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Quebec Inspired House

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A preset for Paralives already? Yes, I know! I'm that crazy person who can't live without ReShade. Judge me all you want, I'm good. 😌

This one is inspired by the all time favorite preset "Sumahama" by @/Wilderbees — hence the name "Parahama". 🥺

Hey everyone! I’m here to bring you all a new Sims 3 legacy challenge: the Store World Legacy. Each generation will live in a different store world. There are 11 different worlds, so this legacy will have 11 generations.

Riverview

Barnacle Bay

Hidden Springs

Lunar Lakes

Lucky Palms

Sunlit Tides

Monte Vista

Aurora Skies

Dragon Valley

Midnight Hollow

Roaring Heights

This is the release order, but you can always do a different order! The main goal of this challenge is to play in each store world! I also made some rules for each generation. You don’t have to follow them if you don’t want to, it’s completely up to you! This challenge is inspired by the Lepacy challenge, where each generation is a different expansion pack. With this challenge each generation is a different store world! I made this challenge because I realized I’ve actually barely or never played in some of the store worlds. So in this challenge we explore all the store worlds and see what they have to offer! (I’ve completed the challenge! Check out the playlist here) Generation One: Riverview All you want is peace and quiet. You’ve finally escaped city life and moved to the sleepy town of Riverview. Here you can finally live the life you’ve always dreamed of. You really want to become a farmer. Fruits, vegetables, chickens, cows! You want it all. Will you be able to find peace in Riverview? Traits: Green thumb, Loves the outdoors, Hopeless romantic, Technophobe, Eco-friendly Lifetime wish: The perfect garden (or one of the Back to Nature lifetime wishes) Career: Gardener

Rules:

Master the gardening skill

Reach level 10 of the gardener career

Complete the aspiration

Complete the Master Farmer skill challenge

Have one best friend

Have at least three kids

(Let Don Lothario ruin your life)

Generation Two: Barnacle Bay Arrr! Do you want to become a farmer just like your parents? No, you want adventure! You love camping, fishing and going to the beach. Barnacle Bay is perfect for you, with its beautiful beaches and relaxing campgrounds. You don’t want to settle down. You just want to have fun with the other Sims in Barnacle Bay and climb the social ladder.

Traits: Angler, Slob, Commitment issues, Good sense of humor, Sailor  Lifetime wish: Presenting the Perfect Private Aquarium or Seaside Savior Career: Angler or Lifeguard

Rules:

Master the fishing skill

Reach level 10 of the angler or lifeguard career

Complete the aspiration

Eat at the Pirate Ship at least once a week

Travel abroad at least once

Buy a boat

Reach at least celebrity level 3

Be romantically involved with 3 Sims at the same time

Generation Three: Hidden Springs You’re sick of everyone talking like pirates. You’re also sick of the media spreading rumors about you. Growing up, you never really had a good relationship with your parent, because they were always away from home. You also had a hard time making friends, which I why you completely focused on your studies. Once you’ve graduated high school, you realize you’re burnt out. You move to Hidden Springs in search for some relaxation and to escape the paparazzi. It’s time to take things slow and focus on yourself. Once you feel like yourself again, you decide you want to become a doctor and help other Sims. Traits: Genius, Loner, Good, Neat, Ambitious Lifetime wish: Living in the Lap of Luxury Career: Spa Specialist and Medical career

Rules:

Have an A in school and get on the honor roll

Don’t have any friends as a child and teen

Master the logic skill

Reach the top of the Spa Specialist career

Quit your job as a Spa Specialist and join the medical career

Complete the aspiration

Marry an athletic Sim

Become a partner of the Hidden Springs Day Spa

Drink from the Fountain of Youth and wish for youth

Generation Four: Lunar Lakes You love everything about space and science! So it’s not a surprise that you immediately joined the science career after high school. A couple of scientists get the chance to do research on Lunar Lakes and you’re one of the lucky ones! You say goodbye to your friends and family. Once you arrive there, you realize this all you ever wanted in life. You decide to never return to SimEarth. Traits: Genius, Excitable, Natural cook, Unstable, Unflirty Lifetime wish: Become a Creature-Robot Cross Breeder or Scientific Specialist Career: Science

Rules:

Master the science skill

Reach level 10 of the science career

Complete the aspiration

Get married as a young adult

Get divorced as an adult, you’re too busy with your career

After the divorce, you both still live in the same house

Use the clone voucher lifetime reward

Engineer a baby

Generation Five: Lucky Palms You’re bored of Lunar Lakes and decide to go to SimEarth. You end up in Lucky Palms and spend a lot of time at the casino. Money, money, money. You throw lots of luxury parties for your friends and you get a lot of attention from the Sims in town. You’re bored very quickly, so your relationships don’t last that long. Traits: Lucky, Schmoozer, Flirty, Party animal, Commitment issues Lifetime wish: Swimming in Cash Career: Business

Rules:

Reach level 10 of the business career

Complete the aspiration

Reach level 10 of the gambling skill

Have at least 5 friends

Go to the casino at least four times a week, you’re addicted to gambling

Have at least 3 kids

Make all 5 wishes at the wishing well

Generation Six: Sunlit Tides You never had to worry about money. You quickly get married to your partner and spend your honeymoon in the beautiful Sunlit Tides. You decide to never leave. Lucky Palms was nice, but it was very dry. You spend your days painting, writing and relaxing at the beautiful beaches while your partner works a shady job. You never planned to have kids, but one day you get bored and have an affair, and woops, there’s a baby! Will you keep this a secret? Or will your partner find out? Traits: Loves the heat, Loves to swim, Hates children, Snob, Artistic Lifetime wish: Illustrious Author Career: A job? What is that?

