Royal Family Legacy
This challenge is kind of a legacy challenge designed around the idea of a royal family. Your objective is to get to 10 generations with the same, full-blooded royal line.
To Start:
In CAS, you may either create a king, a queen, or both. Your starter royal must have the Successful Lineage aspiration. If creating both a king and a queen, you may give it to both or just the king.
Once you’ve created your founder(s), place the household on the largest lot available, preferably 50 x 50, or if playing in Newcrest, 50 x 40. Once they have been placed, use a money cheat to give your royal family anywhere from $2 million to $5 million. Move your household into some sort of large building, preferably a castle.
Start Playing!
Rules:
Inheritance
Heirs may be chosen by the creator. The most common and simple is first-born male, but if you’d rather do a matriarchy, it would be the first born female.
If a child has the Insane trait, he or she is never eligible for the throne, no matter how direct of an heir he/she may be.
The throne is relinquished only when the King dies. The throne then goes to the eldest son (or daughter, if you’re playing a matriarchy). If the heir is not yet a YA, then a Regent (usually the Queen or a close relative of the King) may be chosen to rule for him.
If the King dies without leaving any direct heirs, or the heir dies before taking the throne, the line then goes:
The line of inheritance may be changed/specifically laid out by the King before he dies if he chooses.
Disownment:
Every once in a while, a member of the royal family may do something that calls for disownment. Examples of this may include pregnancy before marriage, attempting to disrupt the line of inheritance, or general misbehavior. If this happens, the offender should be moved into a starter home with any spouse they may have. Children of the transgressor are to be kept and raised in the castle as if they were now a part of the royal family. The members of the royal family must try to have no contact with the disowned.
Marriage:
All women in the royal family should preferably be married off by the time they are an Adult. All unmarried female members of the family must remain in the castle until marriage. When marrying off a female royal, a suitable dowry must be paid to the husband and they must move out of the castle and into a respectable house.
All heirs to the throne must be married before or after taking the throne. When choosing a spouse for your heir, you have several options: create noble families to live around you and marry off or marry a townie. The objective, when arranging a marriage, is to make connections with important people. Therefore, you should aim to arrange marriages with “noble” townie families such as the Goths, Landgraabs, etc. Any family that lives in a big house or has over 35,000 simoleons is eligible for nobility.
All heirs should marry someone of the opposite gender. This is to preserve the line and reach the 10th generation. Note that if an heir does marry a Sim of the same gender, his/her line effectively stops and the throne is not passed down the heir’s line but instead to the next eligible heir.
After a marriage, if the newlywed is a spare, the couple must move out of the family home. The couple should either move into the spouse’s home or be granted funds to buy their own.
Relationships, Affairs, Divorces, etc.
Arranged marriages are encouraged to keep that element of medieval royal life. However, relationships before marriage are okay and may even add to the drama if you’re a storyteller like me. These relationships are looked as “scandalous” by the public, so just remember that.
Depending on his/her traits, it is not uncommon for the King or Queen to have a separate lover. Keep in mind that any children born outside of the royal marriage are not directly eligible for the throne. Divorce is again, scandalous, and should be avoided. In Victorian, medieval, etc. eras, they just executed the queen if she was caught in an affair. Fun, right?
Children
Every child that is born into the royal family must have his/her traits randomized. The King and Queen should try to have as many heirs as they can.
Children must get A’s in school and finish their aspirations. Each child must have some sort of skill built to at least level 5 before aging to a YA.
Careers
The King and Queen may not have careers, nor may the heirs of each generation. Spares may work, but only as YAs and older and only in accepted careers. Spares that choose a job that is not respectable should be disowned.
Accepted Careers: Astronaut, Business, Painter, Secret Agent, Tech Guru, Writer, Scientist, Doctor, Police Officer
Unaccepted Careers: Entertainer, Athlete, Criminal, Culinary,
If using a patriarchy, direct female descendants of the King should not work. They may paint, write, etc.
Teens may not have jobs.
Above all, have fun! No royal family is perfect. Create drama and a storyline! Have fun!
To Start:
In CAS, you may either create a king, a queen, or both. Your starter royal must have the Successful Lineage aspiration. If creating both a king and a queen, you may give it to both or just the king.
