@wickichick Thanks! I'm glad if my post helped you. I haven't had much time with spellcasters yet - the downside to my rotation is that I only play with each family every so many in-game weeks and I haven't had RoM long enough to get very far with that. But I have had a lot of fun with vampires and mermaids and ghosts so far. Good luck with your new gameplay!
Also, I have Eco Lifestyle and I turned off NAPs as soon as I installed it, before I even opened any households, and I haven't had any of the related bugs. I get messages that certain NAPs have been voted into effect, but nothing actually happens. I haven't tried cheating in any yet though, because I haven't rotated around to the families I want to do that with yet.