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Oh boy I love vampires.

Why the vampire has been asleep for so many centuries is purely up to you and you can do whatever you want. That's the true answer to all these questions- your story, your rules. In the Sims 4 specifically, vampires can hibernate for as long as you want them to. It keeps them out of the sun and they're basically in torpor until you take them out of it. Your guy could also be trying to wait out something for 200 years but the recovering thing also makes sense because *if I'm remembering correctly* their needs do not go down at all in hibernation.

About paleness, super up to you. I know in Sims 3 if you took a not super pale like Vlad sim and turned them into a vampire they'd get a grey cast on their skin, but there's nothing like that in Sims 4. Story wise you can fully ignore the paleness or maybe have your vampires use cosmetics to cover their greyness up. A show I watched recently that's kinda vampire-like did the second option, combined with full special effects makeup.

In Sims 4 a vampire can become human again. In your story I would just make sure not to have it happen out-of-the-blue. Build it up, make it important. Most of the time becoming a vampire is permanent but it's fully up to your discretion. Maybe it's a certain ritual, or a magic item, or it requires training and a quest. Maybe it's impossible, but your vampire doesn't know that so they try anyway.

In game the cure is a drink you learn how to make with a really high Vampire Lore skill. I don't remember the level, but it's made with a mixology station. The level of mixology your sim has doesn't matter.

If you have anymore questions please ask I'd love to help!

Oh, reading over your post again, perhaps it was impossible to become human again before but with new advancements in technology other vampires have found a cure. And perhaps even some vampires think this is horrible and vampires should stay vampires. That's fully up to you though I'm just giving ideas as I get them.

Perhaps he was so close to death (destruction?) he had to go into a deep hibernation to recover.
Perhaps he had a human thrall that he trusted and it was the thrall that recovered what was left of his body and put it in a crypt until he was whole again. The thrall would be long dead, of course, but perhaps he or she made some arrangements for when the vampire came back.

You can have your vampire look human, but you can also create their dark form to look less human for when the thirst is on them.

Why has the vampire been asleep for so many centuries?

I like your vampire hunter idea. Maybe, instead of causing his demise, the love interest relented and begged the hunter boyfriend to not kill him. Instead, they imprisoned him in his coffin in his castle. (See Dark Shadows. Barnabas Collins was imprisoned in his casket with a cross nailed to the lid and the coffin chained shut).

Or, he was mortally injured but was able, through his vampiric powers, to place himself in a stasis until a cure could be discovered. His staff attends to him and protects his resting place.

Does my vampire sim need to be super ridiculously pale like Vlad? Or can he be a tad more healthy looking and not so gray?

Nah, he can be whatever you want him to be. You could use the dark form for a more pale version of the vampire if you want.

Can my vampire become human again?

Sure. With the right motivation (love?) that could actually become his story quest. In game, there are ways to remove the vampire curse that requires skill development, so that would be a great end goal for him.

If yes, how would I incorporate that into my story so it makes sense?

He falls in love with a modern mortal woman. She is light and he is dark, and he doesn’t want to subject her to the curse of vampirism. In addition to navigating a modern and unfamiliar world, he goes on a quest to remove the curse from himself so they can be together. In game, he has to become level 15 in Vampire Lore which unlocks a recipe for a curse removal potion, which is made at a bar. He might also choose to avoid feeding on people because of her influence and take plasma fruit instead. It can be a story of his redemption.

Why has the vampire been asleep for so many centuries?
(I sort of have a reason, but I'm not sure if it really makes sense. You can read that here, if you want).

sounds like you have a great reason :smile:

Does my vampire sim need to be super ridiculously pale like Vlad? Or can he be a tad more healthy looking and not so gray?

Gosh no they don't need to all be ridiculously pale and white
In fact I love love love when people give them all different skintones :wink:

Can my vampire become human again?

If you wish so there is cure for vampirism :smile:
you can also make them daywalker if they don't mind other perks of vampirism ;)

If yes, how would I incorporate that into my story so it makes sense?

you could have spellcaster ''curing them'' or vampire hunter who has found curing more reasonable than slaying may use potion on them :)
or maybe they learn about themselves and wishes to stop being vampire :smile:

You guys are amazing!

