Phantasmagoric Legacy Challenge
I've enjoyed playing other legacy challenges by other creators and decided to try my hand at finally creating one myself ~ so if you decided to play this I would LOVE to see/hear about it so feel free to tag me!
As for a gallery or linking hashtag... since I'm not very good with coming up names, let's just use #PhantasmagoricChallenge or simply #Phantasmagoric 🥰
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Basic Rules
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You must play with aging on. Though you can choose whatever lifespan you wish - I recommend "Normal" lifespan mode.
Household sims cannot be aged up until you get a notification saying that it is their birthday.
Give infants/toddlers traits that you think fit the requirements of their later life.
It's up to you if you want your sims to attend university (unless stated otherwise in that gen's rules).
Money cheats are NOT allowed.
You can give the sims extra traits (Growing Together) but NEVER change the original 3 assigned to the heirs.
You can live anywhere you want & may move whenever and as often as you like (unless stated otherwise in that gen's rules).
All goals and requirements should be met before moving on to the next generation.
If you see a rule that you can’t do because you don’t have the required pack, you can skip it or replace it with something you deem fitting for that generation.
Most importantly : Have fun 😁
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Gen 1
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The Cryptic Founder
Aspiration : Nerd Brain
Traits : Erratic, Genius, Loner
Career : Scientist
Color : Red
Rules =
* Complete Aspiration
* Complete Career
* Max Skills : Logic, Robotics
* (If beginning as a teenager) Join the Chess Team in High School
* Only have children through the “Have a science baby” option
* Travel to Sixam
* Complete the Elements collection
* Build a Servo Bot for companionship
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Gen 2
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The Crazy Cat Lady/Man
Aspiration : Whiz Kid (childhood), Bestselling Author
Traits : Cat Lover, Perfectionist, Neat
Career : Writer (Author Branch)
Color : White
Character Values : Good Manners, Responsible
Rules =
* Complete childhood “Whiz Kid” Aspiration
* Complete Aspiration
* Complete Career
* Max Skills : Writing
* Not allowed to sleep, must only rest through “napping”
* Always own at least 2 cats
* Have twins but only those 2 children (you may cheat for this)
* Have a well-maintained garden
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Gen 3
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The Bereaved
Aspiration : Inner Peace
Traits : Gloomy, Bookworm, Family Oriented
Career : Can’t earn money with a “normal” job. Can by any other means.
Color : Black
Character Values : Compassionate, Irresponsible
Rules =
* Complete Aspiration
* Max Skills : Medium, Flower Arranging, Painting
* Twin MUST pass away before becoming a Young Adult!
* Must keep your twin’s urn/tombstone with you throughout your entire life. Mourn or leave a sugar skull on their grave at least once a week on the day of which they passed (Example: If they died on a Monday, every Monday you will mourn).
* Only have one friend (other than your twin) during your childhood/teens. Marry them right after becoming a young adult.
* Complete the Sugar Skulls collection
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Gen 4
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The Scout
Aspiration : Playtime Captain (childhood), Outdoor Enthusiast
Traits : Dog Lover, Adventurous, Good
Career : Vet
Color : Brown
Character Values : All 5 positive!
Rules =
* Complete childhood “Playtime Captain” Aspiration
* Complete Aspiration
* Max Skills : Pet Training, Herbalism
* Join the scouts as a child & earn all scout badges
* Always own at least 1 dog
* Fall in love with a werewolf and have a child – This will be your heir.
* Explore the Sylvan Glade
* Complete the Insect collection
* Complete the Frog collection
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Gen 5
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The Curse Bearer
Aspiration :
(If they ARE a werewolf at birth) Werewolf Initiate -> Secondary Werewolf Aspiration of your choice
(If they are NOT a werewolf at birth) StrangerVille Mystery
Traits : Loves Outdoors, Maker, Socially Awkward
Career : Military
Color : Plaid (Don’t tell them this isn’t a color)
Character Values : Uncontrolled Emotions
Rules =
* Complete Aspiration
* Complete Career
* Max Skills : Handiness, Fabrication, Guitar
* Has hay fever – No plants indoors!
* Must decorate your house with handcrafted / fabricated items or what you salvage from the dumpster. This does not have to be every piece of furniture within the home just the majority!
For an extra challenge : Have the “Off-the-Grid” lot trait
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Gen 6
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The Performance Artist
Aspiration : Mansion Baron
Traits : Self-Assured, Active, Ambitious
Career : Actor/Actress
Color : Yellow
Character Values : Emotional Control
Rules =
* Complete Aspiration
* Complete Career
* Max Skills : Acting, Singing, Wellness
* Join the Drama Club as a child & complete all levels
* Marry a sim who also has the “High Maintenance” trait
* Have nothing to do with your kid(s) until they become teenagers
* Hire a nanny to raise your kid(s) until teen years – Infants & Toddlers should not be sent to “daycare”
* Have a scheduled maid or live-in butler (or both!)