Rules:

Marry the first sim week of being a young adult

Have your partner join the criminal career

Master the painting and writing skills

Complete the aspiration

Have an affair and have a baby with this Sim

Generation Seven: Monte Vista You love cooking and you’re always making the best quality meals for your family. Monte Vista is the perfect place to learn the culinary arts! It’s your dream to become a famous chef. Traits: Natural cook, Perfectionist, Great kisser, Charismatic, Dramatic Lifetime wish: Celebrated Five-Star Chef Career: Culinary

Rules:

Reach level 10 of the culinary career

Complete the aspiration

Master the cooking skill

Complete all cooking skill challenges

Learn all recipes

Your house is not a house if it doesn’t have a wood fire oven

Never eat a quick meal

Have at least 3 kids

Generation Eight: Aurora Skies You go to Aurora Skies in search of love and happiness. You want to get married and have a bunch of kids. Your dream: a big happy family. You also care for the environment. The eco-friendly community welcomes you with open arms.  Traits: Eco-friendly, Family-oriented, Loves the cold, Nurturing, No sense of humor Lifetime wish: Surrounded by Family Career: Daycare

Rules:

Reach the top of the Daycare career (or not because this career can be a pain)

Complete the aspiration

Throw a bachelor(ette) party

Get married

Have at least 5 kids (I dare you to have quads)

Teach all your kids to walk and talk and potty train them

Generation Nine: Dragon Valley Time to become the new Mother of Dragons. You love mythology and fantasy. As a child, you were always reading books. You move to Dragon Valley because you’ve heared there are dragons. DRAGONS! There’s also a conflict between brewing between two families in the town for control of town. So, why not add more conflict by trying to become the leader of the town yourself? Traits: Bookworm, Virtuoso, Good, Brave, Irresistible Lifetime wish: Leader of the Free World Career: Political Rules:

Reach the top of the political career

Complete the aspiration

Have a red, green and purple dragon

Master the violin skill

Practice archery

Generation Ten: Midnight Hollow You never felt like you fit in. Sims think you are kind of strange. That’s why you move to Midnight Hollow. Here you can finally be yourself. You also hate the sun and going outside. Perfect! The sun never shines in Midnight Hollow. Traits: Night owl, Evil, Inappropriate, Hates the outdoors, Over-emotional Lifetime wish: Turn the Town Career: Run your own business or Toy Maker

Rules:

Run a business or reach the top of the toy maker career

Master the inventing skill

Complete the aspiration

Become a vampire

Invent a time machine

You get married, but your partner dies a tragic death

Bring your partner back as a ghost

Generation Eleven: Roaring Heights One day, you find the time machine your parent invented. You’re very curious and step inside. The time machine breaks and you’re stuck in the past! You have no idea how to go back, so you just try to make the best out of your life in Roaring Heights. You never see your family again. Traits: Party-animal, Workaholic, Handy, Vehicle Enthusiast, Star quality Lifetime wish: Superstar Actor Career: Film

Rules:

Reach the top of the film career

Complete the aspiration

Become a five-star celebrity

Fix the Fixer-upper Car

Goal: Complete a 10-generation legacy, each generation ruled by a different occult life state, starting with a human founder. Each generation has unique goals and restrictions tied to their supernatural nature.

📜 General Rules

Start with a single Young Adult Human Sim (normal lifespan, no money cheats).

Each generation's heir must be of the occult type required for that generation.

You may use supernatural elixirs, bites, or genetics to achieve each life state.

Mods allowed as long as they don’t break challenge difficulty.

Occults from Supernatural, Late Night, Island Paradise, and University Life are fair game.

🧬 Generation 1: The Awakening (Human)

Goal: Establish the legacy family and begin researching the supernatural.

Requirements:

Max the Logic and Science skills.

Own and read every supernatural book from the bookstore.

Create or discover the next generation’s occult (e.g., via elixir, baby with an occult, etc.).

🧛‍♂️ Generation 2: The Nightwalker (Vampire)

Goal: Embrace eternal youth and manipulate the night.

Requirements:

Must be turned as a teen or born vampire.

Max Charisma and Mixology.

Only work at night (no daytime jobs unless it’s self-employment).

Befriend 5 Sims and turn 3 of them into vampires.

🧙 Generation 3: The Spellbinder (Witch)

Goal: Master the arcane arts.

Requirements:

Max Alchemy and Spellcasting.

Collect all ingredients for the Philosopher's Stone.

Use spells daily and never cook with normal stoves (use magic or alchemy instead).

🧟 Generation 4: The Eternal Hunger (Zombie)

Goal: Survive as the undead in a society that fears you.

Requirements:

Must be zombified via elixir or moonlight.

Cannot hold a job—must earn money through stealing or scavenging (dumpster diving, collecting).

Befriend one Sim who cares for you and becomes heir’s parent.

👻 Generation 5: The Lingering Spirit (Ghost)

Goal: Find peace while continuing your lineage.

Requirements:

Must be born as a ghost or resurrected.

Explore the afterlife: visit the graveyard often, befriend other ghosts.

Complete the Ambrosia recipe or learn it, but don’t use it on self.

🧛‍♀️ Generation 6: The Shifter (Fairy)

Goal: Play tricks, tend gardens, and spread mischief.

Requirements:

Max Gardening and Charisma.

Use fairy powers at least once a day.

Marry a non-occult Sim and keep your fairy status secret (no showing wings in public).

🐺 Generation 7: The Moonborn (Werewolf)

Goal: Embrace primal instincts.

Requirements:

Max Hunting and Athletic.

Transform during every full moon.

Live in a home surrounded by nature (no more than 2 rooms may be fully indoors).

🧞 Generation 8: The Bound Spirit (Genie)

Goal: Grant wishes and break free of servitude.

Requirements:

Use genie powers to help at least 3 Sims.

Free yourself from the lamp (Lifetime Reward).

Try to not use traditional cooking; try conjure meals.

🧜‍♀️ Generation 9: The Deep Singer (Mermaid)

Goal: Connect land and sea.

Requirements:

Live on an island or in a houseboat.

Max Diving and Charisma.

Challenge Created by: gabrielle-kl

Proofreading was done by the lovely Simphora!

Hi, my name is Gabrielle and ever since early last year I wanted to see if I could create my own legacy challenge. Going into this challenge I want you to know that it’s not just about making a sim and completing the tasks to beat the challenge. This is a legacy challenge, however, I made it with endless storyline possibilities; think of it as a narrative adventure game where the player's choice is heavily impacted!

~ R U L E S ~ 

I do not specifically have rules other than following each generation in order and no money cheats (Only cheat your money for generation 1 for the starting funds). 

If you play my challenge I would love to see your sims in action! Please tag me with #notyouraveragelegacy so I can see it!

Generation 01 - Writer’s Block 

Ah….ok that’s pretty much that! You pack your bags, check your bank account to make sure you have enough simoleons, and finally your laptop. Perfect, you're out the door leaving your small family and hometown to focus on the only thing that makes you feel like everything around you is in your control. 

Growing up you liked making crazy narratives where there was always a twist at the end. You love making others wonder how you are going to finish the story. Like every book, it has chapters and your chapter begins in your new town. Now, this isn’t smart on your part but you got your new place for dirt cheap. I mean it’s empty, it only has your basic household necessities, and it’s not that bad but could be a fixer-upper.

Ignoring the fact you have barely anything in your home you take out your laptop….and head to town. You spot a cafe, decide to chill there for a bit and start doing what you love….writing. You honestly quite like this cafe and decided to write in here often, almost like your Jughead Jones.  

