"I mostly deal with petty thievery and drunken brawls."

He just kept wishing he’d had a bit more money to decorate his new home with, but alas he somehow managed to blow away almost all his savings to the point that he was left with the pitiful sum of four simoleons.

With his new home (mostly) furnished, Tiera decided to take his first day easy. He grabbed his acoustic guitar and immediately went to the nearby pier to play some sweet sweet tunes.

His singing voice is horrifying.

He saw a lot of cats at the pier during that day. Despite having next to no money to even take care of his own needs, he decided he wanted to adopt a stray black cat that passed him by. He named her Umbra.

Now if he just could get some money to buy a food bowl for his new cat...

He decided to sell one of his extra arm chairs that he'd just tossed into his bedroom without even placing it properly to get money for the bowl, a litterbox and a scratching post. Wouldn't want the cat scratching up the furniture, after all!

Though he was tempted to spend the rest of the left over money on plants and more furniture, Tiera decided to save it for food, knowing he’d have some tough time to provide for himself until he can decide what to do with his life. He also realised he was, in fact, quite hungry, but with barely any cooking skills he decided he’d start off with a salad. That shouldn’t be too hard, right?

... He cut his finger making the salad. Twice.

It was then that he realised the salad needed a bit of something, and for some reason he decided the very thing the salad needed was earwax.

Sigh...  well at least his cooking skill is now level two.

Having finished his salad, Tiera realised something about his new cat. Umbra, it turns out, is mischievous by nature, and decided it was perfectly OK to scratch up the furniture instead of the scratching post Tiera bought for her. Umbra did not take kindly to being scolded and proceeded to hiss at her new owner.

And then she sat on his bowl of salad.

With that, Tiera decided he’d had enough excitement for the day. Before bed he decided to change Umbra’s outfit into something more in tune with both her nature and his own tastes and she is now sporting a vest with a black bell collar.

Tiera then went to bed, but Umbra, it seemed, had other ideas. She slipped out of the house as soon as Tiera’s attention was not on her. And what did the mischievous little cat do once outside?

She fell asleep on a sidewalk a few lots away from home.

Oh, this is going to be something, isn’t it... :’)

--- TALLY ---

Torch Bearers: 1

Houses Lived In: 1

To begin the challenge, there has to be some rules laid out. I chose to write some of them from memory and then supplement them with what I found after a quick search. I then modified them slightly to fit my personal needs and tastes in how I want this challenge to play out.

--- RULES --- "I'm surrounded by idiots!"

Create a household with one sim. This sim will be the Torch Bearer.

Only the Torch Bearer may be controlled. All other characters must be controlled by the AI.

During each life stage, you control non-Torch Bearers ONCE and choose a singular task for them to do (i.e. getting a job, becoming a vampire, etc).

Choose one of the Torch Bearer's children to become the Heir. All other children will be Spares in case of the Heir's death. The Heir does not need to be the eldest child.

Upon changing Torch Bearers the old Torch Bearer can no longer be controlled.

When a child that is not the Heir grows into a young adult, they must be moved out of the household.

The challenge ends if the Torch Bearer dies prematurely without passing along the Torch.

Have fun and see how far you can go!

--- ADDITIONAL RULES --- "But wait! There is more!"

Roll a die to select non-Torch Bearer's jobs (assuming the one controlled action / life stage is used for finding a job).

Randomise all children's traits. Optionally, roll a die to decide how many times to randomise them.

Randomise all aspirations for non-Torch Bearers. Optionally, roll a die to decide how many times to randomise them.

Every few generations, move the new Torch Bearer to a different house upon marrying them. Have them start their new life with 20,000§. Take all paintings of past Torch Bearers and any tombstones/urns with you.

Deathflowers can be grown, but they can't be held by any sim in the household.

--- EXTRA FREE ACTIONS --- "You mean this is not cheating??"

Assigning non-Torch Bearers their beds.

Changing sims out of their sleepwear.

Shifting aline sims in and out of their disguises.

Telling non-Torch Bearer female spouses to take the Pregnancy Test.

--- SCORING --- "Well look at you, scoring all the points and stuff." - NEGATIVES - Self Wetting: -5 Eating Quick Meals: -5 Pass Out: -5 Failing School: -5 Fires: -10 Social Worker Visit: -15 Accidental Deaths: -10

- POSITIVES - Single Birth: +5 Twins: +10 Triplets: +15 Any non-toddler sim in the household completing Any Aspiration Milestones: +5 Any non-toddler sim in the household completing Aspirations: +10 Toddler Skills maxed by toddlers: +5 Skills (non-toddler) maxed by non-Torch Bearer family members: +10 Happy Toddler Trait Earned: +5 Top-Notch Toddler Trait Earned: +10 Children earning an A in school: +5 Non-Torch Bearer sims reaching the top of a career (Teen and YA/A/E): +10 Not using Spares' Satisfaction Reward points for an entire generation: +10 Every 100,000 simoleons earned: +20 Immortalising the Torch Bearer: +5 (i.e. write a biography, paint a painting or take a picture of the Torch Bearer)

--- TALLY --- "Well someone has to keep count."

Torch Bearers: Accidental Deaths: Total Deaths: Houses Lived In:

Self Wetting: Quick Meals Eaten: Pass Out: Failing School: Accidental Deaths: Fires: Social Worker Visit: