So I have a Sim who I am trying to kill off by hysteria. I get him into hysterical emotion with happy potion, playful decor, and had him telling jokes on the microphone all day and he still won’t die. I’ve had him play in the bath, Ive kept giving him happy potions to keep him with a 100 buff playful moodlet and still he won’t die! What else can I do?
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Once I had a sim who married his partner and they were expecting a baby. Literally the day after their wedding the sim died of hysteria. Out of nowhere. I didn't even notice he was hysteric.
Honestly I don't think it works correctly.
I don’t think it works on teens (nor do any of the emotional deaths) in case you’re trying it on a teen.
This is a little grim but if so inclined, you could try holding a death party in which the unlucky sim keeps joking with others until they go over the edge and die. Just do everything funny until it is too much. If you play with supernaturals, I could see making that a vampire party. "Oh to mock the silly sims with their trivial earthly matters."
Unfortunately the wishing well curses are pretty random, so I don't know how frequently you'd have to try to trigger this particular one. But it was certainly very effective.
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Scenario 1 - The Sim that told the story was not successful when pleading with Grim to spare the life of his friend. He only had Level 2 Charisma which might have affected the outcome. He's now working on his Charisma skill as well as the Cooking and Gourmet cooking skills so he can make Ambrosia. He also became a Spellcaster so he can learn how to resurrect his dead buddy. Both methods are taking a long time though so his friend remains a pretty happy ghost for now. His ghost buddy was added to the household so they're both working on the Grilled Cheese aspiration. The ghost also became a Spellcaster. He's working on his Cooking skills too - just in case. This turned out to be a very interesting game. This incident occurred in a Save File that I had downloaded and was testing.
Scenario 2 - The rascal that told the story was successful in pleading with Grim so his friend was spared. He and his friend both got to meet Grim so they're currently working on the Grilled Cheese aspiration. Both Sims had level 6 Charisma. Both Sims got a big buff after that - one for being successful and the other for being brought back to life.
I have mirrors near chess tables now. I have Sims splice plants to make death flowers. Almost everyone has at least one in their inventory for emergency purposes. I'm not inclined to get anyone the Great Storyteller trait anymore either.
My advice - play chess, chat, tell jokes, and then have someone tell a "great story." I haven't done this to kill a Sim on purpose though. Both of mine were accidents. I think the same thing can happen when you take Sims to a restaurant. Someone always tells a joke or two which can lead to Hysteria. Come to think of it, I did have that happen in a game several years ago. I should blow the dust off that game and see if he can be played as a ghost.
A played Sim or an NPC will do it autonomously if full autonomy is on, AND there is a mirror close by. Still. if a played Sim gets to that point, I cancel everything they are doing and get them to a mirror.
I've never seen a toddler, child, or teen die from it though. Yet I have two "teens", I've been actively playing now and one keeps getting to the "Hysterical" level. I didn't know it has to be "Young Adult" or older so I have been sending him to the mirror every time.
EDIT: I'm thinking perhaps a "happy" potion may override the "playful" instead of contributing to it even when they reach "Hysterical".
(Or any potion that gives another emotion boost)
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