Like every writer….sometimes we get stuck and can’t think of anything to write, you are under a lot of stress; I mean I don’t blame you, your home doesn’t even have a comfy couch, not to mention you are low on funds, like really low. Frustrated with yourself, you head home and try to figure out how you are going to pay bills and afford necessities. Yeah, you're going to need a job. 

Get started: Start with a house or apartment  that is practically empty it only has the basic household needs (ex: stove, fridge, bed, toilet, etc)

* When you start making money here and there that’s when you can start personalizing your home* 

Starting simoleons: § 200

Traits - Artistic, Bookworm, Frugal, Perfectionist, Shy

Lifetime Wish - Professional Author 

Zodiac sign & Favourites: you choose

Goals ~

Visit the same community lot 3 times a week to write stories on your laptop 

Complete the writing skill 

Try to befriend your neighbours 

Get a part-time job of your choice 

Find your spouse at the same community lot you always visit 

Adopt a stray

Have as many kids as you want 

C H O I C E 

This Generation has a choice for the player to make. These are choices that you could build off of and integrate into your storyline.

After a while you realize the job you have now isn't making you happy, yeah it pays the bills but it is not what you want to do.

The choices are: to quit your job or find a way to get fired then register as a self-employed writer. 

Generation 02 - You never really grew up

As a kid, you were always playing with the kids who lived in your neighbourhood along with your siblings. You would play at the park, build forts, have sleepovers, tell stories and watch movies super late. You did everything with them, but that didn’t last long. Unfortunately, things don’t stay the same; some of your childhood friends started to drift and do different things that interest them, which includes spending time with other kids. Even your siblings tell you they don’t have time to do these activities with you anymore. You lose all contact with your childhood buddies because all you want to do is what you always did with them but they find it childish but you don’t.

It hurt for a while and you found it quite difficult to build friends in school because none of them were interested. But that didn’t stop you from being a kid at heart, you would go to online chat rooms and talk to people online. You would talk to a bunch of people there and eventually end up texting and calling each other. It makes you so happy that you have people that you can connect with, that don’t find your way of spending time with each other childish. 

Traits - Childish, Excitable, Good Sense of Humor, Social Butterfly, Computer Whiz

Lifetime Wish - Super Popular (Don’t worry you don’t need to complete it)

Goals ~

Befriend the kids in your neighbourhood or even some school kids

Collect 5 butterflies or Beetles

Always accept to hang out with friends 

Call friends often 

Get the distance relationship status with all your childhood friends once a teen

Make four new friends and keep those friends 

Never move out of your childhood home

Have 2-3 Kids 

Have three failed part-time jobs (constantly getting fired) 

C H O I C E 

This Generation has a choice for the player to make. These are choices that you could build off of and integrate into your storyline.

The choices are: you rekindle a friendship with one of your ex-friends or fall in love with someone in your friend group.  

Generation 03 - Wild 

You’re quite the charmer, it stands out amongst your siblings. Hey, it followed you right to high school, you were that semi-popular kid but mostly annoyed everyone with slick remarks. Well, I guess someone finds you funny because you end up finding yourself in a relationship, the two of you just clicked. You would go on dates with each other in the most random places sometimes. 

College applications are starting and you have already applied, however, your lover tells you he/she doesn’t have any plans to go to college. You both decide that instead of breaking up, you have a long-distance relationship. 

While at college you’re having a blast, and you tend to throw big dorm parties, like cops knocking on your door-type parties. Dorm mates secretly hate you but at least you clean up after yourself…in the morning….they can’t be mad at you forever, right?

Juggling studying, partying and a whole relationship back home, yep you didn’t think this through; the stress is getting to you but you don’t show it. But then you do something that you might regret.

Traits -  Irresistible, Born Salesperson, Charismatic, Party Animal, Eccentric 

Lifetime Wish - Descendant of Da Vinci (Optional to complete)

Goals ~

Have a high school sweetheart and remain with them throughout University

Get a secret matching tattoo with your lover as a teen 

Complete the Inventing skill and Handiness skill 

Use the invention crafting bench 

Apply for University and major in business 

Join a Sorority/Fraternity 

Throw big parties every week while at University 

Graduate from University and join the business career 

Work on inventions throughout your life and sell them for a profit

Call your girlfriend/boyfriend back home often 

Hook up with four different sims at one of your parties 

Have one kid

C H O I C E 

This Generation has a choice for the player to make. These are choices that you could build off of and integrate into your storyline. So you did cheat on your high school sweetheart during a party at university. What do you do? 

Confess about cheating on your partner once you return home or never tell them what you did.

If you tell them that you cheated on them depending on how they respond, you can rekindle the love or let them go and move on. However, if you decide to never tell them you have to stay with them and have another secret hookup with one of your hook-ups from your University days. (That’s brutal….)

Generation 04 - Guilty Pleasure 

I swear you just let anything fly out of your mouth! Of course, you don’t see anything wrong with it but your parents do and they are very concerned about it. That however doesn’t bother you at all, as a kid you liked to obsess over the weirdest things and would not shut up about it. If it interested you, you made sure everyone around you knew about it too.

A lot of other people you know find the things you are into very strange and none of your friends are interested in them, they think it's weird and I don’t blame them. You pick up random hobbies but can never stick to one, you also like dressing up in random costumes doing these hobbies. You are in your own little world and to you, it’s your guilty pleasure. However, being a young adult and trying to please your parents at the same time is very tricky, so you get a job in the cooking business and try your best to be responsible and work hard in your career. But knowing you that doesn’t work out, does it? 

You check in with your parents every week and let them know how “amazing” you are in your career and how well life is going for you. It’s your way of showing them how much you've matured…..although what they don’t know can’t hurt them. You like to go to clubs and bars every weekend and sip a few drinks and go on stage and show the crowd how talented you are! Maybe a shot at stardom?…. Yeah in your dreams. 

On one of your weekly trips to the bar you get yourself into a pickle, how are you going to cover this up now?

Traits - Inappropriate, Heavy Sleeper, No Sense of Humour, Clumsy, and Insane 

Lifetime Wish - One Sim Band (Optional to complete)

Goals ~ 

Reach Level 5 in five different skills

Go out to eat with your parents / call them every week (while they're still alive)

Go to bars/clubs every weekend and have a few drinks before you get up on stage and do Karaoke

Have three good friends 

Get into two fights at the bar/club

Get Pregnant or get another pregnant sim from a random hookup

C H O I C E 

This Generation has a choice for the player to make. These are choices that you could build off of and integrate into your storyline.

