good witch or bad witch?

They said that using magic in malevolent ways can guve your Sim a bad reputation (if you have Get Famous installed) so in that way you could defintely have a bad witch. I prefer no alignment system because it allows the spellcasters more individuality. I prefer characters that are morally grey rather than just good or bad.

There is no system/recognition of a good/bad witch. You could definitely play it that way though. If anything livestream showed that. It all comes down to your perception and play style. It is very open to player interpretation.

I prefer using reputation as a measure of how good or bad a witch is, I think. It means we can do the alignment thing if we want to but aren't locked into it.

1. You can interpret all you want but the game itself doesn't recognize it, period.
2. Reputation system needs Get Famous installed, so don't bring it here.
3. Alignment system was never about just good or bad. It always had neutrals (grey witches in TS2), so it is wrong to say it limits you.

"Faust-RSI;c-17237377" wrote:
1. You can interpret all you want but the game itself doesn't recognize it, period.
2. Reputation system needs Get Famous installed, so don't bring it here.
3. Alignment system was never about just good or bad. It always had neutrals (grey witches in TS2), so it is wrong to say it limits you.

Says the person not buying it and is extremely vocal about not buying and how stupid RoM is. If we who have GF want to use rep as an alignment system then so we can.

"Faust-RSI;c-17237377" wrote:
1. You can interpret all you want but the game itself doesn't recognize it, period.
2. Reputation system needs Get Famous installed, so don't bring it here.
3. Alignment system was never about just good or bad. It always had neutrals (grey witches in TS2), so it is wrong to say it limits you.

The Alignment system for TS2 witches was extremely limiting, and I say that as a fan of the game and those particular witches. Good witches couldn’t do evil spells, period, and vice versa. A fully neutral witch was the most limited of all being unable to do either good or evil spells (at least the others could do neutral spells with the right reagents etc). This greatly limited the gameplay around each individual witch. Plus performing each spell inevitably set witches on a certain path whether you wanted it or not, until their skins were turning bluish and sparkling or horribly wicked witch of the West green. I am glad there aren’t these constraints in this pack because I can imagine scenarios where some spells and potions could have both good and evil applications.

How you use magic is up to you... to a certain extent.

I know for me, I have spell casters that are perceived to be Good and Evil.

It's not the spells, that make them a good or bad, it's their intentions, and I think the sims 4 allows room for that.
I say all that matters is how you see your sim, not how the game recognizes your sim

There is no good or bad spellcaster. Though if you use certain magic and have Get Famous, they can probably get a bad reputation (sims don't like being set on fire probably) which can make them seem like a bad witch. Practical magic would probably do the opposite and help you get a good reputation.

I like it better this way as it gives my sim more opportunities to try and learn different magic without just being seen as bad.

I'll definitely make good and evil spellcasters and those that are somewhere in the middle. Yes the game doesn't decide to make them either Glinda the Good Witch or the Wicked Witch of the West and woohoo I'm glad of that. You pick their traits and decide what you want them to be and how they will use their powers.

NO, there are no alignment system like in TS2, just magic schools. What a shame.