THE SIREN’s CURSE (challenge)
🧜♀️ The Siren’s Curse Challenge – A Sims 4 Legacy of Death and Water
Created by: @simzfreakz
Genre: Story-driven supernatural challenge
Style: Generational-lite, fantasy drama
Playable In: Base game + Island Living recommended (for mermaids)
Inspired by: Gothic myths, tragic mermaid folklore, and simmering generational trauma
💀 THE LEGEND
“A mermaid’s love comes with a price. If she brings life into the world, then when that life grows… hers must end.”
Centuries ago, a mermaid made a deal with the ocean to protect her child. In exchange, the sea demanded the bloodline. Now, every mermaid born into this cursed legacy must die when their child becomes a teenager.
But only if they’re a mermaid.
Some children are spared. Some are born human and escape the sea’s grip. But when a mermaid is born again in the bloodline… the curse returns.
🧜♀️ THE RULES
This is not a traditional generational challenge. Think of it more like Rags to Riches or the Not So Berry Challenge — a set of gameplay rules to guide your storytelling.
🌊 SETUP
- Create your founder: A young adult human Sim named whatever you want.
- Move them into Sulani (or a beach lot of your choosing).
- Within 7 in-game days, they must become a mermaid using Mermadic Kelp.
- They must have at least one biological child after becoming a mermaid.
- Build a beach mansion before their death — it will become the family home.
🔱 THE CURSE
When a mermaid gives birth, she will die the moment her child becomes a teenager.
- The curse only activates if the parent is a mermaid (born or turned by kelp).
- The death must be natural or planned (drowning, old age, emotional death, etc.).
- No cheating death — no Ambrosia, no Dedeathify, no resurrection.
- If the parent is not a mermaid, nothing happens. They live.
- If no mermaids are born, the curse remains dormant until one is.
BLOODLINE RULES 🩸
Sim Type | Mermaid? | Has Kids? | Kid Becomes Teen? | Result |
Turned Mermaid (Kelp) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dies |
Human Sim | No | Yes | Yes | Lives |
Born Mermaid | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dies |
Born Mermaid | Yes | No | No | Lives |
Adopted Child | No | No | Yes | Lives |
The curse follows the bloodline, not the household.
🧬 CURSE CHAIN
- If your founder dies because of the curse, but their child is not a mermaid → the curse ends.
- If a mermaid is born again later (ex: a grandchild), the curse reactivates.
- Only one mermaid per generation is allowed — either naturally born or by kelp. No more.
- You may choose which child is cursed by giving them mer
