Thinking about Realm of Magic

> @MoonlightGraham said:
> 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 :)
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> 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. ;)

wait, share the mod, i NEED that.

@peachibrew

I don’t know which one @MoonlightGraham uses but I use Sim Spawn Overhaul by Lotharihoe. If you only need to control The Magic Realm and Glimmerbrook, Zero has Portal Only Spellcasters and Glimmerbrook Only Mages which work very well, also.

I see more Aliens spawning in my worlds then spell casters. I don't mind the aliens, because I have a mixture of everything supernatural.
My spell caster population is one of the highest, followed by the humans, and other type of Sims.
That said, you barely really see most spell casters, except for your own. You may see another one enter and leave on their broom if they have one, and you may see their familiars if they are assigned. Your Sim will pretty much be the only Sims you see using spells outside of the magic realm, but usually when I make them practice magic. Your Sim may be challenged to a duel by another spell caster, but that is about it.
I have a bunch of Sims that are spell casters, and I play them on rotation and equip them with brooms and wands, so I have more activity going on in my game with spell casters.

I certainly haven't noticed the spellcasters. I haven't started playing any yet and didn't realize until a few days ago that a sim I've been seeing around for quite a while was a spellcaster. She has a glow about her and I thought she was a celebrity. I only realized when someone here mentioned the sim by name. She's been coming over to my sim's house and hanging out. Since I was pushing my sims to skill up, I've been mostly ignoring her. Now I guess I can use their slight friendship in my story to have them discover magic.

I want my spellcasters to find caster mates, but it's very difficult to discover just who is a spellcaster. Usually I find out by accident, either by seeing them on the broom or throw a townie into CAS to change those god-awful clothes that I find they are casters. Very secretive, which is the way it should be.

I try not to let my spellcasters toss magic around, it upsets the locals. :D

"peachibrew;c-18023266" wrote:

wait, share the mod, i NEED that.

@peachibrew I use the same one @cyncie mentioned, the one Lotharihoe created. I use very, very few mods, and this is one of them. It solved some of the issues that frustrated me before.

You won’t really know who is a spellcaster unless you see sims from the outside worlds in the realm of magic.

It’s really annoying. I wish sims were more open with magic. Like i understand the chaos but I just wish Spellcasters were more liberal with magic, like autonomously using magic to make their lives easier, like the harmless spells, using magic to make food appear when they’re starving, spells to fulfill their needs, and survive at the very least. And be able to discuss magic with humans. I don’t understand why they can’t. Only because I run a kingdom and i have an arch mage in my court, and it would be cool to have my king/Queen command the Archmage to use his powers when carrying out a sentence or something.

@MasonGamer , @Jokr1929 I guess it was easier to design ROM nerfed in advance than to have to go back and nerf it like Vampires.

I think that's my hesitantation on getting the pack as well. Because I love Harry Potter and have seen people do amazing things with that pack and Harry Potter but at the same time I don't know first off if I'd enjoy it like I think I would and I also don't want them showing up everywhere either like you said.

"MoonlightGraham;d-996050" wrote:
As the title would suggest, I'm thinking about adding Realm of Magic to my Sims collection. But, while I think it will be fun to have the option of adding magical Sims to some of my saves, I don't want all my games to feature Spellcasters. I'm concerned that, if I install Realm of Magic, I'll have witches and wizards everywhere, randomly casting spells all over the place.

Do lots of townie Spellcasters appear, or will premades wander into Glimmerbrook, make their way to the Portal, enter the Magic Realm, and turn into Spellcasters?

Thanks, in advance!

Unless you give your spellcasters brooms, wands, or familiars you won't even know they are there. Also, if you make a spellcaster, they can be challenged to a duel, but they will move to the magic realm to battle.
Magic is usually used only in the Magic Realm.
The Magic NPCs will fill be around, but they act like normal non-magical sims.