Do you play Servants?
I spent a few days on revamping my royal palace staff, which quickly lead to dealing with Servants all over my game. There is a rather wide aristocracy, and while live-in servants are limited, they e...
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Wow, that's extensive and detailed. Very cool!
I play a little more loosely with "house staff". My First Family had a live-in (playable) servant for a long time who basically helped raise the children and keep the house in order so the parents could still live their wild lives. When Horse Ranch came out though, the family moved to Chestnut Ridge in a large ranch house, leaving the servant alone in the vast mansion with the cat. (I needed more space to accommodate adding horses to the household.) I always meant for the family to return to that life one day, but it's been a long time and they're still at the ranch but now their eldest daughter lives next door with her roommates and husband and a couple of horses and goats. But the daughter just had a son of her own and the house is getting crowded so I'm thinking maybe if the parents don't return, one of their five children will go back and reclaim the Windenburg estate for the next generation.
I have some households with unplayed butlers too. My Dracula and his Brides and Drac's daughters have a butler who they use as a plasma bag sometimes, lol. But he keeps on doing his job. 😄
I actually really like the idea of playing a Downton Abbey style household with aristocracy and servants. I may set that up one day although only 8 Sims in a household makes it a little less fun. But I could do maybe a family of five with three servants, or four and four. I think it's fun to play the servant side, especially when coming up with some risks for drama. 😁
That's interesting to read. And a child returning to claim the estate is a perfect way to build the family story. Btw, servants can indeed be used as placeholders. My ryals occupy 8 big esates, but they mostly resides in the palace. Some of the others were let to renters (finer families, mind you) and the rest has sme royal (or military) employee residing as Caretaker, in a separate section were they can even build a family. There are currently 4 royal children aged about 18-23, so it will be interesting deciding what estates they will move into, and maybe some servants will jopin them from the palace, too.
Because of my recent revamp, my higher aristocrat Houses will now be more eager to send their fresh YAs to serve for a few years, especially those not going to University. It might be a short term job, but will prepare them for running their own household in the future.
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