Realm of Magic Needs a Refresh, Here's Why

@SqueamishNerd Thanks for sharing your ideas.  I agree with almost all of them.  I certainly would like to see toddler and child sims show some signs of magic.  I've thought for a long time that it would be cute if a toddler sim accidently transportalated or changed toys and other things into something else.  Perhaps not user controlled, just random acts of magic.  Child sims should be able to start playing around with magic and learning some basics for sure.  

The one thing I disagree with is the difficulty.  I'm sort of an impatient player and thus find leveling / learning magic a bit tedious. The magic points can increase quickly but I think it takes way too long to learn all spells and potions.  Your idea of user options to set difficulty is perfect.  There are other areas in the game where I think difficulty options would be fantastic; learning normal muggle skllls, career advancement, cleanliness, etc.

@SqueamishNerd If I'm being completely honest, I'm so impatient that I use cheats to level up my spellcasters.  lol  I do agree that it would be nice to have some options for the difficulty in learning skills.  I use MCCC to boost the normal skill difficulty rates but that doesn't affect the spellcaster skills.  :-( 

And, since you mentioned it, we do get a potion when learning them but the quality is normal.  So, if we want better quality, we do have to level up and get the potion making perks.

@siirysiir Magic school would be awesome! :-)  I'd love it if sims could be teachers at the school as a career as well.

I love the idea of magic school for kids, and would in general love to see more magic for kids, but my biggest thing is that I was deeply dismayed to discover I couldn't Dedeathify a child. I mean, we used Ambrosia and that worked! I absolutely understand not wanting people to be able to do mean or mischievous spells to children and toddlers, but I would love to Scruberoo them... and the Dedeathify thing was upsetting.

(Maybe the kids could have special kid spells? I like the accidental magic idea, too.)

@SqueamishNerd , you have some excellent ideas! 😃 You are right about the unused idle animation in CAS! 
I've always been upset that children in TS4 couldn't do children's spells (I mean, children in the Sims 1 even had their own spells that they could do! I remember the "make cakes" spell was broken , and since Makin' Magic was the last pack for TS1 Maxis was already working on TS2 so it was never fixed.  We had to get a Mod to make it work!  But all the other children's spells worked perfectly!) 

Also, with the worldwide popularity of Harry Potter, a lot of people expect child Sims to be able to learn magic!  Any cleaning spells for cleaning Sims or their homes would be perfect, such as Scruberoo. Teleporting, finishing homework with magic, some lighthearted pranks, magically reviving thirsty or dead plants, or even the ability to make it snow at will would all be good choices.

I'm on the fence about difficulty.  Some days I'm happy that we can learn the spells quickly , but other days I want more of a challenge.  I can see both your and @JonaO703 's points! 😅 But I think it would be a step in the right direction if we could turn off Transportalate as counting as experience points for Magic , with the option to leave it to count for those who are impatient! 😉

@siirysiir , I love your idea about letting toddlers accidentally do magic on their toys! 😄 Spellcaster parents could then help them hone their magic skills like they do with words or manners. 

@xochiquetzl_xkvn in the Original Sims (TS1) children did have their own magic spells! It was so adorable! 🥰

And seeing how little there is for children to do in the game, this would be a great way for them gain a skill and do something fun both for them and for us! 🥳

I love the idea of toddler spellcasters causing random chaos effects. Even better if there’s a toddler “magic” skill that you can up by having a spellcaster train them that allows them to get their magic under control and stop having accidents (sort of like the potty skill).

Then a spellcaster kid who maxed magic as a toddler can start farther along in kid magic; max that and they can start learning adult spells. 

With the new Werewolves pack teasing that toddlers might have some in-game werewolf animations, I think it's a good time to revisit this thread.  In addition to a magic school and possible magic professor career, it would be a great way to introduce fairies to the game.  I'm not sure if the skill tree needs to change, unless maybe a fairy sim has some extra nature spells like helping plants grow, some sort of romance encouragement, or possibly a spell integrated Eco Living to improve the environment somehow.  Perhaps the refresh could also address some of the issues with advancing magic levels, potion potency, and finding the artifacts more easily?

Edit: Of course, I also would like to see toddler and child spellcasters playing around with magic. :-)

@JonaO703 , honestly, If I could just have one thing upgraded from Realm of Magic, it would be to have upper cabinets to match the gorgeous lower counters from this pack!  The counters are soooo distinct that there aren't really any good upper cabinets in the game that match!😣😥 It really, really bothers me... I even think about it when I'm not playing the game! 🤪😅

After that, I would like children to be able to do some simple spells, like in The Sims 1!  I still love the idea of toddlers accidentally doing magic! 😅

I wouldn't mind other things (magic school would be fun, of course and would tie in to my wish for children to be able to do easy spells), but those are really the only 2 things I really want from RoM that we don't have. (Maybe a witches hat for those that don't have the Spooky Stuff SP, but I have that pack so I don't need it personally.)

And you and I both are really wanting a Fairy pack! 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️🍄🌼🥰