Oh no! Now you’ve got a kid, what are YOU going to do? Either, keep in touch with the other parent, have he/she visit your kid and maybe this little hook-up could be more, or not? Up to you. Or after your child is born you keep the baby with you and never speak to the other parent again.

Generation 05 - Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

You can’t stand your mom/dad (Gen 4 parent) everything they do is so questionable as if they have zero idea what's going on at all times; the majority of your free time is spent watching action channels on tv or playing with action figures. You spend most of your time in your room with the door locked and you don’t care to make friends with kids your age so it’s just you. No matter how much your mom/dad tries to please you, you do not pay them any attention. You like spy movies and you decided being a secret agent is your dream job no matter what the cost was. However, being in this line of work made you quite paranoid and all of a sudden you disappeared. Where did you go?

Traits - Perceptive, Genius, Ambitious, Good and Neurotic 

Lifetime Wish - International Super Spy

Goals ~ 

Have good grades in school (child to teen)

Move out of mom/dad's house once a young adult (Get a part-time job if you have to)

Max the Charismatic skill 

Have a high level of Logic skill

Have a high level of athletic skill (doesn’t need to be maxed)

Have a mediocre relationship with Gen 4 parent

Get a job in law enforcement (eventually, go into the special agent branch)

Surprisingly you fall in love with someone you work with

Have two kids 

C H O I C E 

This Generation has a choice for the player to make. These are choices that you could build off of and integrate into your storyline.

You've grown quite paranoid ever since you started working as a spy. You think that in the middle of the night, someone is going to come for you, I mean I don’t know who but you do.

Pack your bags and all your belongings, leave your spouse and kids behind, move to an off-the-grid location and lose contact with everyone you know. Quit being a spy to start a new “safe life” (that’s not messed up in the slightest, but hey who am I to judge) 

Or 

In the middle of the night, you decide to wake up your spouse and tell them to get the kids and pack their packs and meet you in the car. Because all of you are moving to a new home that is far far away from your original home to start a “new life”. 

Generation 06 - Globetrotter 

All of a sudden your life changed overnight. Literally! Everything you once knew before is all different now, nothing feels like how it used to be and they won’t even tell you why. No one will tell you why. You started acting up as a teen; going out late at night, staying up super late, fighting, you even ran away. You only made it to a park but that was cut short because one of your parents found you, your life is a complete mess. Honestly, I don’t blame you; but apart from being angry all the time you found a hobby you quite enjoy. 

Remember when I said you attempted to run away? Well, this time you steal your parent's credit card and sneak out at night to a completely different country. Who cares where it was, you just wanted to feel some adrenaline for once. On your adventure, you decided to start taking a lot of pictures of everything you saw and started engaging in conversation with the people who lived there. Your childhood was pretty much sheltered and even though your parents are frantically searching for you, you're too busy living it up overseas; might as well send a postcard!

Traits - Hot-Headed, Commitment Issues, Photographer’s Eye, Adventurous, and Kleptomanic 

Lifetime Wish - Blog Artist

Goals ~ 

Have a terrible relationship with Gen 5 parent (if they are still in your life)

Master Photography, Social Networking

Have above Level 5 in writing 

Go for a jog once a week

Have three different romantic relationships with sims from three different worlds

Be disliked by two sims

Go on vacation five times throughout your life or even more (you are a traveller, of course)

Have a Level 5-star blog (you blog about your travels)

C H O I C E 

This Generation has a choice for the player to make. These are choices that you could build off of and integrate into your storyline.

These are your choices: Life is moving fast for you and you are a busy individual. However, you do not want to have a job and instead of just working you find another alternative….your brilliant idea is to gamble to solve all your problems! 

Or 

You love your blog, you really do and you love your followers but you want more. You want to live life luxuriously and never have to worry about money. So you find yourself chatting it up with the celebs in your city, how? I don’t know but you find a way.

Sweet & Sour Legacy Challenge - Sims 3

Created by Simphora & Gabrielle-kl 

Hey guys! Surprise, surprise. Me and Gabby did a little something.. we created a Sims 3 challenge! Woot-woot! This is our very first time creating a challenge together. We had such a blast. I’d like say this challenge is fun and unique. We put our FOOT into making this because us Sims 3 simmers are in desperate need of more challenges. Also, feel free to check out Gabby’s amazing challenge called, Not Your Average Legacy Challenge. 

The Sweet & Sour Legacy Challenge is a six generation legacy challenge inspired by fruits. These fruits have a sweet and sour aesthetic for each generation. For example, the sweet fruit generations are compassionate and up-beat. Meanwhile, there’s a little twist with the sour fruit generations because it’s more pessimistic and chaotic. All-in-all, if you’re a simmer that is looking for a fruit themed and drama fulfilled legacy challenge, this is a challenge for you!

If you’re interested in doing this challenge, please feel free to tag us: @simphoraa @gabrielle-kl​ or #sweet&sourlegacy. We would love to see your progress and gameplay!

R U L E S:

You must follow each generation in chronological order. 

It is recommend that you use all of the provided traits.

If you do not have a certain Sims 3 expansion pack that is related to the traits, careers, or goals, you can make adjustments.

The aesthetic color/colours for each generation is optional.

Before moving on to the next generation, you must complete all of the required goals.

DO NOT use any money cheat codes (ex: motherload, kaching, or rosebud).

Generation #1 - Watermelon: One in a Melon

You like to see yourself as the main character, and you think that everyone that comes in contact with you thinks so too.

Everyone absolutely loves you! Or do they? As unique as you are, you want to be a famous actor or actress. Soon enough Hollywood would be signing your name on everything! You find yourself chilling with A-list celebrities and even date a few. You have everything you could ever want! No one can ruin this for you, except maybe yourself.

Get started: Live in a small starter house or apartment. Purchase your basic necessities to survive, and progressively buy more necessities once you start earning some simoleons. Good luck!

Starting simoleons - §1,200

Traits - Charismatic, Dramatic, Snob, Star Quality, and Workaholic

Career - Film

Lifetime Wish - Superstar Actor

Aesthetic Color/Colour

Goals:

Become a five-star celebrity

Ruin your reputation 2 times, make your life a little scandalous! (ex: get publicly disgraced)

Master the Charismatic skill

Reach level 10 in the Film Career (choose the actor branch)

Have 2 close friends

Host a meet & greet once a week (ex: sign autographs and take pictures with fans)

Fall in love with one of your fans

Have as many kids as you want

Generation #2 - Lemon: When life gives you lemons.. you have to deal with some sour sh*t!

