Tell me about your vampires.

I don't find vampires not going to toilet weird
I tend to think of it as transfusion when my vampires take a sip so none of it really goes through the whole digestive system

which is also why they throw up if they eat

I think this also makes sense for the plasma packs that way

but true food is little strange now that i think of it where do the nonplasma ingredients go hmm my vampires do often own toilets for their visitors though so technically they could use them if they felt so

for health I don't use mods so my vamps are about as healthy as game will let them be
i don't think they are particularily immune to sickness

inspirations I just get them all over the place really :sweat_smile: music, movies, tv, books... but I try to rather mix than stick to one story

and sprinkle in sim lore too

it makes me sad when people get too stuck with one type of vampire for there is many many ways to exist as vampire

I'm just trying to explore as many ways to be vampire as I can

I like the transfusion/non digestive system processing of blood, I would defintely think of it that way too. But, yeah, food... maybe my vamp will get withered stomach sooner than later and not eat...

Mixing lore is good too. :)

I'm still decidedly low skill level when it comes to vampire lore and playing Sims vamps... I haven't had many before this...

I have guilty drinker vampires and I don't really put too much thought into it when they eat food and never use the toilet. I play with all the occult weirdness, cowplants, became BFFs with Grim Reaper, I don't really care too much for realism or consistency, I keep my game silly and I don't care. :D

I have an immortal matriarch of my Legacy Save, and even as all her descendants grow old and generations pass, she's always there to lead the family. She's also married to Caleb Vatore and they have a lil' Vampire Clan club with Lilith and some other vamps I made. <3

All my vamp sims only have the Sun Phobia & Restless Sleep weaknesses with most powers.?
I do have a vamp (made in October 2022) that’s based on Underworld, her name is Selene Underworld.??‍♀️
My most recent vamp are a Gothic Western Couple.????‍♀️?
All my vamps are saved in the Gallery under my username SEREFRAS.
I recommend selecting popular or favourites cause it limits the duplication problems in the Gallery.??

I'm not playing with any vampires right now so I can't tell you about them.

I always struggle with their careers. To me vampires have lived centuries. Surely in that time they have amassed plenty of wealth (and lost it a few times over) so why do they need careers?

As for human needs, I would be more inclined to use the needs reward traits (i.e. never hungry, steel bladder (or is that TS3?), etc.) for them.

When it comes to inspiration, the vampires I do have in my save (that I haven't played yet), I don't think their stories have come from anywhere specific that I remember.

I have one who was cursed with vampirism from a spellcaster due to unrequited love. She wanted to ensure he'd never have an everlasting love and would only watch his lovers die. She's even given herself immortality to watch his misery. That story is based off of an episode of "Highlander: The Series," my all time favorite TV show. Of course in the show, Duncan wasn't a vampire just immortal but I drew inspiration from a flashback he had in one of the episodes.

"SweetieWright_84;c-18289067" wrote:
I'm not playing with any vampires right now so I can't tell you about them.

I always struggle with their careers. To me vampires have lived centuries. Surely in that time they have amassed plenty of wealth

... Or have they?
what if it was dark and foggy night
and you were a poor coffin maker
on your way home from the village pub

what if on your way home you ran into a mysterious figure?

what if the mysterious figure chomped on your neck, drained you of plasma and left you for Grim Reaper

only the Grim Reaper never arrived?

What if you woke up, stumbled home having completely forgotten about it and proceeded to test one of the coffins you made

what if you fell into deep slumber and woke up hundreds of years later in completely different world?

"Simmingal;c-18289074" wrote:

"SweetieWright_84;c-18289067" wrote:
I'm not playing with any vampires right now so I can't tell you about them.

I always struggle with their careers. To me vampires have lived centuries. Surely in that time they have amassed plenty of wealth

... Or have they?
what if it was dark and foggy night
and you were a poor coffin maker
on your way home from the village pub

what if on your way home you ran into a mysterious figure?

what if the mysterious figure chomped on your neck, drained you of plasma and left you for Grim Reaper

only the Grim Reaper never arrived?

What if you woke up, stumbled home having completely forgotten about it and proceeded to test one of the coffins you made

what if you fell into deep slumber and woke up hundreds of years later in completely different world?

That's a really good point. Imagine how thirsty one would be if they slept for centuries. Imagine the culture shock.

