What Are Your Plans For The Horse Ranch EP?
Do you already have a particular sim or family in mind? Will they be moving to Chestnut Ridge? Are you starting fresh with a brand new sim or sim family?
Forum Discussion
My plans have changed. My sims seem happy and successful in Henford, and they didn't have a daughter. So no horse girl. So instead, I'm retooling my gameplay to be based around the family's two sons, and the whacky visitors who come to town and turn Horse Ranch into Dallas.
The idea is that most of them live in the town's hotel (AKA a residential lot they all share) and get tangled in each other's lives.
https://i.imgur.com/8RJIfwr.png
Fabian Stellar: the prodigal son, the younger brother. He developed a love of music from his older brother, and he's stopping by Chestnut Ridge (the "big city," in comparison to Henford) on his way to San Myshuno, in order to pursue his music career. Having grown up on a farm, he has experience with crops and animals - and horse-riding has him intrigued.
His hobbies include singing, guitar, horse-riding, and taking care of animals. His race horse will be Clover.
https://i.imgur.com/HqEdfwq.png
Colt Stellar is the serious, cynical, burdened older brother. When his music career never came to be, he became the dutiful son and stayed on the family farm. He's come to Chestnut Ridge to catch up with his brother and convince him to return home, lest he find the same disappointment he did. But while he's here, he might as well learn about nectar-making and bring new ideas back to Henford.
His hobbies include singing, guitar, nectar-making, DJing, handiness, and taking care of animals. His work horse is Cinnamon.
https://i.imgur.com/7xJYbTk.png
Alani Scaloha is from Sulani, but staying in Chestnut Ridge while she studies photography in college. She's not interested in rural life, but rent is cheap, the sites are nice, and they're not too far away from the mysterious StrangerVille. She's capturing everyone's drama in pictures, but will her own feelings complicate her relationship with her subjects? She's focusing on her crush on Fabian, but she's developing some chemistry with the equally-cynical Colt.
https://i.imgur.com/zFPVnCg.png
Doesn't live in the hotel, but has her own ranch. Marie Belle Vale is the reliable, hot-headed, but spirited girl who volunteers at the horse-training... thingy. Whatever it's called. Her wild nature has attracted the attention of both brothers, who are both vying for her attention. Right now, she's more interested in training her competition horse, Paprika, for the big competition. But she's eager for some friendly competition.
https://i.imgur.com/Kx3y7xR.png
Mina Dinero is a local shop-owner, selling Selvadoradian crafts she totally got from Selvadorada, and not from Plopsy. She's not upselling stuff at exorbitant prices, oh no. As a shop-owner, she often runs into everyone in town. Alani is her best friend, Erika and Fabian are casual friends, she tolerates Melody more than most, and she and Marie often get annoyed with each other. Both girls are just so strong-willed and stubborn, so they always butt heads over... well, they forgot why they started arguing with each other. But it was probably important.
She likes dancing and crafts, and she dreams of being an archaeologist. Her work horse is Basil. Recent "wolf" attacks have her investigating the landscape of Chestnut Ridge at night, as well.
https://i.imgur.com/VR5GsGz.png
Lives in a secluded area of the map. Melody Song is the local eccentric. She's well-meaning, if a little ditzy. A proud witch, she sells her potions to anyone who asks. Unfortunately, she's not very good at making them, and they tend to explode in everyone's faces. As if the town didn't already distrust her enough. But she has a knack for sniffing out occults, and she can tell that the Stellar brothers have some spellcasters in them.
Her familiar is a goat named Parsley James, and it's a girl.
https://i.imgur.com/PpP452X.png
Erika is the Stellar boys' first cousin, four(?) times removed. (Her mother, the boys' great-great-aunt, is a spellcaster and waited a hundred years or so before having kids.) She's a spellcaster, born with a disability that prevents her from performing magic. On her bosses' orders, she's come to town to help a local nectary expand. Upon finding that her distant relatives are in town, she's hatched a plan: she'll marry one of them, and continue their bloodline of powerful sorcerers.