Sigh! Your childhood was already enough as it was with being a nepotistic child, but now there’s even more shenanigans.

Apart from hiding in your parents’ shadows and not being the main focus when it comes to the paparazzi. You carry a nice and sweet persona on the outside. Those who were fortunate enough to have a conversation with you say your personality is like, “stuffing their mouths with a bunch of sour candy”, but you didn’t hear that from me. Just know, it’s okay to loosen up a bit. You do not always need to leave a bitter taste in one’s mouth.

In the course of time, you finally meet someone and insert yourself into their life. Love makes you do some silly things. You want to help them with their unlawful issues because you think that you can help them figure things out and get their life back on track. Realistically speaking, you would never think of laying your eyes on someone with a completely different personality than yours and a terrible outlook on life. Oh boy! You’re in for a nice treat.

Traits - Bookworm, Grumpy, Hopeless Romantic, No sense of humor, and Perceptive

Career - Journalism or Private Investigator

Lifetime Wish - Star News Anchor or Pervasive Private Eye

Aesthetic Color/Colour

Goals:

Get romantically involved with a criminal  

Be disliked by a few sims. Having “friends” isn’t your thing because people disappoint you

Master the Writing or Logic skill

Reach level 5 in the Journalism or Private Investigator Career, and then quit or get fired

Have 1 failed marriage

Have only 1 child

Have a bad relationship with your child

Find a hobby or skill, and make a source of income out of it

Have a rebound relationship with someone

C H O I C E:

This generation has a choice for you to make. These are choices that you could build off of and integrate into your storyline.

Hmm, it looks like you have found love again. Are you genuinely happy this time? You may be a little traumatized from the last relationship. Just remember, everyone isn’t the same. This rebound relationship could be turning into something really serious. There may even be wedding bells in your future. Do you want to give marriage a second chance or stay in the “dating” stage?

Generation #3 - Strawberry: You’re the sweetest pick of the patch!

Everyone loves you, at least this time. Nobody is actually lying. Good job! Everyone finds you to be the sweetest sim in the patch. And, trust me, you will most definitely take full advantage of all this attention. You mainly use it for a good cause. You love power, but not in an evil kind of way. You want to use that power to help those in need.

You attend University in hopes of being the future president of the free world and eventually start raising a happy family that is way better than how your current family dynamic is right now. I don’t really know anything, but deep down you want to be better than your parents because you have a weird feeling that they were doing some shady things before you were born.

Traits - Friendly, Family-Oriented, Good, Irresistible, and Schmoozer

Career - Political

Lifetime Wish - Leader of the Free World

Aesthetic Color/Colour

Goals:

Fix your relationship with your parent

Maintain A’s in school and even aim to become an honor/honour roll student (child-teen)

In high school, join the debate club

Enroll into University and major in Communications

Host a rant/protest once a week

Donate to a charity once in a while

Join a Social Group (Nerd, Rebel, or Jock)

Throw a party every weekend in Sims University

Earn the Communications degree

Reach level 10 in the Political Career

Be a good role model as a parent and a faithful spouse

Have about 2-4 kids

Retire from the Political Career once an elder

Generation #4 - Green Apple: One bad apple doesn’t spoil the whole bunch..

You want to find love just like how your parents have it. You can’t seem to find someone that fits the description of your dream partner. All of your attempts seem to fall flat. Why? You’re not that bad of a person. You’re just exploring a bit. You may be a little picky, but everyone has their own personal preferences within a person. Right? Hmm.. maybe you’re just picking the wrong kind of sims? Do not give up. Keep putting yourself out there until you find the one. Just do not get yourself caught up. They say the world is one tiny place..

Traits - Commitment Issues, Flirty, Over-emotional, Social Butterfly, and Unlucky

Career - Any self-employed career

Lifetime Wish - Heartbreaker

Aesthetic Color/Colour

Goals:

Maintain a good relationship with your parents

Create an Online Dating Profile

Go out on a date every weekend

Have 10 failed relationships (get caught cheating or initiate a break-up)

Have an accidental baby from a hook-up

Avoid/Lose contact with some of your friends. You forgot about them. You’re too “caught up” in love

Start a Personal Blog

Post daily blogs about your life

Reach level 7 in Social Networking skill

Attempt to meet someone through the Sim Finder App

C H O I C E:

This generation has a choice for you to make. These are choices that you could build off of and integrate into your storyline.

Good news! It looks like you may have found the sim of your dreams through your blog. Out of all those fishes in the sea, it only took ten different sims to find them. Do you try to fix your reputation, and finally settle down or continue to be a.. heartbreaker?

Generation #5 - Blueberry: Life is very sweet, and you are naturally sweet

Being generous and compassionate is one thing, but doing it all the time, even to the sims that do not deserve it.. gets draining. You kept it pushing. Hey, even I am surprised you lasted this long. Everyone makes mistakes. Although, some people are just unforgivable. It turns out you’re the type of sim that doesn’t hold others’ mistakes against them forever because holding grudges is immature.

You’ve studied hard to be in a career that has long tiresome hours where you’re barely at home, and if you think you got lucky in some extra lounge time – Oh! There goes your alarm, it’s time to clock in! Unfortunately, since you’re never home, some things just seem to slip under the rug. Only so much can be slipping through the cracks for you to be completely oblivious. Hmm, I wonder how long this has been going on for? I could never trust someone again after that stunt. Could you?

Traits - Ambitious, Eco-Friendly, Friendly, Genius, and Loves the Outdoors

Career - Science

Lifetime Wish - Become a Creature-Robot Cross Breeder or Renaissance Sim

Aesthetic Color/Colour

Goals:

Have your sim live the Eco-friendly lifestyle (ex: own a bicycle, eat organic food, recycle, etc)

Start a garden

Fish once a day

Catch/Collect 5 different uncommon or rare type of fishes

Master the Gardening, Handiness, and Fishing skill

Engineer a baby or create a small farm (ex: raise chickens, cows, horses, etc)

Fall in love with one of your co-workers

Once married, make your Spouse have 2 affairs and you must stay with them

Try repairing your marriage with your spouse, but only if you catch them cheating

Generation #6 - Grapefruit: Don’t be such a sour puss!

Let’s be realistic here. You need to get your life together. I’m sorry. I know this is something you do not want to hear, but ya need to put a pep in your step and do something with yourself. Pronto!

