Thinking about Realm of Magic

Spellcasters do show up in other worlds if you’re playing Spellcasters, but don’t autonomously cast spells. They might fly in or out on a broom, though. If you don’t want them in a save, I think they only trigger after you take a Sim to the Magic Realm. I may be mistaken because my current save is over a year old, but that’s how I remember it. Premades used to show up as Spellcasters in The Realm, but that got fixed in a patch. They also wander around Glimmerbrook, which I don’t like. I want Glimmerbrook to be exclusive to my Spellcasters, so I use a mod to lock others out. The game needs a certain number of Spellcasters to populate the Realm, though, and it will create townies for that if you don’t have enough in game. Most of them just act as regular townies until they’re needed in The Realm. Then they do Spellcaster stuff.

The witches and wizards act like normal people when you see them outside the realm, except perhaps the occasional broom entrance/exit (though I see this more often with my played sims than NPCs.)

I kinda have the opposite problem-- I wish there were more random magic and alien business going on among NPCs in the background of my game, but everyone just wanders around chit-chatting (or jogging, or doing NAP activities)

"mightysprite;c-18022725" wrote:
The witches and wizards act like normal people when you see them outside the realm, except perhaps the occasional broom entrance/exit (though I see this more often with my played sims than NPCs.)

I kinda have the opposite problem-- I wish there were more random magic and alien business going on among NPCs in the background of my game, but everyone just wanders around chit-chatting (or jogging, or doing NAP activities)

It suits my game for them to stay kind of undercover in places like San Myshuno or Willow Creek, but I wish you could designate places for autonomous Magic for Spellcasters. Like the bar in Glimmerbrook or HOB, even. Or aliens could be more openly alien in Oasis Springs. Designated places where they’re allowed to live their own lives.

"cyncie;c-18022728" wrote:

"mightysprite;c-18022725" wrote:
The witches and wizards act like normal people when you see them outside the realm, except perhaps the occasional broom entrance/exit (though I see this more often with my played sims than NPCs.)

I kinda have the opposite problem-- I wish there were more random magic and alien business going on among NPCs in the background of my game, but everyone just wanders around chit-chatting (or jogging, or doing NAP activities)

It suits my game for them to stay kind of undercover in places like San Myshuno or Willow Creek, but I wish you could designate places for autonomous Magic for Spellcasters. Like the bar in Glimmerbrook or HOB, even. Or aliens could be more openly alien in Oasis Springs. Designated places where they’re allowed to live their own lives.

I would like the option to allow autonomous magic as well. A lot trait would have been a good way to allow magic. But unfortunately that doesn't exist. It is a shame spellcasters are forced into constant hiding. So for anyone wondering, you won't be able to tell if visiting sims are spellcasters, unless you happen to see them arrive on a broom.

You can make clubs for magic users, there are some club rules that make sims use magic autonomously. If you set them to gather at a specific lot, they'll show up and start dueling and stuff.

I have Realm of Magic but I confess that I didn't play too much with it. I use the cauldron sometimes for cooking purposes and the build and buy stuff and that's it. Visited the realm a couple of times and didn't like, the world gives me nausea. Until recently I haven't seen any spellcasters in my game. They don't cast spells, but I randomly see them now and then falling from their brooms in my other worlds and I know they are spellcasters. But apart from that, I never know who's a spellcaster. So, if you don't want magic in your other worlds it's totally possible to be magic free.

I made some twin spellcasters, but have a large rotation and haven’t played them in awhile. If there are witches around in other worlds, I sure don’t know it. They are less intrusive than vampires are. I do have to watch out for vlad or another vampire sim showing up at night to get some blood, and I see bats turn into people on my doorstep. But I haven’t ever seen a spell caster cast a spell. And, that’s the way I like it because I want my witches to be special, secretive and unnoticed. By the way I love to old fashioned furniture in the pack

This is what I like so much about this forum! Within eight hours--most of which I spent asleep--several of you stopped by and shared some really valuable insights. Thank you, one and all... @cyncie @mightysprite @Atreya33 @GreenTurtle @crocobaura @SheriSim57 :)

After seeing aliens spawning in every world during a save when Z and I would have preferred less alien activity, observing Geoffrey and Nancy Landgraab jogging through the entire Sims universe, and watching the entire population of Sulani relocate to the gym in Willow Creek again and again, I installed a mod that keeps premades in their own worlds. Now the aliens, Landgraabs, and Sulanians are still very much alive and well, simply doing their things close to home. Perhaps that will happen to Spellcasters, too. I want the magic to be turned up to 11 in the Magic Realm, and I want MY Spellcasters to Repairio, Morphiate, and Minionize without restraint. ;)

It's been awhile since I've done it but the Get Together clubs include 'casting spells' as an allowed activity and I hosted an event at a bar and they ended up burning the place out.

"Kerrigan;c-18023033" wrote:
It's been awhile since I've done it but the Get Together clubs include 'casting spells' as an allowed activity and I hosted an event at a bar and they ended up burning the place out.

Yes. Spellcaster clubs are out of control!