I thought I would create this thread as a variant of “What happened in Your Game Today?”
Serial and non-serial updates are welcome, but I know that merfolk are in other people’s games. Are they vendors? Are they playing the Violin or Guitar just because? What do you see your merfolk doing while playing another household in Rotation?
While I’m telling my story, I often check on my merfolk as they wander through the neighborhood.
Tip: The Merfolk don’t have to be your played household and they can even be a premade townie!
My Only Rule: Keep the updates focused on merfolk!
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They're currently deciding on where they'll live, careers and so much more. It's just the beginning for Koa. I'll have to update his adventures and if they truly were soul mates (though I tend to think so in this case)
Kazumi decided to move out of his mother's house in Newcrest (it didn't reflect his decorating tastes at all). He now lives in a small apartment in the city and when he has free time, he is exploring Sulani and learning the underwater photography skill.
Eventually he'll probably move to a larger home and start hosting a bunch of parties. He's a very social Sim, so I've enjoyed using him to explore some of the aspects of the game that I don't use much.
@wahini2024
I’ve found that merfolk can build romance crazy fast. I secured Juniper’s Girlfriend in a few sim hours. A Mermaid’s Kiss followed by a Charmer’s Lullaby and then they were boyfriend and girlfriend.
I look forward to more updates!
@Larrikateven
My merfolk will autonomously go to the Karaoke Bar. I have a Karaoke Bar I made in Sulani, and I always have a dozen mermaids and mermen hanging out there.
My merman Dylan has mastered almost all the musical instruments. He builds fame crazy fast with his musical talent!
Music is in a mermaid or merman’s nature!
It appeared in CAS too.
Something I wish I saw more of with merfolk. I noticed that sometimes, merfolk will drift underwater while they sleep. Would love to see more of that. Wouldn't an Underwater Bed/ Pool Object be awesome! I wish time sped up while merfolk slept in the water.
I took a screenshot because I've never been able to do it again, but I got two Azure Dolphins to appear once!
Mermen can stil get abducted by Aliens! I guess Kemp's shouldn't have fired that retail employee.
The Struggle to Keep Merfolk out of the Water is Real! Dylan would literally change into his swimwear and Bike to Britechester's River. He was often in the water before I could stop him.
When you're college Roommate gets a little too annoying with the passive agressive messages they leave.
Zeph was a little too happy...
Zeph is also an air elemental...
You Can't See me if I Dip below the water. Honestly, I wish there was an interaction that alloewed merfolk to slip under the water like this! Just, not with an Umbrella.
When you have to retireve your merman son from a Selvadorada Temple... The things merfolk parents have to do.
When you run a Retail Store with Merfolk Employees in Sulani...
Ever see a Merman fight with a Fabricator!
When a Merman tries to fool a doctor...
"You're heartbeat rate is dangerously low?!"
"I can see through your skull?!"
"In my professional opinion, your anatomy makes no sense."
"Now, sleep while I think about what I observed."
When you give a Musical Genius a Violin, they play!
Eventually I reached a point where the Swimwear became every single outfit for my merfolk. The only time they aren't in swimwear is when there isn't anywhere to swim. And even then, the normal outfit for merfolk became whatever they wear in their merform.
He kinda stole the "show" from the start. He never engaged in drama... content to back float or take a bath. The sentiment lasted through the entirety of the challenge (never seen that either) and well he's just the cutest little merman I have lol. He was competing against 7 others but I mean honestly they weren't a challenge for him.
I'll have to post a picture of them
She's delighted.
All the sims err'day
Tales From The Myst
The Blue Moon Jukebox
@cyncie
That’s kinda hilarious!
@wahini2024
When it comes to romance, merfolk can easily steal the show from any occult! That’s why I usually reserve the Romance Powers for serious relationships. It’s crazy how quickly you can build that bar. My main mermen, Dylan and Zeph are so good at maintaining the romance bars with their wives. It’s crazy how good they are at that! And the sentiments are super frequent.
@RedDestiny92
She looks awesome! Every mermaid and merman has their first swim sometime!
Interesting Fact: If you have Eco Living, the Geothermal Lot Trait works in Sulani Oceans. It gives merfolk a happy moodlet and prevents them from getting chilled in the water!
All the sims err'day
@RedDestiny92
That should be fine. There are ways to use merfolk abilities on land. If you have Spa Day, the Hydrating Mask will give your mermaid unlimited use of her powers on land.
If you play rotation, your sims still show up and do stuff, even while your working on your next story. The spirit of this thread is to show off what your sims do when you aren’t playing them.
Stories and played updates are welcome, but sims have personality that they act on while you aren’t playing them. It’s something I noticed while doing rabbit hole dives and waiting for my merfolk to regain their energy sleeping in the water. I frequently looked around to check on my other sims while there was nothing else to do.
Edit: But I created this thread to highlight merfolk, that’s the only rule.
All the sims err'day
I created two designs for him.
The First Design is what I call Reef Merfolk. More examples are in the spoiler, but most of my merfolk are very colorful in appearance like Reef Fish.
The Second Design is what I call Deep Sea Merfolk. The appearance is darker and more deadly looking, Macabre.
