with another occult has a chance of not producing a spellcaster)
  • A spouse can be moved into the house but they must be an occult (as above).
  • Sims can be moved out of the house to make room for others but they cannot be moved back in afterwards.
  • Use the in-game randomiser to select all the children’s traits as they age. You cannot pick their traits yourself. (You may re-trait via the Reward store as per below).
  • Starting aspirations for your heir apparent must be Purveyor of Potions or Spellcraft & Sorcery. Subsequent Aspirations can be picked.
  • You may pick whichever child to be the heir apparent but they must have the bloodline trait and be of the Spellcaster occult (Hardmode: use the full Succession Laws in the Legacy challenge)
  • You may have a work-from-home career but you must always choose the work from home option. Mastering magic is a full-time job! (Hardmode: You can not take any careers)
  • Your heir may not purchase any Rewards from the Rewards Store until you have unlocked your full potential (i.e. Purveyor of Potions and Spellcraft & Sorcery aspirations completed)


You can view the rules here as well as I'll be making updates on occasion based on feedback and things that may come up as I try to complete the challenge myself.

Let me know what you think!
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  • DarkChadmeister's avatar
    DarkChadmeister
    6 years ago
    I decided to go hardmode for a greater challenge with this. That means starting off in the winter with 0 simoleons on an empty off-the-grid lot. I also noticed that the Magical HQ inside of the Magic Realm has several amenities like a full kitchen, toilets, showers and such so I am taking the money earning to an extreme level to compensate. My Sim can only earn money directly from other sims...no careers, no selling from inventory, no royalties, etc. So that means selling things directly from market tables, earning tips from busking, winning competitions and so on. I suppose I could run a business but as I plan to sell items with a street table, I decided to only selling things I can gather or make (i.e. no buying in buy mode and selling it)

    Also, since the sim I am starting is a teen, I also added a bunch of teen spellcasters (along with more spellcasters overall) from the gallery to give the Magic Realm and HQ more of an academy feel so he will have more peers starting off (plus combat the game turning random pre-mades into spellcasters...).
  • DarkChadmeister's avatar
    DarkChadmeister
    6 years ago
    We begin this with Damian starting off in Glimmerbrook in a cold winter morning new arrived to the area. With no family, the clothes in his back and no money in his pocket, he surveys the area.

    https://i.imgur.com/4q5OosG.png

    He quickly introduces himself to one of the neighbors, Samael Ashe and has a quick, friendly chat.

    https://i.imgur.com/3Shby7P.png

    After ending his conversation with the new neighbor, Damian makes his way over the strange portal that is rumored to be at the waterfall. As he approached something strange happened as he was drawn into the portal itself.

    https://i.imgur.com/ql7yiy6.png

    Exiting the portal, he spots the strange manor makes his way up to it unsure what it contains.

    https://i.imgur.com/h4kZR9Y.png

    It is there were he meets the three sages who recognize his heritage and hand himself a glimmerstone so he may return to the Magic Realm. Each also take on the task of talking and training with Damian.

    https://i.imgur.com/TPZH7v6.png
    https://i.imgur.com/Vv3t41x.png
    https://i.imgur.com/r2jKswl.png

    The day wears on into the evening until Damian is exhausted and falls asleep on one of the coaches in the manor.

    https://i.imgur.com/zdseGqd.png
  • DarkChadmeister's avatar
    DarkChadmeister
    6 years ago
    Things were hard for Damian during the winter as much of the time is spent trying to learn what he can while eking out an existence. Luckily the magical headquarter provides many small amenities that they don't seem to mind Damian using. As fortune would have thought, he heard word that a flea market was in the city so he made his way to hock some wares.

    https://i.imgur.com/NDjzOxK.png

    This provided a little money in his pocket much to his relief. The next day, one of the sages, Morgyn Ember, invited him to a some sort of Humor & Hijinks Festival in the city. There was some colorful folks there and both Damian along Morgyn decided to participate in the festival.

    https://i.imgur.com/WLTt1yi.png

    The end result was the duo winning which included a 500 simolean cash prize along with some other goodies! With all the money collected in the past few days means he was able to buy some camping gear along with his own market table. Things were looking up for Damian as the first days of spring hit!

    https://i.imgur.com/2G944oO.png

    Not much longer after Damian receives a random call. One of the student, Circe Glimmerbook, whom he met briefly wanted to challenge him to a duel....a finally a chance to prove himself! He accepted the challenge and made his way to the dueling grounds in the Magical Realm.

    https://i.imgur.com/xUtf7kr.png

    Except things didn't go as planned...

    https://i.imgur.com/q00gjZK.png



  • DarkChadmeister's avatar
    DarkChadmeister
    6 years ago
    After Circe humbled Damian at the dueling grounds, she invited him over the next day to her place where he met the Witches of Newcrest, a coven of seven witches residing in an apartment complex in that town. His head was swimming seeing all the young attractive witches walking around.

