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Royal Family Legacy
SparkleSims0986
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This challenge is kind of a legacy challenge designed around the idea of a royal family. Your objective is to get to 10 generations with the same, full-blooded royal line.
To Start:
In CAS, you may either create a king, a queen, or both. Your starter royal must have the Successful Lineage aspiration. If creating both a king and a queen, you may give it to both or just the king.
Once you’ve created your founder(s), place the household on the largest lot available, preferably 50 x 50, or if playing in Newcrest, 50 x 40. Once they have been placed, use a money cheat to give your royal family anywhere from $2 million to $5 million. Move your household into some sort of large building, preferably a castle.
Start Playing!
Rules:
Inheritance
Heirs may be chosen by the creator. The most common and simple is first-born male, but if you’d rather do a matriarchy, it would be the first born female.
If a child has the Insane trait, he or she is never eligible for the throne, no matter how direct of an heir he/she may be.
The throne is relinquished only when the King dies. The throne then goes to the eldest son (or daughter, if you’re playing a matriarchy). If the heir is not yet a YA, then a Regent (usually the Queen or a close relative of the King) may be chosen to rule for him.
If the King dies without leaving any direct heirs, or the heir dies before taking the throne, the line then goes:
Disownment:
Every once in a while, a member of the royal family may do something that calls for disownment. Examples of this may include pregnancy before marriage, attempting to disrupt the line of inheritance, or general misbehavior. If this happens, the offender should be moved into a starter home with any spouse they may have. Children of the transgressor are to be kept and raised in the castle as if they were now a part of the royal family. The members of the royal family must try to have no contact with the disowned.
Marriage:
All women in the royal family should preferably be married off by the time they are an Adult. All unmarried female members of the family must remain in the castle until marriage. When marrying off a female royal, a suitable dowry must be paid to the husband and they must move out of the castle and into a respectable house.
All heirs to the throne must be married before or after taking the throne. When choosing a spouse for your heir, you have several options: create noble families to live around you and marry off or marry a townie. The objective, when arranging a marriage, is to make connections with important people. Therefore, you should aim to arrange marriages with “noble” townie families such as the Goths, Landgraabs, etc. Any family that lives in a big house or has over 35,000 simoleons is eligible for nobility.
All heirs should marry someone of the opposite gender. This is to preserve the line and reach the 10th generation. Note that if an heir does marry a Sim of the same gender, his/her line effectively stops and the throne is not passed down the heir’s line but instead to the next eligible heir.
After a marriage, if the newlywed is a spare, the couple must move out of the family home. The couple should either move into the spouse’s home or be granted funds to buy their own.
Relationships, Affairs, Divorces, etc.
Arranged marriages are encouraged to keep that element of medieval royal life. However, relationships before marriage are okay and may even add to the drama if you’re a storyteller like me. These relationships are looked as “scandalous” by the public, so just remember that.
Depending on his/her traits, it is not uncommon for the King or Queen to have a separate lover. Keep in mind that any children born outside of the royal marriage are not directly eligible for the throne. Divorce is again, scandalous, and should be avoided. In Victorian, medieval, etc. eras, they just executed the queen if she was caught in an affair. Fun, right?
Children
Every child that is born into the royal family must have his/her traits randomized. The King and Queen should try to have as many heirs as they can.
Children must get A’s in school and finish their aspirations. Each child must have some sort of skill built to at least level 5 before aging to a YA.
Careers
The King and Queen may not have careers, nor may the heirs of each generation. Spares may work, but only as YAs and older and only in accepted careers. Spares that choose a job that is not respectable should be disowned.
Accepted Careers: Astronaut, Business, Painter, Secret Agent, Tech Guru, Writer, Scientist, Doctor, Police Officer
Unaccepted Careers: Entertainer, Athlete, Criminal, Culinary,
If using a patriarchy, direct female descendants of the King should not work. They may paint, write, etc.
Teens may not have jobs.
Above all, have fun! No royal family is perfect. Create drama and a storyline! Have fun!
To Start:
In CAS, you may either create a king, a queen, or both. Your starter royal must have the Successful Lineage aspiration. If creating both a king and a queen, you may give it to both or just the king.
Once you’ve created your founder(s), place the household on the largest lot available, preferably 50 x 50, or if playing in Newcrest, 50 x 40. Once they have been placed, use a money cheat to give your royal family anywhere from $2 million to $5 million. Move your household into some sort of large building, preferably a castle.
Start Playing!
Rules:
Inheritance
Heirs may be chosen by the creator. The most common and simple is first-born male, but if you’d rather do a matriarchy, it would be the first born female.
