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The Stoddard Legacy (VITA NOVA) (UPDATED 18 Feb!)
Chrinnie
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How this works
I love Pinstar's wonderful Legacy Challenge, but sometimes I don't like being bogged down by the rules. I know there are plenty of simmers out there who tend to follow the rules to letter when it comes to the Legacy Challenge, but there are others who do sometimes want to run it a bit differently. This time, I decided I wanted to just let my sims be themselves. No hard-and-fast rules when it comes to heirs or who can and can't bring in money or what sims can be married into the household. Just a simple legacy where I play the sims as we all played it when we first got it. But, rather than just playing one household until whatever ending we give them, I wanted to bring it through a total of 10 generations. A relaxed Legacy Challenge. A Simple Legacy. And this is that legacy!
For heirs, I am using polls. So you, my friends, will have the final say in which child becomes the next heir. And from time to time I will open up a poll to perhaps help make certain decisions. The only hard-and-fast rule is that the heir remains on the family lot while spares are moved out. This was what you all chose in the poll and I'm certainly sticking with what the wonderful folks who read this want! I'm also playing on long lifespan, so that means a lot of ability to find the story the sims themselves are trying to tell versus forcing them into one I want them to follow. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I am enjoying writing it!
Previous Chapters:
Generation 2
2.01: Same and Different
2.02: Desert Bloom Park
2.03: Progressing
2.04: Moving Fast
2.05: Grin and Bear It
Chapter 2.06: Changes
2.07: The Weekend
2.08: No Slowing Down
2.09: The New Normal
2.02: Desert Bloom Park
2.03: Progressing
2.04: Moving Fast
2.05: Grin and Bear It
Chapter 2.06: Changes
2.07: The Weekend
2.08: No Slowing Down
2.09: The New Normal
Generation 1
1.01: The Chase Begins
1.02: A House is a Home
1.03: Sweet Talkin
1.04: A Fine Romance
1.05: Renovations and Additions
1.06: The Daily Grind
1.07: Work Now, Play Later
1.08: Achievement Unlocked
1.09: Oh, Dear...
1.10: #Twinning!
1.11: The Makeover
1.12: Birthdays and Harvestfest
1.13: A Conversation
1.14: The World Is Crazy
1.15: Sulani Time
1.16: Party Time
1.17: Batting A Thousand
1.18: Winterfest
1.19; Cake Day x3
1.20: Out With The Auld
1.21: A Dream Realized
1.22: School Shenanigans
1.23: A Happy Family
1.24: Busy Days
1.25: The Heir Apparent
1.26: Skillin' Like A Villain
1.27: They Grow Up Fast
1.28: Individuality
Chapter 1.29
1.30: Family Fun Day
1.31: It Never Stops
1.32: All Grown Up
1.02: A House is a Home
1.03: Sweet Talkin
1.04: A Fine Romance
1.05: Renovations and Additions
1.06: The Daily Grind
1.07: Work Now, Play Later
1.08: Achievement Unlocked
1.09: Oh, Dear...
1.10: #Twinning!
1.11: The Makeover
1.12: Birthdays and Harvestfest
1.13: A Conversation
1.14: The World Is Crazy
1.15: Sulani Time
1.16: Party Time
1.17: Batting A Thousand
1.18: Winterfest
1.19; Cake Day x3
1.20: Out With The Auld
1.21: A Dream Realized
1.22: School Shenanigans
1.23: A Happy Family
1.24: Busy Days
1.25: The Heir Apparent
1.26: Skillin' Like A Villain
1.27: They Grow Up Fast
1.28: Individuality
Chapter 1.29
1.30: Family Fun Day
1.31: It Never Stops
1.32: All Grown Up
Author of: The Rossi Legacy | The Inheritance
Philadelphia raised, Las Vegas living, avid Sims 4 fan, all around nice guy (if you ask me LOL)
Philadelphia raised, Las Vegas living, avid Sims 4 fan, all around nice guy (if you ask me LOL)
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I Followed your site as I use WordPress Reader for a lot of my reading and already enjoyed Chase's first chapter. Looking forward to watching Chase do his stuff.
My Plain ol' Legacy ( https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/984426 ) is very very similar to how you set up yours. My main difference is I am not even using Pinstar's choosing an heir options. I am going to have forum members choose the heir, but there will be no other restrictions. I invite you to check it out.
Again, looking forward to Chase's Adventures.
Why thank you for the follow. I am following you as well.