For my Alexander, I decided to go with the Reef Appearance.
Most of my merfolk are Reef Fish themed. Pictures are in the spoiler:
Zephyr (The Second Blue Tail Prince) and Sefina Zalrian
Jack and Alen (The Pink and Green Tail Princes)
Aiden and Jason (The Yellow and Red Tail Princes)
Lir and Akira (The White and Purple Tail Princes)
The Keahloha Trips: Kai, Lano, and Tero
Reef, Sara, and Rylan Kailani
Fin, Andria, and Lyric Kian
Calden Azure and Maria
Here’s the link to my story in case anyone wants to catch up:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/994423/metior-ices-merfolk-legacy-story#latest
I was wrong. My first guess was made to make returning to the question easier.
My mersims are one premade (Nalani) and one of my own (Bo) now living together in Sulani.
When I visited their household, they were not swimming. Bo was dancing while Nalani was searching the internet.
Shortly after they went to my vegetarian restaurant as both were hungry and that restaurant has no dishes with fish.
Nalani is in the social media career, while Bo is in the critic career.
Edit: I just added a swimming pool to the restaurant. Nalani and Bo are indeed mersims.
Edit II: Their house in Sulani looks like this:
I tend to create more variety by using different necklaces, armlets, and bracelets on my reef merfolk.
Important Note: What you see in their merform is how they dress in their human form. A more detailed explanation is in the spoiler.
Storywise, the shapeshifting process changes their legs into a tail. They only wear skirts for bottoms because that form of clothing will survive the shapeshifting. But, if they are wearing a human shirt, they would still be wearing the shirt in their human form. My biggest problem is that I can only create 5 outfits for my Merfolk in their true form. I have 8 different Outfit Categories that I can't create in their merform.
Ultimately, I decided to make all mermen that live in Sulani shirtless in their human form because they are shirtless in their merman form. The merfolk in Sulani spend 90% of their time in swimwear anyways, so I resolved my problem by making the shirtless outfits typical for anyone from Sulani. Again, if I could create more outfits in their merform, I would do something different, but for now, all 8 Categories are replicas of what my mermen and mermaids wear in their merform. It's not ideal, but given the limitations, it allows me to change them into their merform at will without having to explain where their shirt went. Mermaids require certain standards that make it hard to do the same thing.
The Zalrian Royal Family: The Merfolk Royal Families in my game are more like Guardians of Sulani instead of exact equals to human royal families.
Kemps is Married to a Transgender Mermaid, and consequently, it was left to Calum to produce the heirs.
The Sapphire Queen: Isla Zalrian
Isla is Transgender
The First Prince and Kemp's Younger Brother: Calum Zalrian
Calum is my original Sim, and I created him to create Dylan and Zeph.
The Mother Elemental: Lady Arihi Zalrian
Calum summoned the Island Elemental Arihi and the two fell in love. Instead of Calum giving up being a merman to live on land, Arihi became Half-Elemental and Half-Mermaid to be with Calum. Arihi is the Mother of the Elementals: Dylan, Zephyr, Ember, Jade, and Juniper. She named her children after their Elements.
The Joint Second Prince and Spirit of the Sea: Dylan Zalrian
I ended up making both Dylan and Zeph equal successors to Calum. They are Joint Heirs, together. Seperately, they can't inherit the title of Sapphire Princes.
Normally, the children inheirit the Father's Tail Color, but Dylan, Zeph, and Juniper are exceptions to the Rule because they are also Elementals.
Note: Dylan is Bisexual
Dylan's Wife: Lady Cecelia Zalrian
Origianlly a Townie Mermaid the game Generated
The Joint Second Prince and Spirit of the Sky: Zephyr Zalrian
Zeph is short for Zephyr. Dylan and Zeph are identical twins.
Zephyr's Wife: Lady Sefina Zalrian
Zeph autonomusly started this relationship with an Enchanting Introduction, and I went with it.
Sefina is a Half-Mermaid
The Third Prince: Barnabus Zalrian
Barnaby is short for Barnabus. Barnaby is the Older Identical Twin and Dylan's Son. Barnaby inherited his Father's Tail Color.
It's worth noting that Barnaby had a human childhood and does have human attire in one outfit category.
The Fourth Prince: Wade Zalrian
Wade is the Younger Identical Twin and Dylan's Son. Wade inherited his Father's Tail Color.
Like his twin brother, Wade has a human outift because he had a human childhood.
The Fifth Prince Sora Zalrian
Sora is Zeph's son and inherited his tail.
Sora was born a merman and never had a human childhood.
Lord Juniper Zalrian
While Juniper is a Merman, he's not a heir or spare to the legacy. His nobility comes from his father, the first prince. Juniper doesn't have a claim to the throne because he's an Earth Elemental of Plants. His Eye Color is different from Reef Merfolk, and he didn't inherit his father's tail color the way most merchildren do. He's not a true Reef Mermen. In fact, he spent his childhood as a PlantSim before taking on his more permanent merman form. Merfolk Genetics and Elementals have weird results.
(That's Lily Feng the mermaid and Maaike Haas the vampire)
Not in merform but engaged in her favorite hobby.
Adley
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Koa
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Mere Form
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