You find it quite unfair how other sims around you get to go on fancy trips, have nice cars, live in mansions or high-rise buildings, and afford expensive meals. You wonder to yourself how one can achieve all these kind of lifestyles. Dangerous choices can lead to serious consequences, but it’ll never stop you. I would say you like to live your life on the edge. So, what if you leave a place with five different things that do not belong to you? Any who — hey, wait a minute… since when did your neighbor/neighbour get such a nice car? Oh my god! Did they seriously leave their keys in the slot like that? Someone could just steal it. It is a really nice car though. I think I might take it for a little spin around the block.. Finders keepers, losers weepers!

Traits - Athletic, Childish, Hot-headed, Kleptomaniac, and Night-owl

Career - Criminal

Lifetime Wish - Possession is Nine Tenths of the Law

Aesthetic Color/Colour

Goals:

Steal 3 items a day

Possess §50,000 worth of stolen items (do not sell anything)

Befriend your neighbors/neighbours. No one knows what you do in your free time. You could get some valuable goodies from them, wink wink

Get arrested

Work out 3 times a week at the community Gym

Master the Athletic skill

Live in a house worth over §100,000

Scuffle with someone once a week

Adopt a child

C H O I C E:

This generation has a choice for you to make. These are choices that you could build off of and integrate into your storyline.

Uh-oh, there’s a new addition to the family. Now, you have a lot of responsibility on your hands. This is very important to you. Is this the perfect time to finally get your life together by quitting your job as a Criminal and find a new job? Or, remain a Criminal, but hide it? This has been your lifestyle for a while. Just remember that this could also make you look like a “bad parent” because children can be easily influenced.

welcome to the crystallized legacy challenge, a 12-generation challenge inspired by birthstones! after making my enneagram challenge, i wanted to create something with all the ideas i had left over, so after a year of toiling, here we are! ik there's other crystals challenges out there and prob already a birthstones challenge, but this is my interpretation ♡ this challenge is definitely more drama and story-heavy than my last challenge, but i hope you guys enjoy the chaos just as much as i do xx 

due to the nature of the actual birthstones, colours are repeated. however, i have added lists of the possible variations the stones come in, so you can choose whatever colour you see fit!

When I wrote the original challenge for the Sims 4, I already knew that I wanted to rewrite it for the Sims 3, because that game still has my heart to this day 🩷 I don't know if it is nostalgia, but I keep finding myself going back to it every year.

Unlike the Sims 4 version, which you can read by clicking here, this one has a few key differences:

There are no optional generations. I didn't feel like they were needed here. Afterall, the Sims 3 doesn't have as many expansion packs as the Sims 4;

Every generation has an optional goal (which are marked with a star);

There's a bigger focus on gameplay than story. It's a lot harder to manipulate the game, and micromanage to get the outcome you want, so the goals focus on things you can actually accomplish, while still being relevant to the song they're inspired by.

I only added three traits for each generation instead of five because it wouldn't fit in the graphics 😆I mean, the picture of the trait would, but not the text under it. It works great for gen 2 to 12, as your Sim might age up or even be born with some random traits, but if you're struggling to pick the other two for gen 1, I'd suggest Excitable and Star Quality.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL WRITTEN RULES!

This legacy is based on the same one by @sweetlysimss who very graciously gave me permission to try my hand at converting the challenge for TS3. It's not perfect but I tried my best to stick to the original rules and try and make it fun!

Tag: #nsbxbpr should be fine still or @ me if you do try this out!

Rules:

This challenge can be played with vanilla, banilla, or berry sims

As per the challenges this is based on, the romance options are a mix between those in the BPR or NSB, allowing  you to choose which you’d like (or mix them up if you wish!)

There is an optional generational challenge to paint/take a photo of your heir for every generation

The generational requirements do not need to be strictly followed/can be changed as you see fit - the important thing is to have fun!

Deep within the forgotten archives of a library, that exists between the folds of time, sits a storybook unlike any other. Its leather binding is weathered by centuries, yet its pages shimmer with a restless, iridescent glow. This is the Book of Twisted Tales.

It is said that the stories within are not merely ink and parchment, but living legacies waiting to be guided. As you brush the dust from its cover, the air grows thick with the scent of crushed rosebuds and wild honey, woven with the faint, sugary shimmer of stardust. The book falls open, and the ink begins to swirl, pulling you toward worlds unknown.

⟡˙⋆ An Unexpected Adventure ⋆˙⟡

In the Twisted Tales Legacy Challenge, you are no longer just a player - you are the Weaver of Fate. Across ten generations, you will travel through mist-shrouded valleys, moonlit towns and sun-drenched islands, where the waves whisper secrets. Each generation marks a new chapter, a new world, and a classic tale reimagined through your Sims' eyes.

But beware - the "happily ever afters" of old are not guaranteed. These tales are twisted, shaped by your choices, your triumphs, and your tragedies. From the brave beginnings of a lone founder to the sprawling dynasty of a tenth-generation heir, the story is yours to write.

⟡˙⋆ The Rules of the Realm ⋆˙⟡

To ensure your story remains etched in the stars (and the library’s records), you must follow the path laid out before you:

The Twisted Curse: No story can be told in the same place twice. When the heir’s time comes, they must vanish like a dream at dawn, carrying nothing but their bloodline to a distant, untouched world. The shadows of the past must be left behind to bloom anew in unfamiliar soil.

The Weaver’s Will: Each generation is bound by specific goals and traits inspired by the world’s most iconic fairy tales and legends.

The Eternal Thread: While the scenery changes, the bloodline must never break. The flame of your family must burn bright for ten full generations to complete the book.

*You don’t have to follow the rules if you don’t want to. It is completely up to you! The main goal of this challenge is to have fun and play the game.

The quill is in your hand, and the first page is blank. The stories of these Sims are waiting to be transformed by your touch.

Will you keep to the dusty scripts of old, or will you seize the ink and bleed magic into a destiny the stars themselves have yet to witness? ⋆.˚ ☾⭒.˚

Generation One: The Once and Future Queen 👑🏹

Inspiration: The Legend of King Arthur

World: Dragon Valley

The Backstory

In a time when the sky was dark with the wings of great beasts and the crown was shattered by betrayal, you, a young princess, were spirited away. As your father’s castle fell to ruin, the court wizard, sensing a spark of ancient magic in you, whisked you across the shimmering mists to a hidden Fae island. There, among the eternal blossoms and mystical will-o'-the-wisps, you were raised in secret, your true identity shielded by enchantments.

But the blood of kings cannot be hidden forever. Now grown, and guided by the same wizard who once saved you, you have returned to the shores of Dragon Valley. You arrive with nothing but a humble cottage, a mysterious heritage, and a singular, burning purpose: to unite the fractured houses, tame the wild dragons of the valley and reclaim the throne that was stolen from your lineage.