I just wanted to let my sim be a sim without too much in the way of restrictions. Sometimes having very few, if any, restrictions can be freeing to the mind as well as creativity. I was playing a different save and realized that in that free play I was having a bit more fun. So why not try to write the story the sim is trying to tell rather than write a story and try to force the sim into it.
You know, I never thought of leaving the heir option open to a vote. That sounds like a lot of fun LOL. I don't want to steal your idea, but it's giving me a lot of thought. So if people want me to do that, I'd be very open to it. I mean, that would give me a bit of impetus to ensure every kid is worthy rather than just bestowing the title upon one because they were the first fastest swimmer.
I love love love Levi!! I am definitely gonna have to play catch up to the most-recent posts. I can't wait to see where he goes in his adventures in life! I love how you're not writing this from Levi's viewpoint, but from your viewpoint as if you're the third party relating his life to us!
And I just learned about EQ!
Philadelphia raised, Las Vegas living, avid Sims 4 fan, all around nice guy (if you ask me LOL)
I'm also following @LegacySims2017's story. I absolutely love to read other stories, so I'm going to bookmark this one too for sure.
Philadelphia raised, Las Vegas living, avid Sims 4 fan, all around nice guy (if you ask me LOL)
Yesss, I loved that too!! Only the gender is different 😋 I saw you allow your heirs to be each gender also. I chose to switch gender with each generation. I can’t help but think “what if I did this... what if that...”. I’m curious if you’ll get in that kind of situations later on!!
Ohh btw, I really like that little house Chase made for himself!
Would be fun if Liz could meet Chase! Maybe they would become good friends😊 I would do everything to see Liz back in a story lol, since I’m already in generation 2 and Liz is not really the subject anymore.
I know, but I'm just getting started. I will catch up to yours eventually. Lots of reading left to go! Can't wait!
Philadelphia raised, Las Vegas living, avid Sims 4 fan, all around nice guy (if you ask me LOL)
I announce to you Chapter 1.02: A House is a Home
Philadelphia raised, Las Vegas living, avid Sims 4 fan, all around nice guy (if you ask me LOL)
I noticed that the military career advances rather fast to start, but towards the end is slows down considerably. I just aim for his skill targets and daily homework and hope for the best.
Well, we only had so much money to begin. I always forget curtains, though. Part of the reason you'll never see me on YT building houses... I'll forget the little things like trash cans and curtains LOL. Also, former NFL player Rosey Grier knitted. He's a tough dude. If some Townie doesn't like that Chase gardens, he'll take him around the woodshed LOL
Philadelphia raised, Las Vegas living, avid Sims 4 fan, all around nice guy (if you ask me LOL)
At least Chase doesn't have Peeping Tina
My sim in my StrangerVille story never got to the top of his career before solving the StrangerVille mystery. So I can attest it does slow down a bit. Still, though. Chase is doing good. Having an Active trait does help as well.
I've never even tried to solve it. Maybe this go around?
Philadelphia raised, Las Vegas living, avid Sims 4 fan, all around nice guy (if you ask me LOL)
It's really not that hard. It just takes time and patience. More patience than time.
Philadelphia raised, Las Vegas living, avid Sims 4 fan, all around nice guy (if you ask me LOL)
I could see Tina Peeping showing up at Chase's place any moment.
I actually have a Strangerville Story on my blog! I think I needed 8 Simdays to complete the story.
Mine took 8 in-game days as well (shameless plug if you click the link attached to this text).
That's why he bought blinds LOL. But, as always seems to be the case in TS4, there's functionality not available with the blinds to lower or raise as needed, so they're as low as they're going to go without getting the ones that are fully closed.
8 Sim Days? Well, on long life mode, YA stage is like 94. I think we'll get to it eventually. Could add some fun to it all.
Also, I updated the signature image. The red is now the same color of the shadow of Chase's hair.
Philadelphia raised, Las Vegas living, avid Sims 4 fan, all around nice guy (if you ask me LOL)
I like your signature!!
Glad you like the siggy!
As for the long mode, I like it like that. Means lots of opportunities for my sims to do things. The sims would be better, in my opinion, if there was something between 24 days and 90ish days for their normal lives. Maybe 40 YA 40 Adult? I could be the only one who thinks that, but I prefer to have my sims not staring mortality in the face too quickly LOL.
Philadelphia raised, Las Vegas living, avid Sims 4 fan, all around nice guy (if you ask me LOL)
May I also present to everyone: 1.04: A Fine Romance
Philadelphia raised, Las Vegas living, avid Sims 4 fan, all around nice guy (if you ask me LOL)