Custom spells (mods) are possible! Hurray

How cool is that? I love it! <3 And just the spell I was missing. I'm going to add it to my game right away!

(The one thing that bothers me is that it's under practical magic when it should be untamed, but hey, I'm not complaining! Great mod!)

The way I see it, Practical is about manipulating objects, Mischief is about manipulating people, and Untamed is about manipulating elements and invisible forces. This is just a general observation that doesn't apply to all spells (for example, why Minionize is considered untamed magic rather than mischief like all the other mind-control spells, I don't know), but weather and seasons are elemental, so that's why I would consider them untamed. (Not that it wouldn't be "practical", in the true sense of the word, if you could just turn a nasty thunderstorm into a sunny day...)

Anyway, I'll see if I can get into that spell editor this modder also released and maybe change it myself. Meanwhile, I can't wait to find out what other custom spells people will come up with!

It's pretty awesome, the ultimate weather/seasons cheat. I just wish when you change the weather and not change the season. I casted a blizzard spell in the middle of summer and it became winter. but other than that it's pretty cool. I can't wait to see what new spells people come up with.


edit I lied It's still summer, the icon changed to winter but my calendar is still summer
I actually started learning how to create my own CC. It needs work, but I started off easy and made my own CC paintings and wall art... now to see how to go about customizing wands, I want to recolor the Elemental wands and the Sylvan Wands.

Hey @Atreya33 , that's my mod! I'm glad you like it. There's more spells coming in the next few weeks and a new one has just been posted. You might be interested since it's exactly what you requested: Vampirify.

@GrumpyGlowfish it's been hard classifying the spells, you make really good points though. I was unsure about Climatio's category. At the end I went for Practical because Untamed Magic seems to be more about causing chaos and sometimes you may just want to clear the skies for some sun or have some rain water your plants.

@r3m Oh, I didn't realise you're a user here! I hope my nagging about the "wrong" category didn't drown out my excitement for this new spell.

Looking at Vampirify, I like that witches actually have to know about Vampire Lore rather than being able to learn it like all the other spells. That, and the various possible failures are very creative. I'm looking forward to more spells to fill my book of shadows with, and if you ever need more playtesters for them, I'll gladly offer my services.

"r3m;c-17273142" wrote:
Hey @Atreya33 , that's my mod! I'm glad you like it. There's more spells coming in the next few weeks and a new one has just been posted. You might be interested since it's exactly what you requested: Vampirify.

@GrumpyGlowfish it's been hard classifying the spells, you make really good points though. I was unsure about Climatio's category. At the end I went for Practical because Untamed Magic seems to be more about causing chaos and sometimes you may just want to clear the skies for some sun or have some rain water your plants.

I didn't realize you were here as well. Thank you for your mod, it is very much appreciated. And I am surprised at how thorough you are with giving all the options. And the integration of vampire lore into the spell was something I didn't believe to be possible. A really nice touch.

"GrumpyGlowfish;c-17272935" wrote:
The way I see it, Practical is about manipulating objects, Mischief is about manipulating people, and Untamed is about manipulating elements and invisible forces. This is just a general observation that doesn't apply to all spells (for example, why Minionize is considered untamed magic rather than mischief like all the other mind-control spells, I don't know), but weather and seasons are elemental, so that's why I would consider them untamed. (Not that it wouldn't be "practical", in the true sense of the word, if you could just turn a nasty thunderstorm into a sunny day...)

That is an interesting theory. I always considered the school of magic to depend on the intent of the spell rather than the nature of the target. Pratical are spells meant to be kind or useful, mischief is teasing or fun and untamed is for the powerful and dangerous spells. I think there is something to say for both versions. Mine is more based on subjective feelings, yours is more on physical criteria which means your theory obviously leaves less room for discussion where spells should go. I will definitely think about this some more.

Vampirify is brilliant. As others have commented I really like how you tied it into the Vampire books. Now I would really like to see a Polyjuice potion or Spell. If it is a spell then probably it should be a mischief spell.

Oh yeah, awesome, I really Enjoy the Weather Caster mod. It's good for story telling too because I could Cast a blizzard in the middle of summer, or a very chaotic lighting storm and have my sims scatter it was funny watching all my sims seek shelter.

A series of new Spells and Alchemic Potions could be amazing!

Practical
Vigorous Corpus - Spell that makes a sim appear Muscular
Corpus abdominous - Spell that makes sim appear Fat
Dissipate Corpus - Spell that strips all the muscle and fat away leaving skin and bones.

Alternate Version of Teleportate - Smoke Form
plays the Grim Reaper/Vampire Animation, and they are over come by a cloud of smoke. and disappear.
(If possible different color smoke variants? as different mods, or as different spell books?

