Sims 4 Time Lord Challenge (Updated November 2021)
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The purpose of this challenge is two-fold: fandom and variety. For fans, this is a great opportunity to roleplay as a Time Lord. For non-fans, this is a challenge that allows you to use most of the available traits on one Sim who will change appearance yet keep their skills, reward traits, relationships and aspiration points.
Time Lords are a time-traveling race in the Doctor Who universe (click here to learn more). When they are mortally wounded or in the brink of death, a Time Lord can “regenerate” to cheat death.
There are three gameplay types for the challenge, and they are as follows:
Hi everyone, I changed the rules regarding the TARDIS. You can now use money cheats to build your TARDIS freely.
In retrospect and also observing some Let's Play videos, the early Time Lords struggled really hard to meet their aspirations while worrying about money. This could be frustrating to some players. I also observed this as well on my second playtest, which basically snubbed my second Time Lord, The Runner.
Aspirations are still challenging by themselves. Now that money cheats are allowed, the aspirations "Fabulously Wealthy" is taken off the list. "Mansion Baron" is still in consideration since it somehow forces you to redecorate (wink) your TARDIS.
Now that the money cheat is allowed, I'm also considering adding a new score category. Previously, Whims were counted towards the final score. I took this out since it was a struggle keeping up with Whims and earning simoleons. But now that money is not an issue, having whims as a factor may nudge your Time Lords to act out their silly whims.
Currently, I'm testing out Whims as a score category, but as of now, money cheats are allowed in the challenge.
I'm really enjoying this challenge! Using a lot of my own creations in it and sticking to the original rules. I've begun blogging my First Historian while I play with Second. It's an odd twist since I made Hermione Granger a companion and ended up getting First together with her. I'm switching between female and male on each Time Lord. Just, having so much fun! Thank you so much for this idea.
Here's the link to my strange blog: tchistorian.blogspot.com
"Spacey72659;13657227" wrote: Fourth is pulling a First on me.... he made me starve him before he'd paint a masterpiece.... I love him, but man is he channeling First lately. >:|
The creative aspirations are a pain. Painter Extraordinaire and Bestselling Author are hard because of the high quality requirement on all of them.
Download The Bercy Residence Lot in The Gallery (#cyberman #scenario)
Place the lot in a 40 x 30 space
Download and Move-In the Bercy Household. The Bercy household is available in The Gallery (#bercy #scenario)
SCENE 1
GOAL:
Be Friends with Thaddeus Bercy. (Cannot visit the Bercy Lot. You must befriend Thaddeus in Public Lots.)
You notice the child being extra friendly to strangers, which is odd because the first thing you tell children is to never talk to strangers. The child comes over and introduces himself to you.
You try to scare him away by expounding on Time/Space Theory and Quantum Relativity Mechanics. To your surprise, the child understood what you had just said, even though you don’t understand it fully yourself.
You become good friends with the child.
“Hey, you want to meet my parents? We live nearby,” Thaddeus asks.
(Click Spoiler once you have completed the Scene Goals)
SCENE 2
GOAL:
Visit the Bercy Residence
Be Friends with Otto Bercy and Katelin Bercy
You could have traveled to Thaddeus’ house with the TARDIS, but you decided not to, just in case the timeline would get jostled. It’s a nice walk anyway, and the child is actually smart for his age.
Concerningly smart.
You’re greeted by his parents, Katelin and Otto. This is the first time you meet them, and they treat you like you’re family. They offer you drinks and offer you a meal. They entertain you like they’re competing for “The Best Host In The Universe.”
After a while, you get a bit sleepy. You tell them you’re leaving, so you get up and head to the front door. It’s locked. You try to unlock it, but it won’t budge.
You ask the family to open it for you, but the next thing you see is Otto hitting you in the head.
“You did well, Thaddeus,” said Katelin. “With his brain, he’ll be a nice addition to our army.”
(Click Spoiler once you have completed the Scene Goals)
SCENE 3
GOAL:
Upgrade the Computer once
Hack the Computer in the Basement
You wake up to the sound of a whirring noise.
Great. It’s a buzzsaw heading straight to your noggin. Luckily, you have your sonic screwdriver connected to your sonic watch. You shoot the buzzsaw’s axel, which sends the sharp disc flying all over the room. It ricochets from wall to wall, and it misses you a couple of inches.
With the buzzsaw out of the way, you then work on freeing yourself from the restraints. You have found yourself in a facility where they’re holding an army of Cybermen. Most of them looked non-functional, but you know that once a brain is implanted in them, they’ll be a dangerous weapon.
You use your sonic screwdriver, so you can bypass any security protocols installed in it. Next, you hack the computer, setting the whole facility for self-destruct. You also download a file to learn the layout of the facility. You find out that you’re underneath the Bercy’s house.
“What are you doing in here?!” said a voice behind you.
(Click Spoiler once you have completed the Scene Goals)
Otto and Katelin are standing by the door with their guns drawn.
“You really are a crafty one, are you? You will definitely be a great addition to our army!” said Otto.
“Finally. A Time Lord in our ranks,” said Katelin. “We may finally have something that could go against that meddling doctor!”
You have no idea what Katelin means by ‘doctor.’ You assume that there’s a doctor that messed up a procedure or something, like plastic surgery.
You buy time by giving them a speech about the history of Cybermen and their losses against the Time Lords. You continue with your impassioned speech, telling them that the Sims will be safe from now on since you are there to stop the Cybermen invasion.
“Boring!” said Otto. “We have guns, and you don’t. How are you going to escape, Time Lord?”
You smile and duck underneath the computer console. An explosion erupts in the holding bay, and the blast blew the door open, crushing Otto and Katelin against the adjacent wall. Debris fly everywhere, and thanks to the heavy-duty desk of the computer, you are unscathed.
The Cybermen vessels are on fire, so you had done your job. As you escape the basement, you encounter Thaddeus by the door. He screams at you and transforms from a normal Sim child to an adult-sized Cyberman. You take the next exit out, which is the window.
Before Cyber-Thaddeus could follow you out, the whole house explodes.