Magic - Sages

"FreedomWant;c-18288093" wrote:

"Simmerville;c-18287876" wrote:

"FreedomWant;c-18287858" wrote:
Alchemy is referring to the potions. You can ask all 3 sages for potion recipes. Also you can experiment at a cauldron to learn potions and you can buy recipe books at the shop in the magic realm.

Additional question: The bloodline seems nifty. I didn't find info on how it might develop, will the child of a "weak bloodline" trait parent always get the "Strong bloodline" trait, or can the child risk not getting any bloodline trait at all? Must both parents have a bloodline trait for the child to get it? And - say there are 3 siblings, both parents with "Strong bloodline", could the 3 kids get traits "Weak", "Strong", "Ancient" or nothing at all? Would love to know how random this thing is... :)

I'm not sure how the probability works with bloodlines. I tend to see it err on the weaker side, so for instance: ancient+strong=strong, strong+no bloodline=weak. I usually see this in human sims, which I don't get. It seems pointless. I feel like genetics should take over and result in an occult sim. In my current game there is a human sim with the ancient bloodline. I feel like he should have been a spellcaster if his bloodline is that strong.

I also witnessed the werewolf trait skip a generation, which I didn't think was possible since I've never seen it with any other occult. I'm wondering if it was just a glitch or if anyone else has seen that happen?

From what I read, I now see the bloodline as the occult lifeform, while Spellcaster is more like a career. I think it's good that a sim even born with Ancient bloodline can ignore the Spellcaster option. But knowing you are Ancient will probably make you reconsider later in life, depending on traditional mindset or not. Just got this pack and I don 't intend playing a lot with magic, but I like it to be there in the background slightly affecting some families as bloodlines :)