Mischief
Mimic... - Spell that allows you to transform into another sim. > Leads into a relationship tab where you can select who you want to turn into.

Untamed
Storm - Sim summons the power of Lightning and can rain lightning from the heavens at will. (Sims 4 Seasons)
I really want this power so my my spell caster can just summon this power at will, rather than be struck by lightning 3x.

Meteor - Sims can summon meteors from the heavens at will. (Island Living)

Alchemy
Sleeping Potion - Temporary knock someone out maybe for 3-8 hours or something.
- Hexed - sleeping indefinitely The person most important (Highest Friendship/Romantic relationship) to them will hold the power to wake them

there are other potions but It could get complex. But these are somethings I'd like to see :#

@TX12001 I hope I'm not derailing the thread with this question, but how are vampires more powerful than witches? Because they don't age? Witches may age, but they can reverse it with a potion, can brew another potion that permanently prevents them from dying of old age, yet another one that immediately revives them if they die, and if that's not enough, they have means to actually bring back the dead. They can do almost everything vampires can and then some, have no inherent weaknesses to the sun or garlic and don't have to acquire more weaknesses in exchange for more powers, some of which only serve to make vampires immune to threats they wouldn't even be facing if they weren't vampires. So yeah, no trolling or flamebaiting here, just a serious question: How are vampires more powerful than witches?

"GrumpyGlowfish;c-17274592" wrote:
@TX12001 I hope I'm not derailing the thread with this question, but how are vampires more powerful than witches? Because they don't age? Witches may age, but they can reverse it with a potion, can brew another potion that permanently prevents them from dying of old age, yet another one that immediately revives them if they die, and if that's not enough, they have means to actually bring back the dead. They can do almost everything vampires can and then some, have no inherent weaknesses to the sun or garlic and don't have to acquire more weaknesses in exchange for more powers, some of which only serve to make vampires immune to threats they wouldn't even be facing if they weren't vampires. So yeah, no trolling or flamebaiting here, just a serious question: How are vampires more powerful than witches?

This might be a bit long and confusing so please bare with me, anyway Vampires can become immune to up to 11 Death Types which include the following things plus their is probably one or two I have not mentioned.

- Old Age
- Drowning
- Starvation
- Emotional Death
- Overexertion
- Sunlight (With the Sunlight Immunity Perk)
- Pufferfish Nigiri (City Living)
- Cold Weather (Seasons)
- Hot Weather (Seasons)
- Steam (Spa Day)
- Flower Arrangement involving a Death Flower (I did not even know this one existed but Vampires are immune to it as well)

Where as a Spell caster can only become immune to 1 Death Type and that is Old Age however an Elder Spell Caster can still die from Elder related deaths such as Overexertion, as for being able to revive, you won't ever need to revive if your not going to be put down in the first place.

And as you said Spell Casters will still age into an elder whether they are immortal or not, you can consume the potion to keep them young but here is the thing though, they won't autonomously consume this, if you play any other house-hold you will always be at risk of your spell-caster sims ageing up, Vampire Sims on the other-hand simply will not age past young-adult, the fact these Sims are less likely to die on their own makes them a more OP lifestate.

Then we have the Needs, Spell Casters have 8 Needs, sure they have a potion they can brew and consume to restore their needs however compare that to only having 2 needs that can mostly be ignored, Vampires are not at risk of ever soiling themselves and unlike Spell casters they do not need to Bathe or Socialize or even have Fun, they will not faint at low Vampire Energy and they will not die from lack of Thirst.

Vampires can also move around significantly faster due to the Supernatural Speed power, you may believe that speed is meaningless if you can teleport but here is the thing, superspeed is much quicker when you travel short distances, teleportation is only good for long distances, something Vampires can also do with Mist Form, they can also become immune to Garlic, they can enter homes without knocking, their skills can increase significantly faster when at night with the appropriate perk and most of all their alluring visage perk has power over even Celebrities, they can command other sims, they can detect a sims entire personality, they deprive Sims of their needs, unlike Spell Casters, Vampires actually have the tools to kill other Sims.

Vampires with deadened Emotions are also unaffected by Despario and Deliriate as this keeps them in a constant state of Fine, however their versions of these powers such as Burst of Daze and Mesmerize will still effect Spell Casters.

If that is still not enough to convince you have them fight each-other, it will usually end with the spell caster on their knees as the Vampire levitates to the ground, Lower Ranked Spell Casters may have an edge earlier off against Lower Ranked Vampires but as they get more powerful you will find the Vampire very quickly takes the lead, a Virtuoso Spell Caster is simply not on the same level as a Grandmaster Vampire.