Most of the time when I have to deal with the dreaded holiday Gnomes, if my Sim offers the wrong thing, pleading has gotten him nothing but an electric charge running through his body. I failed to look at what the goals were on my Thanksgiving Day holiday, but there are Gnomes, to my chagrin. Kayleigh guessed wrong on the first one, but pleased the second one. I decided to have her plea with the first Gnome. To my fascination and surprise, it worked. This is a first for me!How many times has your Sim pleaded with a Gnome only to have it fail?How many times has a Sim of yours pleaded and had it work?Please share your stories with the Gnomes.

Morgyn gave the wrong offering one time and got zapped. He returned the favor by casting inferniate on the offending gnome and turned it to ashes. The others dropped all of their seeds on the floor and beat it. I laughed. Freezer Bunny had it coming.

@GalacticGal I dislike the gnomes myself; so I just edit the holiday & uninvite them.

I've had some Sims that used to get zapped all the time. My more recent Sims seem to have better luck and can just please the gnomes on the first try. If a Sim's already angered the gnomes, though, I typically just give up for the holiday with that particular Sim and try to have a different member of the household try to appease the gnome. I would do as @Starfree does, except I have oddly fond memories of Sims 3 with the firefighter career, trying to chase those gnomes all around the houses...

"cyncie;c-18137007" wrote:Morgyn gave the wrong offering one time and got zapped. He returned the favor by casting inferniate on the offending gnome and turned it to ashes. The others dropped all of their seeds on the floor and beat it. I laughed. Freezer Bunny had it coming. Excellent!

That is one tradition I never use. I avoid it like the plague but I may just have to add it to my current save. I'm already doing things differently in it, why not have my alien get zapped by some holiday gnomes while I'm at it. :D

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cyncie
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
Morgyn gave the wrong offering one time and got zapped. He returned the favor by casting inferniate on the offending gnome
and turned it to ashes. The others dropped all of their seeds on the floor and beat it. I laughed. Freezer Bunny had it coming.
djsboonie
New Scout
3 years ago
@GalacticGal I dislike the gnomes myself; so I just edit the holiday & uninvite them.
Larrikateven
Rising Rookie
3 years ago
I've had some Sims that used to get zapped all the time. My more recent Sims seem to have better luck and can just please the gnomes on the first try.

If a Sim's already angered the gnomes, though, I typically just give up for the holiday with that particular Sim and try to have a different member of the household try to appease the gnome.

I would do as @Starfree does, except I have oddly fond memories of Sims 3 with the firefighter career, trying to chase those gnomes all around the houses...
simgirl1010
Hero
3 years ago
"cyncie;c-18137007" wrote:
Morgyn gave the wrong offering one time and got zapped. He returned the favor by casting inferniate on the offending gnome
and turned it to ashes. The others dropped all of their seeds on the floor and beat it. I laughed. Freezer Bunny had it coming.

Excellent!
SweetieWright_84
New Spectator
3 years ago
That is one tradition I never use. I avoid it like the plague but I may just have to add it to my current save. I'm already doing things differently in it, why not have my alien get zapped by some holiday gnomes while I'm at it. :D
mightyspritesims
Rising Hotshot
3 years ago
a handy reference for how to appease each gnome
(if you don't want to know, don't open the spoiler)
Spoiler

https://preview.redd.it/3d4cvvtglm841.jpg?auto=webp&s=b48e9622f29be8b7b3cf5817bea12c970d4a5841
mightyspritesims
Rising Hotshot
3 years ago
@Larrikateven I have no idea. I can tell you that I haven't had any failures from giving the things on the chart. Maybe each gnome has more than one gift that they like?
lemonnella
Seasoned Rookie
3 years ago
I usually put the gnomes tradition in a holiday I made up called "Fool's Day" since I think they tend to cause more chaos then I'd like for my Harvestfest holiday. I used to get so anxious about them until I played with them enough times to figure out what appeases each one. That cheat sheet that @mightysprite shared is accurate, but each gnome will accept other gifts too. Plus, that cheat sheet doesn't include all gnomes in the game that can show up - all I know is coffee, pies, and toys are my sim's best friends on Fool's Day.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"SweetieWright_84;c-18137022" wrote:
That is one tradition I never use. I avoid it like the plague but I may just have to add it to my current save. I'm already doing things differently in it, why not have my alien get zapped by some holiday gnomes while I'm at it. :D

I normally remove it from the holiday, which surprises me, because I had renamed Harvest Fest to Thanksgiving. I somehow forgot to remove the Gnomes. :open_mouth: I get what I deserve, I guess. LOL
RoseQuartz724
Rising Novice
3 years ago
I don't know why, but I seem to have had pretty good luck giving the Reaper Gnome a Future Cube, which I figure is because Grim knows the future - of that sim, anyway. :s