TYSM for the awesome plot possibilities, so appreciated!

There are quite a few that I will take creative liberties with and put my own spin on them so they can be incoporated into this story that is stuck in my head.

There is a show that follows this storyline! Dark Shadows is a soap opera from the 60's or for a fun update Tim Burton created a modern version casting his wife and Johnny derp. The vampire Barnabas was trapped in his coffin for 200 years after finigling the maid Angelique then dumping her to marry a genteel Josette. LoL, the maid was actually an immortal evil witch. ? Oh oops just saw Cyncie told you about Dark Shadows LoL sorry. Hey you could have a jealous ex throw the vampire cure on him. ??

I love this topic! Let me give it a go.

Why has the vampire been asleep for so many centuries?

As a fan of vampires and their romanticism I sort of love your take. I would counter with the idea that he loved her, but she was killed by vengeful townsfolk who couldn't, or wouldn't, understand why she loved him. Those same townsfolk tried to kill him but he was able to escape and hide, biding his time waiting for the right moment to resurface seeking vengeance. Those who killed his love and tried to kill him are long gone but they passed down their hatred of vampires so his fight continues.

Does my vampire sim need to be super ridiculously pale like Vlad? Or can he be a tad more healthy looking and not so gray?

No. In spite of the fact that he has been hibernating for centuries his disciples have tended to him and protected him in anticipation of this day. They have studied and learned the ways of the mortals and they are ready to teach him how to blend in with them to deflect suspicion. His ancient knowledge provides him with the know how to make use of this.

Can my vampire become human again?

Yes. Traditionalists might say no, but this is the Sims, our vampires are bound only by our imaginations.

If yes, how would I incorporate that into my story so it makes sense?

He meets and falls in love with a mortal woman, or man, who will not forsake their humanity to join him as a child of the night. They go back and forth, trying to sway the other to join them. In the end the vampire through the power of true love and remorse for throwing away the gift of humanity decides to renounce their vampirism and spend the rest of what remains of their time with their true love who has stolen their heart.

I'm a hopeless romantic as you can see.

Here's my take on this.

Why has the vampire been asleep for so many centuries?

He had to go into hibernation because humans accidentally sealed the entrance to his resting place one day, so he couldn't get out any more. Until one fateful day when a lovely archeologist stumbled upon his coffin in a sealed off crypt.


Does my vampire sim need to be super ridiculously pale like Vlad? Or can he be a tad more healthy looking and not so gray?

At first he will be very pale, and will try to disguise this with make-up and get some moon tans and sun tans and lots of plasma of course. But after a while he will put his paleness down to being health conscious and too much work indoors.


Can my vampire become human again?

Silly question, of course not. But he might try to find a cure and who knows what he will find, and after being asleep for so long he's not quite tired of immortality yet anyway. And he's starting to get accustomed to and like the modern life and its trappings.


If yes, how would I incorporate that into my story so it makes sense?

Accident. He accidentally drinks some potion he shouldn't.

I don't think you need a reason for the vampire to be asleep for so long. They are immortal. Time has no meaning to them. It truly makes no difference to an immortal being whether they sleep for 8 hours or 800 years.
I think it's fun, with occult characters, to think about what is normal for the occults-- the things they take for granted, that normal human sims do not.

It could be interesting to have a different non-human look for your vampire. Maybe yours is not gray, but another unusual color. Completely white? Completely black? Red or pink for a blood-related theme? Lavender or something? Or normal skin, but unusual hair and eye color?
(I like other people's suggestions on this question, too)

"crocobaura;c-18203953" wrote:
Here's my take on this.

Why has the vampire been asleep for so many centuries?

He had to go into hibernation because humans accidentally sealed the entrance to his resting place one day, so he couldn't get out any more. Until one fateful day when a lovely archeologist stumbled upon his coffin in a sealed off crypt.

One thing to keep in mind if you have your vampire go this route, in every story, movie, ect. Whenever a vampire has been in hibernation for a very long time, they are not thinking, but are needing to quench their thirst/hunger. So most likely the poor sap who opens/unlocks the crypt will most likely be dinner, and not someone who survives this encounter.