Erika likes chess, star-gazing, collecting dolls and figurines, and reading. She took in a rescue horse named Cumin, but while she nurses it to full strength, she doesn't think she'll keep him for long. She dreams of becoming rich by investing in ventures and helping people start their own businesses. But maybe she should start a business of her own, or take a pre-existing one over?
https://i.imgur.com/marwqkW.png
Obscenely rich, obscenely eccentric, Sly Grimm staying in town for a few years while he searches for the rare black unicorn. And also regular unicorns, since they're delicious. He's Erika's former childhood crush. He's considering buying up a local nectary on the off-chance that unicorns might have a drinking problem, and he wants to use the wine to bait them. That puts him in competition with Erika. He might set also set his sights on Marie Belle's family ranch, so his unicorn could have a vacation home.
https://i.imgur.com/oKZZcYs.png
Terrence Newt is rich, sensible, and a powerful spellcaster. He suffers from a hereditary curse that distorts his body and ages him prematurely. He's also Sly's frienemy and Erika's former rival.
His father was an evil spellcaster who once served the vile, body-hopping Erebus Tricou. Terrence also serves Erebus, but only in the hopes of getting his curse lifted. And his mission is to find one of the seven sims who inherited powers from Creator Lords; powerful sim-gods who give up their forms and powers to their children. Legends say that if the gods' bloodlines combine, they will create a super-sim with all their powers. Erebus wants to create that sim and take over their body. Nasty business, but Terrence doesn't want his bloodline to suffer the curse.
https://i.imgur.com/LseCnb6.png
Jamie Nimbus-Stellar (his side branched away so far from in the main Stellar family tree, I can't even comprehend how he's even related to them) is a budding music artist. He's in Chestnut Ridge to film a music video, but he's also traveling the sim-world for clues as to the whereabouts of his missing father. He was raised by his grandparents, who willfully kept him in the dark to "protect both and his father from evil." He also happens to have a rivalry with Colt, who's bitter about Jamie's success.
He's renting a show horse named Nutmeg.
https://i.imgur.com/NXA8o8k.png
Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven way is just here to cause trouble, and to find a gothic horse.
https://i.imgur.com/oxQ78rV.png
Aurora Knight loves the outdoors, animals, and acting. She dreams of becoming a famous actress, which brings her to Chestnut Ridge: it's close to Del Sol Valley. She commands everyone's attention with her confidence and charisma. She has a crush on Colt and is friends with Mina, but doesn't get along with Erika.
https://i.imgur.com/8NbvrPp.png
Sunny Raye loves books, herbalism, and acting. Like Aurora, she dreams of becoming an actress, and came to Chestnut Ridge for the same reasons. She and Aurora are step-sisters, but are bitter rivals and enemies. She excels in perfecting any role she's given. She has a crush on Colt, and is friends with Alani and Fabian. She doesn't get along with Mina.
The idea is that most of them live in the town's hotel (AKA a residential lot they all share) and get tangled in each other's lives.
https://i.imgur.com/8RJIfwr.png
Fabian Stellar: the prodigal son, the younger brother. He developed a love of music from his older brother, and he's stopping by Chestnut Ridge (the "big city," in comparison to Henford) on his way to San Myshuno, in order to pursue his music career. Having grown up on a farm, he has experience with crops and animals - and horse-riding has him intrigued.
His hobbies include singing, guitar, horse-riding, and taking care of animals. His race horse will be Clover.
https://i.imgur.com/HqEdfwq.png
Colt Stellar is the serious, cynical, burdened older brother. When his music career never came to be, he became the dutiful son and stayed on the family farm. He's come to Chestnut Ridge to catch up with his brother and convince him to return home, lest he find the same disappointment he did. But while he's here, he might as well learn about nectar-making and bring new ideas back to Henford.
His hobbies include singing, guitar, nectar-making, DJing, handiness, and taking care of animals. His work horse is Cinnamon.
https://i.imgur.com/7xJYbTk.png
Alani Scaloha is from Sulani, but staying in Chestnut Ridge while she studies photography in college. She's not interested in rural life, but rent is cheap, the sites are nice, and they're not too far away from the mysterious StrangerVille. She's capturing everyone's drama in pictures, but will her own feelings complicate her relationship with her subjects? She's focusing on her crush on Fabian, but she's developing some chemistry with the equally-cynical Colt.
https://i.imgur.com/zFPVnCg.png
Doesn't live in the hotel, but has her own ranch. Marie Belle Vale is the reliable, hot-headed, but spirited girl who volunteers at the horse-training... thingy. Whatever it's called. Her wild nature has attracted the attention of both brothers, who are both vying for her attention. Right now, she's more interested in training her competition horse, Paprika, for the big competition. But she's eager for some friendly competition.
https://i.imgur.com/Kx3y7xR.png
Mina Dinero is a local shop-owner, selling Selvadoradian crafts she totally got from Selvadorada, and not from Plopsy. She's not upselling stuff at exorbitant prices, oh no. As a shop-owner, she often runs into everyone in town. Alani is her best friend, Erika and Fabian are casual friends, she tolerates Melody more than most, and she and Marie often get annoyed with each other. Both girls are just so strong-willed and stubborn, so they always butt heads over... well, they forgot why they started arguing with each other. But it was probably important.
