How do you play vampires?
I'm playing my first one and I'm really enjoying the whole rank system and learning how they work but I don't really know what I'm doing. In my mind logic tells me that vampires don't have babies but at the same time I have no idea how to progress the family without them having babies at some point and what happens if they do have vampire babies? Isn't it weird that they just age up and become the same age as their parents?
I know I'm over thinking things and shouldn't take it so serious. I'm just curious to know how others play with vampires.
I appreciate any replies.
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My Mafia vampire had twins with his human lady. Hades(son) came out human and Angel(daughter) came out a vampire. They had another daughter later and she came out human as well.
It does seem kinda weird that they are all the same age at YA but I think you can still age up vampires to create an elder/youngling kinda system.
As has been noted, carefree cancels guilty drinker so that's a great one to go for. I also choose withered stomach because food does nothing for them.
I don't worry about the age "difference" between the parents and kids because aging stops at YA for Vamps born in game and teens/YAs/adults all look so similar anyway that it just doesn't matter to me.
To answer your question about the babies - it's a 50/50 chance I believe for sim x vampire, or if you have two vampires, you will have a vampire child. At least, that's what's happened when I've played. But, you don't have to have kids if you don't want to. I find it a little pointless unless you want to create a legacy; once the vampire sim gets to YA stage, they stop aging... Which means you're stuck with whatever family you decide to create, and they won't die. Ever. Unless of course you leave them in the sun or something. This is something I've found draws me away from playing my vampire family - I'm about 12 generations in my legacy overall, but only 4 generations in my vampire family.
As far as other vampire stuff, I'm sort of boring in the sense that I tend to choose the same weaknesses and some of the same powers;
The powers I generally use are:
I don't always use all of these weaknesses or powers, though, I try to push myself to also use different ones for each sim to keep gameplay a little interesting. It seems as though I go in 'streaks' where I play only my regular legacy for awhile, and not even think about my vampire family/legacy; and sometimes I get so consumed into my vampire legacy and the gameplay of the vampire pack.
I find that vampires are actually really fun, and they add a little challenge to the game.
Hope that I was some help to your gameplay!
You could definitely have a save where you don't allow vampires to have babies naturally. The only vampires that get to exist are the ones who are turned. I've thought about doing that as well. Then if your vamps wanted to have children they would have to adopt.
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Don't feed trolls. Do feed cowplants.
As for them all appearing to be the same age. I like to think that once they die and their vampire powers take over they no longer age obviously. They reach maturity and then they freeze. I still see the parent vampires as elders but they just don't age like humans do.
My main vampire sim was originally born in the 15th century and suffered an extremely traumatic life before becoming a vampire as a young adult. He became one of the most powerful and feared Grand Masters, second only to the eldest/leader of the vampires himself, but unlike the others never truly lost his humanity and instead chose to become a Good Vampire and Tamed his Thirst, so he now tries to live like a human. Sadly there is no cure for vampirism in his world which is part of the tragedy for the immortal vampire, and due to his dark past he suffers from Eternal Sadness and Fitful Sleep. He also has a slight Undead Aura about him because he's so old and because he's a Guilty Drinker so he often becomes anxious/stressed around normal sims, which can sometimes make him seem odd and uptight to strangers. As for children, he has an adopted daughter with his (werewolf) partner, but while rare it is possible for male vampires to have biological children with human female sims. In my head I like to think this child would be a 'dhampir' or half-vampire - basically human but with improved health, longer lifespan and sensitivity to the supernatural. I have another Grand Master vampire in a different save with a human girlfriend and plan on him turning her once she has their daughter (and later turning his daughter in a planned ceremony once she is of age and has had a child and so on - thus the family tree can continue). He also has plans for vampires to enslave/take over the sims world with him as the new leader and an army/club of vampire offspring that will follow his every command.
Vampires are very versatile in TS4 as well as fiction. There are so many different takes on vampires to get inspiration from and no 'wrong' way to play a vampire in my opinion. Just let your imagination run wild and have fun!
Seriously, this is the most awesome story I've heard in a looong time. I totally want to start a new save with my mafia boss vampire now.
Aww, thank you! I'm so glad I inspired someone.
Yeah, without a mod, it's a pain to keep Vamps fed with the little that you get out of plasma packs/fruit.
