Will Vampires be able to work magic?
This is an important question to me, since I honestly can't fathom why Vampires, Mermaids, or Aliens wouldn't be able to learn magic any more than I can fathom why you can't make occult hybrids.. ...
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In regards to the magic-mermaid posts, if you the console command to add the mermaid trait onto a magic sim (or try for baby with the respective life states), the hybrid does work (even replacing the hydration bar in the needs tab). It does have a number of bugs, as expected.
The worst one is that the tail doesn't go away when the sim's back on land (or out of the bathtub), so you need to remove everytime it via "traits.remove_trait trait_OccultMermaid_MermaidForm" to avoid removing the mermaid trait altogether (could be something a mod can fix, I guess).
The others I'm aware of is that there is no 2nd form to edit in CAS (unlike alien-vampire hybrids), trying to edit the mermaid form's outfit in CAS once they've transformed won't apply the change, and the mermaid form's outfit gets randomised everytime you apply any change when going into CAS mode.
Tail aside, though, it's been pretty manageable so far. At least you don't lose access to mermaid abilities (by the benefit of mermaids being lackluster >.>), as opposed to vampire-magic hybrids who lose access to the vampire skill tree.
The worst one is that the tail doesn't go away when the sim's back on land (or out of the bathtub), so you need to remove everytime it via "traits.remove_trait trait_OccultMermaid_MermaidForm" to avoid removing the mermaid trait altogether (could be something a mod can fix, I guess).
The others I'm aware of is that there is no 2nd form to edit in CAS (unlike alien-vampire hybrids), trying to edit the mermaid form's outfit in CAS once they've transformed won't apply the change, and the mermaid form's outfit gets randomised everytime you apply any change when going into CAS mode.
Tail aside, though, it's been pretty manageable so far. At least you don't lose access to mermaid abilities (by the benefit of mermaids being lackluster >.>), as opposed to vampire-magic hybrids who lose access to the vampire skill tree.