If a child has the Insane trait, he or she is never eligible for the throne, no matter how direct of an heir he/she may be.
The throne is relinquished only when the King dies. The throne then goes to the eldest son (or daughter, if you’re playing a matriarchy). If the heir is not yet a YA, then a Regent (usually the Queen or a close relative of the King) may be chosen to rule for him.
If the King dies without leaving any direct heirs, or the heir dies before taking the throne, the line then goes:
- The King’s sons (eldest to youngest)
- The King’s brothers (eldest to youngest)
- The King’s brother’s sons (eldest to youngest)
- The King’s sisters’ sons (eldest to youngest)
- The King’s daughters (eldest to youngest)
- The King’s daughters’ sons (eldest to youngest)
- Any other relatives the King may have (eldest to youngest)
- Children born to the King outside of the royal marriage (The most fit to rule)
Disownment:
Every once in a while, a member of the royal family may do something that calls for disownment. Examples of this may include pregnancy before marriage, attempting to disrupt the line of inheritance, or general misbehavior. If this happens, the offender should be moved into a starter home with any spouse they may have. Children of the transgressor are to be kept and raised in the castle as if they were now a part of the royal family. The members of the royal family must try to have no contact with the disowned.
Marriage:
All women in the royal family should preferably be married off by the time they are an Adult. All unmarried female members of the family must remain in the castle until marriage. When marrying off a female royal, a suitable dowry must be paid to the husband and they must move out of the castle and into a respectable house.
All heirs to the throne must be married before or after taking the throne. When choosing a spouse for your heir, you have several options: create noble families to live around you and marry off or marry a townie. The objective, when arranging a marriage, is to make connections with important people. Therefore, you should aim to arrange marriages with “noble” townie families such as the Goths, Landgraabs, etc. Any family that lives in a big house or has over 35,000 simoleons is eligible for nobility.
All heirs should marry someone of the opposite gender. This is to preserve the line and reach the 10th generation. Note that if an heir does marry a Sim of the same gender, his/her line effectively stops and the throne is not passed down the heir’s line but instead to the next eligible heir.
After a marriage, if the newlywed is a spare, the couple must move out of the family home. The couple should either move into the spouse’s home or be granted funds to buy their own.
Relationships, Affairs, Divorces, etc.
Arranged marriages are encouraged to keep that element of medieval royal life. However, relationships before marriage are okay and may even add to the drama if you’re a storyteller like me. These relationships are looked as “scandalous” by the public, so just remember that.
Depending on his/her traits, it is not uncommon for the King or Queen to have a separate lover. Keep in mind that any children born outside of the royal marriage are not directly eligible for the throne. Divorce is again, scandalous, and should be avoided. In Victorian, medieval, etc. eras, they just executed the queen if she was caught in an affair. Fun, right?
Children
Every child that is born into the royal family must have his/her traits randomized. The King and Queen should try to have as many heirs as they can.
Children must get A’s in school and finish their aspirations. Each child must have some sort of skill built to at least level 5 before aging to a YA.
Careers
The King and Queen may not have careers, nor may the heirs of each generation. Spares may work, but only as YAs and older and only in accepted careers. Spares that choose a job that is not respectable should be disowned.
Accepted Careers: Astronaut, Business, Painter, Secret Agent, Tech Guru, Writer, Scientist, Doctor, Police Officer
Unaccepted Careers: Entertainer, Athlete, Criminal, Culinary,
If using a patriarchy, direct female descendants of the King should not work. They may paint, write, etc.
Teens may not have jobs.
Above all, have fun! No royal family is perfect. Create drama and a storyline! Have fun!
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Check out my story so far here http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/852751/tudor-challenge-my-progress-w-screenshots#latest
The Tudor Legacy
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/918469/landgraab-legacy#latest
King James Snow. His aspiration is Successful Lineage and has the traits of Materialistic, Romantic, and Hot-Headed.
Queen Gwyneth Snow has the aspiration of Mansion Baron. Her traits are Family Oriented, Cheerful, and Outgoing.
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The Tudor Legacy
"It's a beautiful castle," Queen Gwyneth said.
"I forget that you were only a duchess before we married," King James replied, his voice friendly but formal. "It's probably a bit larger than what you're used to."
The Queen nodded and the King gazed upon his new home with pride, his Materialistic trait satisfied. He was so happy that he picked a rose from a nearby rose bush and presented it to his wife. She was surprised by this gesture, even though she knew he was a Romantic Sim. She accepted the rose and replied with a compliment, and soon both were in a slightly flirty mood.
"Shall we enter our new home?" The king asked, and the queen accepted.
