I thought I would create this thread as a variant of “What happened in Your Game Today?”
Serial and non-serial updates are welcome, but I know that merfolk are in other people’s games. Are they vendors? Are they playing the Violin or Guitar just because? What do you see your merfolk doing while playing another household in Rotation?
While I’m telling my story, I often check on my merfolk as they wander through the neighborhood.
Tip: The Merfolk don’t have to be your played household and they can even be a premade townie!
My Only Rule: Keep the updates focused on merfolk!
"elanorbreton;c-18136331" wrote: This cutie pie is my mermaid, her name is Serenity Davies: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/j4e82txjuwqgchq/Serenity.png?dl=0
She's the sim I made for the 'no skills, no problem' scenario and she lives in Sulani (of course). She is going to become a conservationist, I hope. I don't know if any skills are needed for that career, if so then she could have a problem lol.
I think the only skill that is needed for a promotion in the conservationists career is the Logic Skill, but Sulani also has another career path that isn’t obvious, I would look into odd jobs if the conservationist career doesn’t work out.
Merfolk also naturally develop the fitness skill very quickly.
Personally, I haven’t done any of the scenarios so I don’t know the rules.
"wahini2024;c-18136304" wrote: This is Mariana. She's a new mermaid in Sulani and I haven't had much time to play as her yet but so far, she's a part of the effort to clean Sulani and has joined the Conservationist career. She has a crush on the local lifeguard, Parker, who has ambitions to travel to Selvadorada as an archeologist, but he just doesn't have the money to go yet (though his mother has 6 million he wants to me a self-made kinda guy). As for Parker, who's human, he's not ready to settle down just yet but I have a feeling they'll be good for each other when the time is right. So, both of my current meresims just need more gametime but I'll be able to give more updates that way since they don't have much of a back story just yet ;)
@wahini2024 she looks amazing. I look forward to more updates!
And I understand the self-made aspect. I think Dylan and Zeph feel the same way, but they already completed the fabulously wealth aspiration and the mansion baron aspiration.
Calum has done a good job setting his children up for success!
@wahini2024 I didn’t see Koa. I can see how he won the challenge. He’s got the looks to back up his natural mermadic potential for romance.
I’ve had two of my mermen build a huge romance bar while I wasn’t playing them. It’s only happened once, and of course, it had to happen with one of my main mermen, Dylan.
I didn’t go with the romance because it was kinda an odd situation. I’ll introduce him in my next update.
Reef Kailani is Dylan’s Uncle, but I forgot to set up the relationship status after I started a new save. So, the game didn’t recognize Reef as Dylan’s uncle, and because Dylan is bi, he built almost a full romance bar. I watch my merfolk, even when I’m not playing them, and I never saw that romance once.
After going into CAS to update my merfolk to dress the way I want them to in Sulani. I learned that Reef developed a dislike for the color yellow and his wife developed a like for the color yellow. The only thing I can piece together is that a rift formed between Reef and Sara when it came to a favorite color, and somehow, maybe, Reef or Dylan initiated a romance with the other. It’s just a really strange scenario.
So, following the same theme as my previous introduction post. Here's my Second and Third Merfolk Legacies.
The First Legacy is my Zalrian Legacy. The Zalrian Legacy isn't a Traditional Legacy, the family has simply grown with normal Gameplay, but the Zalrian Legacy is getting a theme. It starts with the deceased Sapphire Queen, then the Sapphire King, followed by the Elementals, then the Twins and Sora.
The Kailani Legacy is closely connected to the Zalrian Family. Reef Kailani is the Adopted Son of the Sapphire Queen and Kemps and Calum's younger brother. The Kailani's are a noble merfolk family that maintain the oral history of all merfolk. The responsibility for remembering reef merfolk stories, culture, traditions, and history falls on the Kailani Heir. This Legacy is much more traditional the First Born or First Adopted is normally the heir. Zalen is an exception to this rule. Oddly, much like the Zalrian Legacy, the Kailani's have never had a Daughter. I didn't influence gender, but this is another merman Legacy.
The Third Legacy is a challenge I created for merfolk, and you can find the rules for it in my main thread for my merfolk stories here:
Note: I'm progressively adding spoilers as I progress through the challenge to make the thread less picture and text heavy.
