I just want to say that I never meant to be disrespectful to Wiccans, in fact I worked with a Wiccan. She was a very sweet person, didn’t cast spells or use potions that I knew of anyway, but she did profess to have an insight into being able to see the non living around the living. I’m assuming real witches or Wiccans probably all possess or believe they possess different types of powers.
Like someone else mentioned Christians believe in the power of prayer, and some others believe in the power of positive thoughts. Scientists in various countries are looking at, and studying the idea that prayer and positive thought may be able to help in healing.
Anyway I think that spellcasters can be very versitile. We can play them as healers ( as in herbal remedies ), or we can play them as magicians, or as potion creators and spellcasters. We can also play them in a paranormal way with those type of powers.
I meant no disrespect to Wiccans because I want a typical ( fantasy ) witches hat. Since we have wands and brooms, spells and potions in the spellcaster pack, I want to be able to play them like some of the unreal or fantasy witches I have seen in movies. I want to be able to emulate the witch I made in the sims 2, but I mean no disrespect to real witches or Pagans. Being a Christian myself I wish we had religion in the game, I would not consider it an affront to my faith. There are many religions, and I assume there are others of different faiths that wish they could express that in their sims world as well. But, I totally understand the Dev’s team not thinking it a good idea.