"When do the servants get here?" The Queen asked.
"Tomorrow, I believe," King James replied, "and construction of the nursery begins tomorrow."
"The nursery?"
"In the Snow line, we always have a separate nursery constructed for daughters born to the King," King James replied casually. Queen Gwyneth was confused, as her family had always raised the daughters in the same household as the heirs. She was also nervous, as she knew it was her job to provide the king with many sons.
The King smiled. "You look lovely tonight, my queen." Before they knew it, their flirty emotions overcame them...
One thing led to another, and...
Knowing that she could very well be pregnant with an heir, so she took a pregnancy test.
It came out positive, and she was filled with both relief and dread, with a little twinge of doubt. Was she ready to become a mother?
The next morning, as Queen Gwyneth ate breakfast alone, a black-haired teenager strolled into the room. Alarmed, Queen Gwyneth turned to her. "Are you one of the servants?"
"Yes, m'lady," the girl said. "My name is Alice. I am to be your new maid and nanny."
The queen gave a Cheerful smile and chatted with Alice a bit more. Meanwhile, while on his daily morning run, the King came across a fiery redhead. Stopped by his Romantic trait, he gave her a charming smile and began to flirt with her...
Back in the castle, Queen Gwyneth suspected nothing as she painted her worries away.
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Queen Gywneth's pregnancy passed quickly. She spent her days painting while the King spent his working and meeting his subjects.
One night at dinner, she felt waves of pain in her lower abdomen.
Gwyneth: Oohf! I think I'm going into labor.
James: Wait-right now? Alice, you know what to do, right?
Alice: No, Your Majesty, I'm just a teenager.
The Queen suffered through three long hours of labor while Alice tried to calm her and James read a book.
Alice: It'll be okay, m'lady.
Gwyneth: Let's hope it's a boy. It is my duty to give the king heirs.
Finally, it was over, and the royal family welcomed Princess Catherine Snow into the family. Though the Queen was disappointed in not producing an heir, she loved the little princess with all her heart. King James, however, had the Hot-Headed trait and was less pleased.
The Queen knew she had to produce an heir, so the next night she and her husband tried again... and she gave him the good news.
Not so long after that, it was time for Princess Catherine to age up and leave the household to live with the nanny. The royal family held a party, inviting all the prominent townies-the Landgraabs, the Goths, the Spencer-Lewis-Kims, and the Calientes.
At around midnight, the little Princess aged up, acquiring the trait of Geek and the aspiration Social Butterfly.
She immediately made friends with almost everyone, and even the King felt his heart warming to his daughter. The King and Queen noticed Catherine chatting with Quincy Goth, one of the youngest Goth triplets, and decided to talk to Bella and Mortimer about an arranged marriage.
Catherine: Did you know that I'm a princess?
Quincy: Yeah, my mom told me. My dad said we might be married when we're older.
Catherine: Married? EW! I want to stay here forever.
Meanwhile, the King was getting a little juiced and reckless, and Katrina Caliente noticed this. After only a few drinks more and flirtatious comments, they retreated to a secret room hidden behind a door disguised as a bookcase...
The night and party came to a close as the sun rose over the castle. The King and Queen knew it was time to say goodbye to their eldest daughter.
Catherine: But Mother, I don't want to go.
Gwyneth: You're only going next door, sweetheart. And Nanny May will look after you.
Catherine: But I'll miss you.
Gwyneth: We'll still see you from time to time.
James: We won't forget about you.
Catherine: I understand. Goodbye.
Gwyneth: Goodbye, darling.
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I'll post up my 2 royals later. Their names are Annabelle Hamilton and Bradley Hamilton.
Xoxox
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/918469/landgraab-legacy#latest
I'm no longer playing this legacy (got a new pc, so I lost the save), so this will no longer be a venue for my story. But please, please, please! Feel free to play this challenge and post your own legacies here. I wanna see! I think this challenge is super fun.
Thanks @MadameLee for the tip!
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/918469/landgraab-legacy#latest
I'm in the middle of writing a made-up legacy of my own's its in my siggy.. but maybe after I'm done (and since i have a way to go) I will try.
But you appeared to forgot one thing in your changelle depending on the "House" (ie royal family) if there are no egilble sons it goes to the person's eldest daughter. For instant, Queen Victoria only became Queen because of the fact her dad had been dead + her Uncle William didn't have any children.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/918469/landgraab-legacy#latest
by the way can Sims in Royal Family legacy be in the Political career if they have City Living EP?
Yes! I think you could do that, that could be interesting.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/918469/landgraab-legacy#latest
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