Tell me about your big saves

"Sha2520032003;c-18254054" wrote:
My favorite Save is my occult/supernatural fantasy Save that I've been playing since Vampires GP. What started out as a simple story...of a vampire going up against Vlad for power....has become a generational/legacy save with about 10 families I rotate between that are all interconnected. What I love about this save the most, is that I feel I can be super creative and do things I wouldn't do in normal gameplay since they're occults. So there's this quest for power amongst the vampires...and with the addition of werewolves and spellcasters...some are teaming up to take down one vampire. I love this revenge plot I have going. But there's also a love story and there's family play, etc.

I honestly do plan things, but most of my gamplay is game-driven and I let things happen & tell the story around it. But when I do get ideas I try to execute them...like currently, this powerful spellcaster, Gabriel, has a long standing enemy with the vampire that started this save (Ambrose Gautier). Gabriel is married to Ambrose's twin sister Elora, but has no idea that she's Ambrose's sister. & Ambrose doesn't know his twin sister is even alive. I worked in some Batuu stuff...and made Elora escape Batuu & be on the run from Kylo Ren, after secretly carrying his child. She changed her name to Olivia, changed her identity, hair color etc. Fell in love with Gabriel, unknowingly that he and her brother were enemies. But now that she knows, she feels she can use that to her advantage. Elora also has a score to settle with her brother....so she's trying to play it smart & keep her identity secret, plus protecting her daughter (who is now a teen) from her father Kylo Ren. So Elora has been lying to her husband about who she really is....& to her daughter who has wanted to know about her father since she was a child. Gabriel is also secretive not forthcoming with her about his plans to take Ambrose down, as he's being dabbling in dark magic & has been banned from the Realm. So tons of secrets, lies, etc. with this twisted storyline lol.

& so while Ambrose is trying to navigate the drama with his foes, he's also an evil vampire and has plans of his own, with his own quest for power....training his son & heir to take over the Gautier legacy when he is of age. He used to be married to one of my favorite Sims of all time, and they've had quite the love story, but they didn't last. Ambrose is now engaged to a Goth descendant, Annabella. She's not the love of his life...but is marrying her for the Goth name and fortune it brings.

As it relates to their homes...I do try to make their homes match to the vision of the character. Ambrose has been in the same vampire castle since Vampires GP came out...& I've expanded the home with basements but I can't ever see him living in another home...even if same style. & other characters like Elora...I had her living in Henford-O-Bagley, since that world seems so far away...since she was trying to stay "hidden". But I just moved them to Brindleton....I see her having this more traditional, country vibe.

So far none of my "households" are really finished. The story just keeps expanding and growing. Ambrose's granddaughter, Harper...I used her to explore Discover University pack with...and in a way her story was done as I just wanted to experience that pack. But Harper has a child with Gabriel from an affair...(which Elora doesn't know about yet)....so Harper's storyline will go from background to main soon, once the child secret is revealed.