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simtown15's avatar
5 years ago

Playing as Caleb (and Lilith) Vatore

After about 3-4 years since the release of Vampires, I finally decided to see what all of the Caleb hype was about. So, I started a new save playing as Caleb. His sister Lilith is his roommate, so I'll be playing her too, but Caleb will be the focus. I plan to play at least until Caleb finishes his aspiration, The Good Vampire.
I started playing the siblings on a cloudy summer day. I checked each of their traits and powers.
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I noticed in this close-up that Caleb looks like a male version of me. In addition, he has the materialistic trait, which I normally avoid. He is also immune to sunlight, which just reminds me of Edward Cullen.
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The first thing I did in gameplay was have them get jobs. Lilith is a freelance artist while Caleb is a part-time retail employee. (He works the night shift, of course!)
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Then, I got to work on Caleb's aspiration by having him increase his Vampire Lore skill to level 4.
https://i.postimg.cc/VNQvD7sk/03-20-20-6-28-27-PM.png
For the next tier, he had to make some friends, so he befriended Victor Feng. (Lilith might turn him and his wife later though...)
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I had Lilith keep herself busy by going for a jog.
https://i.postimg.cc/yYxDdgrs/03-20-20-6-38-42-PM.png
Then, as the sun set, I had the siblings head to the Stargazer Lounge.
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Lilith turned Marcus into a vampire. (I have a height mod that's causing... issues.)
https://i.postimg.cc/nL4z5vMY/03-20-20-6-49-47-PM.png
Caleb became good friends with Morgan. I have a plan for a story where Caleb falls in love with Morgan and promises to protect her, but then Lilith turns Morgan into one of them. (Hmm. Sounds a little like Twilight...)
https://i.postimg.cc/52jLZkM5/03-20-20-6-54-07-PM.png
Lilith drank from Morgan after Caleb was done talking to her.
https://i.postimg.cc/43g4zmwK/03-20-20-6-56-26-PM.png
Side note: Caleb makes those plasma packs look delicious!
https://i.postimg.cc/DzPv5nYx/03-20-20-7-03-21-PM.png
As I continued playing, I started to feel sad for Caleb. He's a guilty drinker, so he has to ask sims for permission to drink from them. However, whenever he asks a sim that isn't a friend, the other sim gets mad and lashes out. If it weren't for the plasma packs, Caleb would be going hungry a lot. To make matters worse, he has the foodie trait, but cannot get nourishment from human food. Perhaps many simmers empathized with his tragic story?
  • I love the Vatores. Caleb is married to the one and only vampire sim that I made myself. She is still one of my most favourite sims. I didn't like Lillith at first but some how I started love her character. I have many plans for this family farther down the line in my game.
  • ryttu3k's avatar
    ryttu3k
    New Spectator
    Caleb is one of my main Sims! <3 I play him regularly and also have a Simstagram account (has some non-forum-friendly content so I can't link you here, but if you're interested and you're over 18, you can PM me for the link). And yeah, he does have a pretty sad story, I think. The Foodie trait especially - and the fact that he has an Italian surname thing makes the garlic thing so much worse!

    Being a Guilty Drinker / having the nightmare weakness / having the Good Vampire aspiration (which literally says they want to retain their humanity as much as possible) definitely makes me think he's not happy being a vampire.

    But yeah, lots of story potential. For the way I'm playing them, my Caleb and Lilith are twins originally from Windenburg who were turned relatively recently (they're 23 now, were turned when they were 19), and I was using a version with all their skills wiped when I started playing them. When they both had sun resistance, I moved then to San Myshuno. They now live in Alto Apartments with Caleb's boyfriend Johnny Zest, and are doing more or less okay. Morgyn has started showing up, too! (Caleb originally approached them in the Magic Realm seeking a cure for vampirism, which doesn't exist in this 'verse.) Caleb is a style influencer and active on social media, Lilith is technically unemployed but makes a living from her art, and Johnny is a level 10 comedian and five-star celeb, so he's definitely the breadwinner!

    Couple of cute shots:

    https://i.imgur.com/9e6H0GV.png
    https://i.imgur.com/m9nT35G.png

    And lookbooks for Caleb, Lilith, Johnny, and Morgyn (and for the list of lookbooks as a whole here, if you're interested! Warning image-heavy).

    Anyway. Caleb and Lilith <3
  • Busufu's avatar
    Busufu
    Seasoned Hotshot
    That sounds great! I wish you lots of fun with them! :)
    The Vatores and Morgyn are my absolute favourite pre-mades!
  • @ryttu3k Interesting idea to pair Lilith with Morgyn! Maybe I’ll try that! Then, the siblings will both have a partner with that name!