If you aren't opposed to mods there is this one that allows you to make plasma packs out of plasma fruit (that should have been an in-game option anyway):
https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/search/plasma+fruit
*And it's updated to the latest patch as well.
Thank you so much for the tip. I had my vamps go out and collect some frogs. It's helping a lot.
A good vampire can feed from other sims, they just have to ask permission first so they wont feel guilty. The higher the friendship the more likely they will allow it. If your reputation is high enough even strangers will let you drink from them.
i almost always start a 'vampire food' club. random sims from around the town that i can invite over to snack on. butler, maids, and nannies work well for this too. nannies are usualy extremely delicious and for some reason, dont have a bite cooldown for me. dunno if its a mod thing or a glitch thing, but im not complaining about it lol. as soon as the nanny wakes up from being drained, any other vampire in the house can drink from them again, so thats pretty helpful. just dont use 'drain life spirit' that one is a pain to recover from and erases a sims memory.
vamps are a lot of fun and pose unique challenges to play. if you have teen vamps (they wont really become vamps untill they hit teen) make sure you account for their whereabouts at all times before they have sun protection! i have lost a few kids that way. standing by the street being stupid or trying to hop in the pool.
also if you use a vamp and play in strangerville, there are a few things to take note of. yes, vampires can get infected if they drink from an infected sim! so make extra sure they dont run off in a daze into the sunlight if they are under the mothers influence! its pretty hilarious when they do tho hahaa. vamps are great i love them
My sims seem to like Cassandra Goth and Bob Pancakes.
I Play Vampires as demonic figures, creatures of immense darkness.
My Daemon is Named Daerick, He was born in the 6th Century, he wasn't always a daemon tho, he was a Sorcerer along with twin Brother Kaegan. It's a Long and dark History, essentially Kaegan is responsible for turning his brother into a daemon, and he was his burden. Until Daegan's Darkness was too much for their world, and Kaegan banished him to the Realm of Darkness, the perfect prison.
It depends on the supernatural,
For Daegan He's also a sort of incubi. for Centuries he manages to break free from the realm of darkness temporarily, and have an affairs with a willing victims. The plan was to plant his seed and bring daemon pawns into the world, that would help him with his plan.
In the Middle ages -High Middle Ages, Daegan obtains 10 victims to carry his spawns. He Impregnates 7 Knights one of them twice, 3 of the 7 Knights were of the King's Royal Guard, he takes The Queen, and finally the King Himself.
In 1868, a victim whom he did not intend to genuinely fall in love with, it almost came to the point where he was so in love with Regina, he was about to Abandon his designs for revenge. That was until his lover was murdered.
It's all about the relevance of Age, Even in my soon to be Sorcerer HouseHold
We have Kaegan a Sorcerer who is essentially over 1500+ years old, but biologically he looks 45, he has appeared to be in his late 30s-40s for the last 500 years.
Remember Daegan is Kaegan's twin, so he's just as old, also biologically 45 years of age.
Kaegan has a Daughter with his wife Vivian, Julia, was born in the late 1400s. Almost 500 years pass and it's the 1980s, and Julia biologically appears to be in her mid-twenties. when She meets her Husband. and has kids. Her kids will inherit a regular Human aging.
For all the Daemon spawns Daegan Created, One who was born in the medieval ages, is almost taken out of time. "Put on the shelf, until Daegan is ready to put him into play, and doesn't until Julia's Son, Kaegan's Grandson, and Daegan's Grand-nephew is Born, in the early 2000s. As they continue to grow up. You won't biologically notice who is older, yes, my point is when it appears, that a Immortal "eternally young" vampire has a kid and that kid grows up to appear the same age as their parent. Just remember how long their parent has been around before their kid.
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That's actually good to know. My vampires don't have the greatest reputations at the moment. I'm still learning how to play them so I did have them feed on sims without permission a few times. I really hope I can salvage the damage caused by my noobness in the future.
Also i get the resistance to sunlight trait as soon as i can , I had 2 die when i was playing another family and not controlling them , I saw them on the lot and smoke pouring from them then they died and the grim reaper appeared so now all my vamps have the immunity
Now my vampires live happily in a 5 storey castle
Mine do the same. I think it's cause of the withered stomach weakness.