ROM: Magic As Skill Or Life State
The options are: 1. Magic as a skill that everyone including vampires and mermaids can learn 2. Magic as an exclusive ability of a new life state separate from humans, vampires, etc.
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I think it simply makes more sense as a skill, but I like the idea of there being a witch trait to learn magic more easily. The only issue with it being a skill, however, is that random sims might just start practicing novice magic the way they will just start singing out of nowhere. I think that would break the immersion too much, so a life state could alternatively work a bit better to prevent sims who aren't supposed to be magic from learning it out of the blue.
They could do both, but I would (personally) just like it as a skill that levels up SUPER slow for most sims, but regularly for a sim with the witch/magic trait. I would prefer for the first 2 or 3 levels to be achieved through reading and with NO powers in order to give a buffer (so random sims won't use magic) and to create the impression that magic is a difficult skill.
They could do both, but I would (personally) just like it as a skill that levels up SUPER slow for most sims, but regularly for a sim with the witch/magic trait. I would prefer for the first 2 or 3 levels to be achieved through reading and with NO powers in order to give a buffer (so random sims won't use magic) and to create the impression that magic is a difficult skill.
