I just had a spellcaster sim have a child. He was born in the spellcaster crib, but aged up to be a regular sim. I had the same sim try and have one more child and she had three. Two of them were born in the spellcaster crib and one was born in a regular crib. The baby born in the regular crib is a regular sim and one of the two born in the spellcaster crib is also regular while the other is a spellcaster.So, long story short, one family had four kids. Three of those kids were born in spellcaster cribs, but only one is a spellcaster.Is anyone else having this happen? I don't use mods or cheats, so maybe it's a bug?

the crib does not make your sims kids occult its just another cribyou can birth humans in vampire cribs and rom cribs and i think even in alien cribs its just visually fancier

Aliens, spellcasters and vampires have their own bassinets.I usually put a bassinet from vampires or RoM in my sims house before my sim gives birth. I just like the looks compared to the chunky base game ones. If there is a bassinet present on the lot, they will use that one for the new born baby, no matter the occult lifestate they have.

Why don’t mermaids have special bassinets??? What a let down (I use CC cribs so I can’t really complain though lol. My babies all have a default invisible bassinet so I can change out their cribs whenever I want)

"permanentrose;c-17783376" wrote:Sorry this doesn’t answer your question, but I had no idea that different occults had different bassinets! I mean, I know of the alien one, but didn’t know spellcasters had different ones too! (I don’t have realm of magic) do mermaids and vampires have special bassinets too (I haven’t had a mermaid baby yet in my game and I don’t have vampires)The spellcaster ones are really cute with a nice little drape across the top. The vampires have a little gothic one with nice scroll work. Mermaids just get the regular one, I believe.

I've never had any crib but the base game one pop up if I didn't have one, so I always try to remember to pick the crib I want before they have the baby. I agree that it's disappointing that there isn't a mermaid themed one.

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12 Replies

permanentrose537
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Sorry this doesn’t answer your question, but I had no idea that different occults had different bassinets! I mean, I know of the alien one, but didn’t know spellcasters had different ones too! (I don’t have realm of magic) do mermaids and vampires have special bassinets too (I haven’t had a mermaid baby yet in my game and I don’t have vampires)
Simmingal
Hero
5 years ago
the crib does not make your sims kids occult its just another crib

you can birth humans in vampire cribs and rom cribs and i think even in alien cribs its just visually fancier
atreya33
Legend
5 years ago
Aliens, spellcasters and vampires have their own bassinets.

I usually put a bassinet from vampires or RoM in my sims house before my sim gives birth. I just like the looks compared to the chunky base game ones. If there is a bassinet present on the lot, they will use that one for the new born baby, no matter the occult lifestate they have.
permanentrose537
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Why don’t mermaids have special bassinets??? What a let down

(I use CC cribs so I can’t really complain though lol. My babies all have a default invisible bassinet so I can change out their cribs whenever I want)
Mindofy
Seasoned Veteran
5 years ago
"permanentrose;c-17783376" wrote:
Sorry this doesn’t answer your question, but I had no idea that different occults had different bassinets! I mean, I know of the alien one, but didn’t know spellcasters had different ones too! (I don’t have realm of magic) do mermaids and vampires have special bassinets too (I haven’t had a mermaid baby yet in my game and I don’t have vampires)

The spellcaster ones are really cute with a nice little drape across the top. The vampires have a little gothic one with nice scroll work. Mermaids just get the regular one, I believe.
Mindofy
Seasoned Veteran
5 years ago
"Simmingal;c-17783382" wrote:
the crib does not make your sims kids occult its just another crib

you can birth humans in vampire cribs and rom cribs and i think even in alien cribs its just visually fancier

I don't buy the cribs, though. I just let them appear. I thought that if they just pop up with the baby in them, it matched the occults as I've never had a regular sim born with a spellcaster/vampire/alien crib, just the regular one. Is that not the case?
LiELF
Legend
5 years ago
"Mindofy;c-17783458" wrote:
"Simmingal;c-17783382" wrote:
the crib does not make your sims kids occult its just another crib

you can birth humans in vampire cribs and rom cribs and i think even in alien cribs its just visually fancier

I don't buy the cribs, though. I just let them appear. I thought that if they just pop up with the baby in them, it matched the occults as I've never had a regular sim born with a spellcaster/vampire/alien crib, just the regular one. Is that not the case?

Just speculation, but could it be possible that the bloodline strength of the child makes a difference? Spellcasters pass their bloodlines on their children.
Mindofy
Seasoned Veteran
5 years ago
"LiELF;c-17783467" wrote:
"Mindofy;c-17783458" wrote:
"Simmingal;c-17783382" wrote:
the crib does not make your sims kids occult its just another crib

you can birth humans in vampire cribs and rom cribs and i think even in alien cribs its just visually fancier

I don't buy the cribs, though. I just let them appear. I thought that if they just pop up with the baby in them, it matched the occults as I've never had a regular sim born with a spellcaster/vampire/alien crib, just the regular one. Is that not the case?

Just speculation, but could it be possible that the bloodline strength of the child makes a difference? Spellcasters pass their bloodlines on their children.

All the children have the ancient bloodline. Their father is human though.
LadyGray01
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I've never had any crib but the base game one pop up if I didn't have one, so I always try to remember to pick the crib I want before they have the baby.
I agree that it's disappointing that there isn't a mermaid themed one.
Simmingal
Hero
5 years ago
"Mindofy;c-17783458" wrote:
"Simmingal;c-17783382" wrote:
the crib does not make your sims kids occult its just another crib

you can birth humans in vampire cribs and rom cribs and i think even in alien cribs its just visually fancier

I don't buy the cribs, though. I just let them appear. I thought that if they just pop up with the baby in them, it matched the occults as I've never had a regular sim born with a spellcaster/vampire/alien crib, just the regular one. Is that not the case?

oh that i am not sure of cause i usually place crib myself to get the one i want and then if i get say triplets even though i have just one crib on lot the other 2 usually spawn the basic base game ones and first one is in crib i picked

do wish we could change the crib afterwards though like we can change baby clothes but oh well