The Heirs are already premade and I've test played all of them except the Purple Tail Prince. This legacy can work in the traditional sense, but I'm not playing the challenge I created in the traditional sense.
The Kailani Legacy: The Reef Merfolk Lore Keepers
Important Note: All Kailani Mermen are shirtless in their human form just like they are in their merman form. A more detailed explanation is in the spoiler.
I consider my merfolk's merform to be their true form and design all of their outfits around how they look as mermaids and mermen. The main reason for this has a lot to do with how I use cheats. I use the cheat Traits.Equip_Trait Trait_OccultMermaid_MermaidForm frequently. What this does is it makes the merfolk take their mermaid or merman form outside of the water or in situations that they wouldn't normally change form.
Storywise, the shapeshifting process changes their legs into a tail. They only wear skirts for bottoms because that form of clothing will survive the shapeshifting. But, if they are wearing a human shirt, they would still be wearing the shirt in their human form. My biggest problem is that I can only create 5 outfits for my Merfolk in their true form. I have 8 different Outfit Categories that I can't create in their merform.
Ultimately, I decided to make all mermen that live in Sulani shirtless in their human form because they are shirtless in their merman form. The merfolk in Sulani spend 90% of their time in swimwear anyways, so I resolved my problem by making the shirtless outfits typical for anyone from Sulani. Again, if I could create more outfits in their merform, I would do something different, but for now, all 8 Categories are replicas of what my mermen and mermaids wear in their merform. It's not ideal, but given the limitations, it allows me to change them into their merform at will without having to explain where their shirt went. Mermaids require certain standards that make it hard to do the same thing.
As said in his title, Reef is the Founder of the Kailani Legacy. The original save I played him in broke when I got Eco Living, so I transferred him into my main save from the Gallery. Most of my merfolk from the Zalrian Legacy and Kailani Legacy have been transferred from older saves that broke because of major glitches. Sometimes, this leads to accidental relationships developing such as Reef and Dylan's romance bar if I forget to rebuild the Genealogy. While Reef wasn't originally a merman, he is now 100% a Reef Merman.
Kylen is gay, and I discovered this when I noticed him frequently showing up on the same lot as Dylan and Zeph. While playing rotational, I watch what my merfolk do, and it seemed that Kylen had an interest in my Main Twin Mermen. I could almost see Jealousy when they engaged in romance if he was there. Dylan and Zeph are almost always together, so I couldn't tell you which twin caught Kylen's eye for certain. I suspect that his crush was Dylan. Ever since he married Aaron, he stopped showing up where my twins were. He's deeply in love with Aaron and I've never seen two sims fall so quickly for each other.
Kylen and Aaron adopted Lir and Kylen carried to term their biological twin sons Alex and Alen. My gay mermen and lesbian mermaids can try for baby. I forgot to change the setting, and Kylen had a terrible case of empty nest syndrome. Even though he can be at odds with his son, Lir. He's family oriented and loves his family.
Aaron is Kylen's soulmate. He's always there to support his husband, and he's a voice of reason and mediator whenever Lir gets into an argument with his Father, Kylen. He loves his husband and his sons. When Lir was abducted by a Darkfin, he and Kylen, stepped in to get their son out of trouble.
Rylan is Kylen's identical twin. Rylan is a Genius and a Goofball. He's a spare in the Kailani Legacy. Unlike his brother, he's straight, and a bachelor waiting for the right mermaid to swim his way. Right now, he's more of a background merman.
One thing worth noting, he autonmously changed into a skirt from a kit when he went for a swim. My noble merfolk now wear different versions of that skirt in their human form for swimwear. He's become a bit of a trend setter. I have him as a conservationist in Sulani. The Conversationist Career is one of the Greatest Responsibilites any noble merman or mermaid can take. It is the responbility of all Noble Merfolk to protect the the worlds, including vulnerable ecosystems like the ones found on Mua Pel'Am.
Lir is one of the protagonists of the Immortal Merfolk legacy. He's the adopted son of Kylen and Aaron, but he's also a decendent of the deceased Abalone King. The merfolk royal families weren't reestablished the same way they were when the kings and queens were murdered by the Darkfins, Sirens of the Sea. Lir is on a mission to find the lost Princes of Sulani. As a teen, Lir often got in arguments with his Father Kylen. Their relationship has since been good, and as an an adult, Lir finally understand where his father was coming from. He cares deeply for his family in much the same way Kylen does.