I have all kinds of different vampires both in Forgotten Hollow and other places. Some are very human-friendly and try their best to live a normal life among their mortal friends, others... not so much.

The three premade vampires have been edited, moved in together, and are now the leaders of the vampire community:
- Vlad is still the founder of Forgotten Hollow, but a little nicer, and rumour has it he's the oldest and most powerful vampire in the world.
- Caleb has been renamed to Vasmer Balke, the author of the Encyclopedias Vampiricas who focuses more on knowledge about vampire lore than raw power. "He" is also gender-fluid, male in his human form and female in his dark form, and I'm still waiting for the pronoun update to come to my (German) game so I can actually give him the pronoun "they".
- Lilith is now Valeria Janekowski, no longer Caleb's sister, but an expert on vampire diets who, in my headcanon, came up with the vegetarian lifestyle and runs the online shop for plasma bags. The popular drink "Plasma Jane" was named after her.
The three of them no longer live in Forgotten Hollow, but in Granite Falls, which has been the capital of magic in my game ever since I turned it residential. Every lot is home to one or more leading figures of their respective occult communities. For example, the alphas of the two werewolf packs also live in Granite Falls rather than Moonwood Mill.

https://abload.de/img/3knigeutjwr.jpg

Another VIP in the vampire community, albeit not their leader, is Mercury, the owner of a shop that sells all kinds of rare occult items. His name is not a coincidence, he's my version of the Greek god of commerce and messages, and therefore technically older than Vlad even though the latter's bio claims otherwise. Mercury, his asari girlfriend Zeraphine Nocturn and their cat familiar Sir Wednesday are currently (un-)living in Bridgeview, Newcrest, which I have turned into an eternal winter world using a home-made mod.

https://abload.de/img/mercuryundsirwednesda10jqb.png

The vampires' lack of needs does hold me back from playing with them more, though. Managing my sims' needs is an integral part of my game, yet vampires barely ever need anything. (I know, the only things they don't actually need are beds and toilets, but that gives them all the more time to take care of other needs, making it seem like they're perfectly happy most of the time.) Ideal when you have a very active and/or adventurous vampire who wants to explore the world without being held back by things like sleep, not so much when you're just trying to live a normal life. Also, kitchen appliances and bathrooms with toilets are a must-have in every house and it's weird when none of the residents actually use them. That's why I often have vampires living together with non-vampires.

Truly aweSim @GrumpyGlowfish

I have some vampires in my main save, here's a short introduction to them :smiley:

https://i.imgur.com/nt751Iz.png
Salim Benali became a vampire because he wanted to test what it's like. he is a journalist who also writes books. It was supposed to be an inavaluable short term experience, but he got hooked in it and it cost him his family. Recently Salim moved from San Myshuno to Windenburg and is the founder of a vampire lair there.
Salim's story: All My Favourite Things Are Blue

https://i.imgur.com/9GRkBhx.png
Janni & Janna, grandchildren of my first sim. They live in Willow Creek and pretend to be normal old grannies... except they never die and Janni also likes to hunt sims for a snack. Janna is more gentle and prefers to order vampire drink from a computer.
Jannis & Janna's story: Weird Old Ladies

https://i.imgur.com/2Y2tUbc.png
Saya is evil and wants to torture other sims. She lived for a while with Janni and Janna and kidnapped a child to give them as a gift so they would turn her. Now she has moved into Salim's vampire lair.
Saya's story: I’ll Be Watching You

https://i.imgur.com/5VJoAeo.png
Harry wants to believe that vampires can be good. He lives in Glimmerbrook country side and loves his chicken. He is hoping to find a wife and start a family, he has all the time in the world to wait.

https://i.imgur.com/DcNL7Jh.png
Amy Lee is a character who I brought over from TS2. Now Amy Lee fell in love with a sim who she met by making a wish at the wishing well (who then became powerful spellcaster). Amy Lee has died from sun once, but was brought back by his husband. They got twin kids and the son Ace is a vampire.

https://i.imgur.com/onh07AQ.png
Constantine is Amy Lee's twin brother. In TS2 Constantine used to be a werewolf. He lives in a big castle in Windenburg, he is sort of the vampire king there as Windenburg is my major vampire neighbourhood.

Also Caleb lives in Windenburg and tries to improve the reputation of vampires through social media. Lilith again is the manager of an alderly home and specialized in blood samples. I think that's all my vampires.