Sims cannot directly drown sims

Yeah, it's kinda disappointing, but I think there is a chance that they will drown, not sure since I haven't tried it out yet.

I'm mostly disappointed that there wasn't an animation where the mermaid would pull down the sim. Kinda morbid perhaps, but still!

I thought there was a mermaid power that allowed them to summon a dark force that pulled another sim under, and had a chance of drowning them.

They can't even drown them indirectly it seems. Since they made a thing out of it, I'm kinda angry at the gurus right now. Don't tell people mermaid's can kill sims if it's not true, like wtf?

"Aine;c-17127158" wrote:
They can't even drown them indirectly it seems. Since they made a thing out of it, I'm kinda angry at the gurus right now. Don't tell people mermaid's can kill sims if it's not true, like plum?

Totally agree. They teased like you could & you cannot. A lot of people are upset about it. I hope the gurus are reading these posts & update the game to let sims do it.

I'd love it but also I am sure sims team would never add that especially for sims 4 as that is direct murder sim to sim
I am hoping modder to pick on that instead it might take some time though

What a bloodthirsty lot you are lol

I extra created a siren for that.

"Simmingal;c-17128554" wrote:
I'd love it but also I am sure sims team would never add that especially for sims 4 as that is direct murder sim to sim
I am hoping modder to pick on that instead it might take some time though

Right. But what about Vampires? Directly they "can't" kill Sims, but if you repeat some actions, the Sim finally dies.
Should be same with mermaids.

Has anyone tried to drown a Sim several times in a row? This might kill him in the end? (low energy for swimming).

"Busufu;c-17128834" wrote:
I extra created a siren for that.

"Simmingal;c-17128554" wrote:
I'd love it but also I am sure sims team would never add that especially for sims 4 as that is direct murder sim to sim
I am hoping modder to pick on that instead it might take some time though

Right. But what about Vampires? Directly they "can't" kill Sims, but if you repeat some actions, the Sim finally dies.
Should be same with mermaids.

Has anyone tried to drown a Sim several times in a row? This might kill him in the end? (low energy for swimming).

What action can Vampires do repeatedly that'd lead to a Sim's death?
The game seems to cancel stuff like Mesmerize or Irresistible Slumber if the target's Needs are too low.
And you can't do stuff like Deprive Needs if a Sim's needs are too low. (So no spamming Deprive Hunger to instantly starve a Sim)

Though Vampires do get the deadliest thing, Influence Emotions (well, not right now since it's bugged).
No need to spam that, just get it to rank 3 and choose Anger or Embarrassment and you can make Sims drop like flies.

I guess the closest thing would be to deprive a Sim's Energy and then "Swim With..." and make them swim far out before they become too Uncomfortable to enter to water.

My siren sisters will still have that backstory and a few ghosts haunting their shipwreck. 80% of playing The Sims is playing pretend anyway, and their ability to at least pull swimming sims underwater will be enough for me to keep up the illusion.

I wonder where that rumor originally came from. There are so many people who created deadly, evil mermaids and they all seem to realize now that you can't really drown other Sims. It's quite upsetting.