    https://i.imgur.com/sO5B8ut.png

    While there one of the witches, a Willow Graeme, another teen spellcaster who caught his eye. The two hit it off well and eventually Damian made a bold move which paid off.

    https://i.imgur.com/H5Y42an.png

    A few days later, Morgyn Ember invited him to check out the Romance Festival in the city. Damian took this as an opportunity to invite Willow along with them as a chaperoned date. While the festival was going on he also noticed a bunch of flowers that would make fine additions to his small garden.

    https://i.imgur.com/njzFksZ.png

    Just as the festival ended, Morgan was nowhere to be seen and to Damian's surprise received a call from Morgyn. There was a party going on in some old ruins and they should meet up again. Not sure if inviting teen to a late-night rave is sound judgement but Damian went anyways.

    https://i.imgur.com/9VFQPhT.png

    After the party ended, he returned home ready to crash when he had an unexpected visitor. It was the creepy stranger who days ago made vague threats over the phone about his lovely neck. Not having any of that, Damian blasted the stranger with a fire spell he had recently learned making the pale stranger flee.

    https://i.imgur.com/yNOfBVS.png
  • PanicBaby's avatar
    PanicBaby
    6 years ago
    I really liked the idea of the challenge and started it!
    https://youtu.be/v_IPF-ATESw
    We'll see how it goes, fingers crossed!
  • DarkChadmeister's avatar
    DarkChadmeister
    6 years ago
    Training continues for Damian now as a young adult on his road to become a spellcasting virtuoso. As he becomes friends and closer to all of the sages, he begins to develop a relationship with L. Faba, the sage of Mischief magic. Now an adult, she sees him in a new light.

    https://i.imgur.com/E9SPhEK.png

    Leading eventually to there first kiss...

    https://i.imgur.com/sWgbgxe.png

    Eventually he discovers, in order to progress, he must face and defeat 3 other spellcasters. With the extensive training he has acquired along with a newly bought wand, he seeks out and defeats three of his peers one-by-one.

    https://i.imgur.com/8q1Q9WV.png
    https://i.imgur.com/DLxJhtb.png
    https://i.imgur.com/Wv2FfzX.png

    With that out of the way, all he needs to is achieve the Virtuoso rank and he will be complete. While he pushes his training, friends like Circe help provide the occasional distraction inviting him out in the town. It seems that spellcasters doing karaoke is becoming a pastime now.

    https://i.imgur.com/xlnOhf0.png

    and the romance that continues to brew...

    https://i.imgur.com/WvhEIFy.png
  • DarkChadmeister's avatar
    DarkChadmeister
    6 years ago
    More time is spent training from experimenting, studying tomes or simply practicing. Currently, Damian stands at Master rank as a spellcaster and closing in on Virtuoso and completing the aspiration.

    https://i.imgur.com/s1op8K0.png

    Wanting to push his training, he sets out to start dueling other spellcasters which will help progressive things quickly and provide some ample rewards. Damian then decides to push the limit and challenge each of the 3 sages in the Magic Realm. First he challenges Morgan who falls...

    https://i.imgur.com/Br69mpQ.png

    Then Simeon who is no match for Damian...

    https://i.imgur.com/xtSkomX.png

    And full of confidence he finally challengse his paramour, L. Faba...

    https://i.imgur.com/N75YbRt.png

    Except she not so easily defeated and promptly shows Damian the errors of his ways. This blow was probably something he needed to keep him a little humble.

    https://i.imgur.com/W7aWbB4.png

    Bruised ego or not, Damian and L. Faba still enjoy their discrete dalliance especially since he dropped his tent in the Magic Realm now that he has a proper place to sleep.

    https://i.imgur.com/kONEtZb.png

    In short order, Damian finally reaches the Virtuoso rank and is able to complete his the Spellcaster aspiration!

    https://i.imgur.com/7r0Vrl2.png


  • DarkChadmeister's avatar
    DarkChadmeister
    6 years ago
    At this point the challenge is getting much easier. The jump from the Spellcraft & Sorcery aspiration to completing Purveyor of Potions was very rapid as all it required was making a few additional potions. The potion of plentiful needs also means that little downtime happens as needs are easily replenished allow more time for all activities. Money also comes with little effort with spells like copypasto and burgliate. The money and surviving part of the challenge is pretty much done for Damian so all that is left now is now furthering the bloodline!

    https://i.imgur.com/wv722FC.png
  • EuphorialQueen's avatar
    EuphorialQueen
    Retired Hero
    6 years ago
    @darkchadmeister Just now seeing this thread. Such a wonderful theme! I enjoy seeing new challenges <3
    I hope you will continue posting progress updates.
    - EQ

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