Traits: Ambitious, Brave, Charismatic, Irresistible, Natural Born Performer

Favorite Color: Dark Blue

Lifetime Wish: Leader of the Free World

Career: Political

Goals:

Reach Level 10 of the Archery (Athletic)  Skill;

Complete the Lifetime Wish;

You must find, hatch, and bond with at least one Green Dragon (to help with your harvest) and one Red Dragon (to protect your homestead). Name one of the Dragons “Excalibur”;

Get married to a Sim who has the “Good” or “Brave” trait and have a Grand Wedding;

Host 5 "Legendary" parties to form your “Round Table”;

Have an affair and have a child with this Sim;

Have a dedicated "Throne Room" (or Great Hall) in your house for your court to gather.

Generation Two: Lady Thief 💰👀

Inspiration: The Legend of Robin Hood

World: Hidden Springs

The Backstory

Born to a queen but raised by the wind, you abandoned your mother’s royal halls when you saw the greedy elites of the mountains hoarding the land’s ancient magic for themselves. Slipping into the emerald shadows of Hidden Springs, you traded your velvet gowns for a horse and a hooded cloak, vowing to become a ghost that haunts the wealthy and feeds the forgotten. Now, as the "Lady Thief", you lead a band of rebels from a secret woodland sanctuary, rewriting the laws of the realm one stolen treasure at a time. The mists of Hidden Springs are thick, and the enemy is close behind…

Traits: Equestrian, Loves the Outdoors, Lucky, Good, Kleptomaniac (to "borrow" from the rich)

Favorite Color: Irish Green

Lifetime Wish: Become a Master Thief

Career: Criminal (Thief Branch - Roleplayed as a Rebel/Vigilante)

Goals:

Reach Level 10 of the Riding Skill;

Reach "BFF" status with your horse;

Complete the Lifetime Wish;

Have at least 3 friends who are not related to you (at least one of them must be in the Criminal career);

Your home must be surrounded by trees, hidden away from the main road, with no electronics (TVs, Computers) allowed.

Donate §1,000 to charity every Sunday at the mailbox. Only donate the money made by:

      - selling stuff you’ve stolen from the wealthiest homes in town;

      - selling stuff you’ve found in the world;

      - your wins in the horse riding competitions or

      - your wins at the casino (if you place one in the world).

Twice a week, you must gift/donate the stolen/found items to the poorest households or place them in a community park;

Drink from the “Fountain of Youth” and wish for youth;

Have at least 3 kids.

Generation Three: The Song of the Sunkissed Sea 🐚🎶

Inspiration: The Little Mermaid

World: Isla Paradiso

The Backstory

Your soul has always been woven from seafoam and starlight, a shimmering contrast to the rustic woods you’ve grown up in. Guided by a mellifluous melody only you can hear, you’ve traveled to the sun-drenched shores of Isla Paradiso to find the piece of your heart that was lost to the waves. Beneath the shimmering surface lies a world of silent beauty, where you must choose between the grace of the deep and a love that calls you to the shore. The tide is rising, and the next chapter is already beginning to blur…

Traits: Excitable, Childish, Virtuoso, Loves to Swim, Sailor

Favorite Color: Yellow

Lifetime Wish: Deep Sea Diver

Career: Scuba Diver (or Lifeguard)

Goals:

You may not own a traditional house until you reach Level 5 of the Diving skill; you must live on a Houseboat or "camp" on a public beach to stay close to the tide;

Complete the Lifetime Wish;

Encounter a Kraken (or survive an attack) and befriend at least one Mermaid to learn the secrets of the deep;

Become a mermaid;

Collect and display at least 8 unique seashells and 3 different messages in a bottle in your home as "Collection of Treasures";

Discover at least two Uncharted Islands;

Explore the “Davy Jones’ Locker” dive site (or any level 10 dive spot);

Marry a human Sim with the "Sailor" or "Loves the Cold" trait (your Prince from the North);

Make sure the next heir is a human Sim.

Generation Four: Once Upon A Northern Lights 📖✨

Inspiration: Sleeping Beauty

World: Aurora Skies

The Backstory

You carry a heavy legacy that feels more like a quiet curse than a royal gift. Your written words are like a haunting sweetness that seems to echo the very stars of Aurora Skies, as if every story you ink into parchment is a fragment of a fading dream. While your ancestors conquered forests and seas, you find yourself drifting through a waking world of fiction, perpetually tethered to a destiny that pulls you toward a deep, eternal rest. You must find a way to break the haze of your own solitude with a tale of awakening before the winter chill lulls your heart into a permanent sleep.

Traits: Heavy Sleeper, Bookworm, Cat person, Shy, Absent-Minded

Favorite Color: Lilac

Lifetime Wish: Professional Author

Career: Freelance Writer, Journalism or Bookstore Clerk

Goals:

Have a part-time job at a bookstore as a teenager;

Surround your home with a thicket of bushes and hedges (to hide your house from the curious eyes of the town);

Have 3 cats and give them fairy-like names;

Complete the Lifetime Wish;

Own a home library with at least 10 unique book titles;

Faint from exhaustion or "collapse" (due to a potion or the Moodlet Manager) in a public place at least three times before you get married;

Must meet future spouse through Online Dating;

Elope at night (to represent that “Once Upon A Dream” scene);

Write and successfully publish at least one Masterpiece novel titled "The Long Sleep" before you reach the Elder stage;

Write at least 2 Children’s books and read them to your toddler kid(s).

Generation Five: The Fairest in the Plains 🍎🦄

Inspiration: Snow White

World: Appaloosa Plains

The Backstory

Leaving the familiar comforts of your old life behind, you find a new beginning among the rolling hills and quiet ranches of Appaloosa Plains. Surrounded by the whispers of the forest and the gentle spirits of animals, you dream of a life defined by kindness rather than the heavy crown of your lineage. Inspired by the magical lore in your mother’s tattered storybooks, you are determined to prove that a pure heart can manifest the most elusive of legends in your own fairytale.

Traits: Animal Lover, Friendly, Green thumb, Neat, Technophobe

Favorite Color: White

Lifetime Wish: Fairy Tale Finder

Career: Gardener

Goals:

Master the gardening skill;

Have 7 friends (Sims that are not related to you);

Complete the Lifetime Wish;

Adopt 3 pets (cats, dogs or horses) and reach "BFF" status with them;

Catch and house 3 small animals (e.g. a small bird, squirrel, lizard…) in your home;

Befriend and successfully pet a wild deer;

Grow an orchard of "Perfect" quality apples, but you must never eat one yourself (or anything apple-related);

Never answer the door to strangers or talk to elderly women.