She likes dancing and crafts, and she dreams of being an archaeologist. Her work horse is Basil. Recent "wolf" attacks have her investigating the landscape of Chestnut Ridge at night, as well.
https://i.imgur.com/VR5GsGz.png
Lives in a secluded area of the map. Melody Song is the local eccentric. She's well-meaning, if a little ditzy. A proud witch, she sells her potions to anyone who asks. Unfortunately, she's not very good at making them, and they tend to explode in everyone's faces. As if the town didn't already distrust her enough. But she has a knack for sniffing out occults, and she can tell that the Stellar brothers have some spellcasters in them.
Her familiar is a goat named Parsley James, and it's a girl.
https://i.imgur.com/PpP452X.png
Erika is the Stellar boys' first cousin, four(?) times removed. (Her mother, the boys' great-great-aunt, is a spellcaster and waited a hundred years or so before having kids.) She's a spellcaster, born with a disability that prevents her from performing magic. On her bosses' orders, she's come to town to help a local nectary expand. Upon finding that her distant relatives are in town, she's hatched a plan: she'll marry one of them, and continue their bloodline of powerful sorcerers.
Erika likes chess, star-gazing, collecting dolls and figurines, and reading. She took in a rescue horse named Cumin, but while she nurses it to full strength, she doesn't think she'll keep him for long. She dreams of becoming rich by investing in ventures and helping people start their own businesses. But maybe she should start a business of her own, or take a pre-existing one over?
https://i.imgur.com/marwqkW.png
Obscenely rich, obscenely eccentric, Sly Grimm staying in town for a few years while he searches for the rare black unicorn. And also regular unicorns, since they're delicious. He's Erika's former childhood crush. He's considering buying up a local nectary on the off-chance that unicorns might have a drinking problem, and he wants to use the wine to bait them. That puts him in competition with Erika. He might set also set his sights on Marie Belle's family ranch, so his unicorn could have a vacation home.
https://i.imgur.com/oKZZcYs.png
Terrence Newt is rich, sensible, and a powerful spellcaster. He suffers from a hereditary curse that distorts his body and ages him prematurely. He's also Sly's frienemy and Erika's former rival.
His father was an evil spellcaster who once served the vile, body-hopping Erebus Tricou. Terrence also serves Erebus, but only in the hopes of getting his curse lifted. And his mission is to find one of the seven sims who inherited powers from Creator Lords; powerful sim-gods who give up their forms and powers to their children. Legends say that if the gods' bloodlines combine, they will create a super-sim with all their powers. Erebus wants to create that sim and take over their body. Nasty business, but Terrence doesn't want his bloodline to suffer the curse.
https://i.imgur.com/LseCnb6.png
Jamie Nimbus-Stellar (his side branched away so far from in the main Stellar family tree, I can't even comprehend how he's even related to them) is a budding music artist. He's in Chestnut Ridge to film a music video, but he's also traveling the sim-world for clues as to the whereabouts of his missing father. He was raised by his grandparents, who willfully kept him in the dark to "protect both and his father from evil." He also happens to have a rivalry with Colt, who's bitter about Jamie's success.
He's renting a show horse named Nutmeg.
https://i.imgur.com/NXA8o8k.png
Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven way is just here to cause trouble, and to find a gothic horse.
https://i.imgur.com/oxQ78rV.png
Aurora Knight loves the outdoors, animals, and acting. She dreams of becoming a famous actress, which brings her to Chestnut Ridge: it's close to Del Sol Valley. She commands everyone's attention with her confidence and charisma. She has a crush on Colt and is friends with Mina, but doesn't get along with Erika.
https://i.imgur.com/8NbvrPp.png
Sunny Raye loves books, herbalism, and acting. Like Aurora, she dreams of becoming an actress, and came to Chestnut Ridge for the same reasons. She and Aurora are step-sisters, but are bitter rivals and enemies. She excels in perfecting any role she's given. She has a crush on Colt, and is friends with Alani and Fabian. She doesn't get along with Mina.