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Gen 7
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The Strongman / Strong-woman
Aspiration : Bodybuilder
Traits : Glutton, Paranoid, Bro
Career : Athlete
Color : Blue
Character Values : Mediator
Rules =
* Complete Aspiration
* Complete Career
* Max Skills : Fitness, Fishing
* Join the Football Team in High School
* Have a good relationship with your family’s hired help & a bad relationship with your biological parents
* Try to mend the relationship with your parents as a teen (this does not have to work out)
* Go on a weekend (2 or 3 day) family vacation to the beach some point after you have kid(s).
* Mount 10 Rare fish within your house
For an extra challenge : Move out after becoming a teenager if the previous generation is complete.
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Gen 8
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The Wannabe Pirate
Aspiration : Beach Life
Traits : Child of the Ocean, Childish, Kleptomaniac
Career : Diver
Color : Green
Character Values : Irresponsible, Argumentative
Rules =
* Complete Aspiration
* Complete Career
* Max Skills : Photography
* Become a Spice hound
* Fall in love with a mermaid and have a child – This will be your heir.
* Never marry and never move in together. You’re from different worlds, it wasn’t meant to be...
* Complete Buried Treasure collection
* Complete Message in a Bottle collection
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Gen 9
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The Culinarian
Aspiration : Big Happy Family
Traits : Loyal, Foodie, Animal Enthusiast
Career : Culinary (Chef Branch)
Color : Pink
Character Values : Responsible, Compassionate
Rules =
* Complete Aspiration
* Complete Career
* Max Skills : Gourmet Cooking, Parenting
* Try and learn all experimental dishes
* Care for livestock on your lot
* Have 5 children
For an extra challenge : Have the “Simple Living” lot trait
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Gen 10
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The Macabre
Aspiration : Spellcraft & Sorcery
Traits : Snob, Evil, Hates Children
Career : Secret Agent (Villain Branch)
Color : Purple
Character Values : Argumentative, Insensitive
Rules =
* Complete Aspiration
* Complete Career
* Max Skills : Charisma, Mischief, {Choice of either the Piano or Pipe Organ}
* Become friends with the Grim Reaper
* Brew and use the “Potion of Immortality”
* Complete the Fossil collection
* Does not need to have a kid(s)! Any children born must be raised by either their parents or one of their siblings if the parents are no longer living – Must not take care of their own offspring as they hate children.
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Clarimonde: the Comic
You may or may not know about my most beloved classic vampire lady of all time, my undead Parisian party queen, Clarimonde. She was written to unlife by Théophile Gautier in 1836, long before Carmilla and Dracula were kicking. Recently, I picked up a copy of Shudder--basically a descendant/knockoff of the old EC Comics horror schlock--and guess what?
They adapted Clarimonde!
(Warning for naked times and sexy devil fantasizing.)
Clarimonde: Quit your God
Romuald: Why?
Clarimonde: Join my hedonism crew
Man, puberty picked a terrible time to catch up to this guy. Blah, blah, cut some pages describing him moving to the countryside to do priest things, he gets word that Clarimonde’s on her deathbed:
Gautier, under his breath, cramming every line with the most textual subtext he can: Well Now, Mr. Abbott, How the Fuck Do YOU Know* All This? :)
*Assuming you know it and aren’t spinning bullshit based on your own Frollo daydreams! We never get to know! Convenient!
I mean, I’d be gone too. No judgment, buddy
Note: In the short story she tries to be subtle about it, seeming to only prick him with a needle some nights to sip a little. We know its her nibbling him in the real world, but even so, she tries to be careful with him. Of course, it can’t last forever...
I’ve always theorized that the reason she crumbled so easily was the fact that she really was taking far, far less than she would/should have when feeding on Romuald--she was likely building up to a conversion, but got just as lost as him in building the dreamscape fantasy life for them, trying to be gentle. The spectral reappearance suggests she bounces back from the holy spritzing (after all, it’s no heart staking/head-chopping combo) and takes her heartbroken leave...
...While Romuald, (who is, again, An Actual Priest, holy shit, Gautier), is left regretting he ever let the Abbott end her and ruin the life and love he’d made with her, ‘unholy’ as it was.
No guesses as to why this is one of my favorite vampire stories, let alone tragic love stories. Clarimonde is powerful. Clarimonde is sensual, attractive, and a pleasure-seeker as much as pleasure-giver. Clarimonde is unholy in both character and species, especially for a woman.
But Clarimonde is still treated as sympathetic. Even in her crooked manner of trying to be with Romuald while still in her death-state, even in trying to win him from God* (*all the restrictions of Christianity and proper propriety), even when the Abbott tries to paint her in full Lilith-level bacchanal evil...Gautier says no.
She is all the things we’re not supposed to want, and Romuald loves her, and he’s miserable for letting her be slain, and we feel bad at her loss and departure.
It’s the kind of thing you’d expect to see in a period piece written today, not all the way back in the 1830s. And I love it so, so much. Do give it a read here on Project Gutenberg when you have a chance!
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