Lir has a lost Twin Brother. His location is unknown. Twins are very common among reef merfolk.
Lir met Krista when he tried to run away from home. He and Krista have a solid relationship and often support each other. Krista is still new to the story and has developed as much as a character.
When Krista was in a household with Sefina, Cecelia, and Maria. She autonamously adopted Maria as her caredependant before Neighborhood Stories.
Because Kylen carried him and his twin to term, Alex inherited Aaron's Tail Color. Alex and Alen are Fraternal twins, but their only physical difference is their hair color in their human form. Otherwise, they are identical in their merman forms. Alex and Alen are Lir's younger brothers.
Because Kylen carried him and his twin to term, Alen inherited Aaron's Tail Color. Alex and Alen are Fraternal twins, but their only physical difference is their hair color in their human form. Otherwise, they are identical in their merman forms. Alex and Alen are Lir's younger brothers.
Zalen inherited his father's tail color in the same way all merfolk do. Even though Lir was adopted, Zalen is the next Heir and inherited the Kailani name. If Lir died, he would inherit the title, Abalone Prince.
Krista and Lir's adopted daughter and Zalen's older sister. Even though Maria is older, she was an unexpected product of rotational gameplay. I chose to not to make her a heir because of how she joined the Kailani family. She did not inherit the Kailani name.
Calden is Sulani's Resident Celebrity. He's a natural fire dancer, but that's not the oddest part. I created him to try rags to riches without leaving the ocean. I never expected him to be a natural at Fire Dancing.
Storywise, shapeshifting never came naturally to him even though he's been a reef merman all his life. He constantly worries about accidentally turning back into a merman on land. Despite that, he loves to fire dance and made an effort to learn how to shapeshift, with help from Kemps Zalrian.
The Third and Final Legacy of my Save is the Immortal Merfolk Legacy. This Legacy is made up of 8 Merman Princes with different tail colors, and they are the focus of my current story.
The White Tail, Abalone Prince, and Founder: Lir Kailani
https://i.imgur.com/CW86Eqi.png I was sort of playing her, was it obvious enough this is the pancakes household? I changed Iggy's name to Jason, I got them together for the end of Llama day one of my usual summer holidays. https://i.imgur.com/qu2IAGk.png https://i.imgur.com/081NxYY.png https://i.imgur.com/S776AbL.png A mermaid, a werewolf and a human make a cuddly family.
"RedDestiny92;c-18136457" wrote: https://i.imgur.com/CW86Eqi.png I was sort of playing her, was it obvious enough this is the pancakes household? I changed Iggy's name to Jason, I got them together for the end of Llama day one of my usual summer holidays. https://i.imgur.com/qu2IAGk.png https://i.imgur.com/081NxYY.png https://i.imgur.com/S776AbL.png A mermaid, a werewolf and a human make a cuddly family.
Wait, so Eliza is a mermaid and Bob is a werewolf?!
What will Jason become I wonder, if he becomes something?
@RedDestiny92 How does Eliza handle herself around Bob?
Also, what’s Eliza’s singing level. One of my favorite things to do in front of Bob is have Dylan or Zeph sing Pancake’s End, it gets such a funny reaction. The singing skill actually has songs related to the Pancakes at different levels.
Edit: But if Bob was a werewolf in my game, I don’t know what he would do if I did that. Lol
@Metior_Ice you have a huge cast of very cool meresims! It makes me want to interact with mine more now
Also thank you, I'm quite fond of my little sweetheart Koa though I forgot he has slob trait which might have saved him from so much drama. Adley doesn't seem to mind and he is quite a funny and romantic sim all around (even without the romantic trait)
I also really need to get their story started lol but I can't stand building. I just redid half of Hob so I'm burnt out. But soon I'll post their update and Mariana and Parker as well.
Parker is the grandson of Diego Lobo as well so him being a lifeguard with the amount of wealth in that family is a fun starting point. He's also gifted from every childhood aspiration as well. But for now he's living that part time beach life
@Metior_Ice indeed I'm not sure if new babies will be stable or not but he may just grow up and want to be a vampire we'll see I suppose I don't know usually when I do anything with singing skill I would cheat it cause I like to listen and I can't remember if I gave her one. Maybe she'll need to sing to him.
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