Once you’ve created your founder(s), place the household on the largest lot available, preferably 50 x 50, or if playing in Newcrest, 50 x 40. Once they have been placed, use a money cheat to give your royal family anywhere from $2 million to $5 million. Move your household into some sort of large building, preferably a castle.
Start Playing!
Rules:
Inheritance
Heirs may be chosen by the creator. The most common and simple is first-born male, but if you’d rather do a matriarchy, it would be the first born female.
If a child has the Insane trait, he or she is never eligible for the throne, no matter how direct of an heir he/she may be.
The throne is relinquished only when the King dies. The throne then goes to the eldest son (or daughter, if you’re playing a matriarchy). If the heir is not yet a YA, then a Regent (usually the Queen or a close relative of the King) may be chosen to rule for him.
If the King dies without leaving any direct heirs, or the heir dies before taking the throne, the line then goes:
- The King’s sons (eldest to youngest)
- The King’s brothers (eldest to youngest)
- The King’s brother’s sons (eldest to youngest)
- The King’s sisters’ sons (eldest to youngest)
- The King’s daughters (eldest to youngest)
- The King’s daughters’ sons (eldest to youngest)
- Any other relatives the King may have (eldest to youngest)
- Children born to the King outside of the royal marriage (The most fit to rule)
The line of inheritance may be changed/specifically laid out by the King before he dies if he chooses.
Disownment:
Every once in a while, a member of the royal family may do something that calls for disownment. Examples of this may include pregnancy before marriage, attempting to disrupt the line of inheritance, or general misbehavior. If this happens, the offender should be moved into a starter home with any spouse they may have. Children of the transgressor are to be kept and raised in the castle as if they were now a part of the royal family. The members of the royal family must try to have no contact with the disowned.
Marriage:
All women in the royal family should preferably be married off by the time they are an Adult. All unmarried female members of the family must remain in the castle until marriage. When marrying off a female royal, a suitable dowry must be paid to the husband and they must move out of the castle and into a respectable house.
All heirs to the throne must be married before or after taking the throne. When choosing a spouse for your heir, you have several options: create noble families to live around you and marry off or marry a townie. The objective, when arranging a marriage, is to make connections with important people. Therefore, you should aim to arrange marriages with “noble” townie families such as the Goths, Landgraabs, etc. Any family that lives in a big house or has over 35,000 simoleons is eligible for nobility.
All heirs should marry someone of the opposite gender. This is to preserve the line and reach the 10th generation. Note that if an heir does marry a Sim of the same gender, his/her line effectively stops and the throne is not passed down the heir’s line but instead to the next eligible heir.
After a marriage, if the newlywed is a spare, the couple must move out of the family home. The couple should either move into the spouse’s home or be granted funds to buy their own.
Relationships, Affairs, Divorces, etc.
Arranged marriages are encouraged to keep that element of medieval royal life. However, relationships before marriage are okay and may even add to the drama if you’re a storyteller like me. These relationships are looked as “scandalous” by the public, so just remember that.
Depending on his/her traits, it is not uncommon for the King or Queen to have a separate lover. Keep in mind that any children born outside of the royal marriage are not directly eligible for the throne. Divorce is again, scandalous, and should be avoided. In Victorian, medieval, etc. eras, they just executed the queen if she was caught in an affair. Fun, right?
Children
Every child that is born into the royal family must have his/her traits randomized. The King and Queen should try to have as many heirs as they can.
Children must get A’s in school and finish their aspirations. Each child must have some sort of skill built to at least level 5 before aging to a YA.
Careers
The King and Queen may not have careers, nor may the heirs of each generation. Spares may work, but only as YAs and older and only in accepted careers. Spares that choose a job that is not respectable should be disowned.
Accepted Careers: Astronaut, Business, Painter, Secret Agent, Tech Guru, Writer, Scientist, Doctor, Police Officer
Unaccepted Careers: Entertainer, Athlete, Criminal, Culinary,
If using a patriarchy, direct female descendants of the King should not work. They may paint, write, etc.
Teens may not have jobs.
Above all, have fun! No royal family is perfect. Create drama and a storyline! Have fun!
