Do you want playable fairies in the Sims 4?

"Kbobster;c-18146561" wrote:

"DaWaterRat;c-17789603" wrote:

"TheGreatGorlon;c-17789376" wrote:
I'm not sure, it really depends on how they do them. While it seems to be unpopular on this particular thread, I think they need to double down on the classic fairy and pixie style, to differentiate them from spellcasters and to give them a completely unique feel. If people want dark fae and all that, that can be achieved by giving a caster an unnatural skin tone and pointy ears. I think they need to go with the complete whimsical side of fairies, maybe give us a toadstool ring as a means of travelling to the realm of fairies, the whole glowing magic forest vibe with BB mode, and a system of magic that operates differently from spellcasting and is maybe slanted towards more chaotic things, like bizarre backfires if magic goes wrong. It just really needs to feel different from spellcasters, and I don't think the elves and that branch of Tolkein fae will really do that. Bring back the Summerdreams.

Heh. Sweet child, thinking that Elves are the only other way Fae are depicted.

Weird skin and pointy ears aren't going to give me my Bwcas, Leprechauns, Kobolds, Goblins, Brownies, Pookas, Hobbs, Pucks, Redcaps, Spriggans, Sluaghs...

But as I said, I'll take Pixies, because that's probably what we're going to get.

Hi, question. So all those other things you mentioned are fairies as well, but pixies are the Tinkerbelle-looking things?

Honestly, a whole Fairy Expansion Pack would be awesome, then. (and I know people will complain that other Occults got only a Game Pack, but if I'm understanding your post correctly, it seems that Fairies are very diverse and probably need a bigger pack). I think to separate them from Spellcasters, Pixie magic is based on blessings and curses. I've noticed that Spellcasters on Sims 4 don't have curses sadly. (Remember Haunting Curse/Toadification from Sims 3? Those were long-term ailments caused by Sorcerers in Sims 3, Sorcerers>Spellcaster imo). Elves can have healing abilities and nature abilities or whatever elves actually do. I mean, they could just do their research and make it accurate. Goblins can get rich easy, if that's what goblins do.

Yes. Tinkerbelle is the Standard Pixie model. The others... not so much. Most are out of British and Celtic folklore, which is the best known of the Faerie folklore, though there are Faerie like beings in nearly every culture on the globe. Semi-Capricious (or outright Capricious) creatures of nature that operate by social rules that don't quite mesh with the humans they live next to.

There's an old TV movie (available on Youtube) called Faeries, based on the Faerie book illustrated by Brian Froud - the Concept Artist for the Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. My dream is that they can use that book as source material.

But, as you point out, to do Faerie the way I would want it done, the way I would call "right" - or at least close enough for Sims work - would require far more resources than they can put into a Game Pack. Which is why I will settle for just Pixies, because I know those can fit.