Generation Six: The Rose of Moonlight Falls 🌹🌖

Inspiration: Beauty and the Beast

World: Moonlight Falls

The Backstory

Born with an insatiable curiosity that far outweighs your fear, you have always wanted more than a provincial life. So, after your eighteenth birthday, you arrive in the misty streets of Moonlight Falls to seek the truth behind the town’s most whispered urban legends. Others see a monster; you see a mystery. In a town of wolves and witches, you realize that the real monsters are those who refuse to learn. Your love is a burgundy rose that grows in the snow, a stubborn flame of reason in a town of shadows.

Traits: Perceptive, Genius, Hopeless romantic, Dog person, Supernatural fan

Favorite Color: Spiceberry

Lifetime Wish: Renaissance Sim

Career: Private Investigator

Goals:

Be an excellent “A” student and join a club as a teenager;

Complete the Lifetime Wish;

Reach the top of the Private Investigator career.

Have a dog (a german shepherd, dalmatian or labrador) to “help” you with your investigations;

Get engaged to a Sim who has the “Mean spirited”, “Hot headed” or “Evil” trait;

Break up the engagement after you meet the love of your life, your fiancé was a true beast  to you anyway;

Your future spouse must be a Werewolf. Your first date with them should be under the full moon, so that you witness their transformation into a cursed beast;

Discover (or buy) a “Potent Cure Elixir” and, after reaching “Best Friend” status with your Werewolf, successfully throw it at them to lift the curse;

Marry the cured Sim and host a formal wedding party.

Generation Seven: The Star-Crossed Rebel 💌🗡

Inspiration: Romeo and Juliet

World: Monte Vista

The Backstory

Beneath the terracotta roofs of a sun-drenched villa, one heart beats a rhythm that the world has forbidden. As the star-gazer on the balcony, you dream of a love so bright it could outshine the Italian moon, yet your rebellious streak ensures you won’t just dream - you’ll act. The stage is your only true sanctuary, where you can channel your defiance into soaring monologues and safely express the burning passions of a soul that refuses to be silenced. Your story is a red silk ribbon tied around the throat of a bitter feud, proving that a single, soft act of love can bridge the divide between your family’s pride and your soulmate’s heart.

Traits: Charismatic, Great kisser, Neurotic, Rebellious, Star quality

Favorite Color: Red

Lifetime Wish: Superstar Actor

Career: Film (Acting Branch)

Goals:

Successfully pull at least 10 pranks and break the curfew at least 3 times before you reach young adult years;

Join a drama club as a teenager;

Finish creating street art (murals or tags) at 5 different public venues without being caught;

Complete the Lifetime Wish;

Fall in love and maintain a romantic relationship with a Sim who has an "Enemy" relationship status with your parents;

Have a secret first kiss on a balcony at midnight;

Write 5 "Love Letters" to your Romeo;

Unlike Shakespeare’s story, survive your young adult years and eventually marry your forbidden lover in a private ceremony with no family members present;

Successfully "Invite Over" both your parents and your spouse for dinner at the same time without a negative social interaction occurring (the "Dinner of Truce").

Generation Eight: The Gilded Artist 🎨🖌

Inspiration: Rapunzel

World: Sunlit Tides

The Backstory

After years of living under the stifling, overprotective gaze of a family wary of the world’s dangers, you spent your youth confined to a high-walled estate, finding solace only in the vibrant art you painted on your bedroom walls. Your restless spirit and adventurous nature eventually pushed you to scale those very walls, trading your sheltered home for the untamed beauty of the world. Now, you carry your paints and brushes across the borders you had only ever seen from a window. Though you were raised in solitude, your heart beats for the thrill of the unknown and the many cultures waiting to be discovered beyond the horizon.

Traits: Adventurous, Artistic, Photographer's eye, Easily impressed, Socially awkward

Favorite Color: Pink

Lifetime Wish: Visionary

Career: Self-Employed Painter

Goals:

As a child/teen you may only ever leave the house for school;

Don’t have any friends, other than your imaginary friend, as a child and teen;

Join the art club as a teenager;

Reach at least level 8 painting before young aduldhood;

Move to a new world (Sunlit Tides) after your YA birthday;

Complete the Lifetime Wish;

Travel to Al Simhara, Shang Simla, and Champs Les Sims (to satisfy your adventurous spirit);

Paint at least 5 Masterpieces;

Exhibit at least 3 paintings and 3 photographs from each foreign destination you visit in a dedicated "Gallery of Freedom" within your home;

While visiting France, find a local Sim, fall in love, and bring them back to your home world to marry.

Generation Nine: The Bayou Kiss 🐸💋

Inspiration: The Princess and the Frog

World: Twinbrook

The Backstory

The Bayou is thick with magic and mud, where the water whispers secrets to those who work for their dreams. Your biggest wish has always been to become a famous chef. You move to the marshy outskirts of Twinbrook, determined to make that wish come true by owning the finest dining establishment the town has ever seen. Though you claim you are too busy for romance, a chance encounter at a murky well is about to prove that a little bit of magic is still simmering in your blood.

Traits: Natural Cook, Ambitious, Workaholic, Good sense of humor, Handy

Favorite Color: Lime Green

Lifetime Wish: Celebrated Five-Star Chef

Career: Culinary (Chef track)

Goals:

As a child, bake all available sweet treat recipes using the “Little Baker Oven” and have at least 2 successful bake sales at the park (only sell treats that are at least “Normal” quality);

Learn all French recipes (you have French ancestry after all);

Have one best friend;

Have a wood fire oven in your house;

Master the cooking skill;

Complete the Lifetime Wish;

Purchase a restaurant and rename it into “The Bayou’s Glow” (or something very special to you);

Host a "Feast Party" every Sunday for your neighbors to ensure no one in the bayou goes hungry;

Use the Lucky Palms “Wishing Well” to "Wish for Love". When a frog appears, kiss it to turn it into a human Sim;

Get married to your Frog Lover.

Generation Ten: The Immortal Heartbreak 🎼💔

Inspiration: The Picture of Dorian Gray

World: Midnight Hollow

The Backstory

In the velvet darkness of a world that never sees the sun, you seek a beauty that never fades and a song that never ends. While others succumb to the weary march of time, you remain forever free and untouchable. The cost of being so was… your soul. You are a beautiful and hollow masterpiece that will live on long after the world has forgotten the faces of those whose hearts you have broken and left behind. Immortality is what you wanted most, or at least that's what you thought...

Traits: Flirty, Irresistible, Commitment Issues, Virtuoso, Daredevil

Favorite Color: Black

Lifetime Wish: Heartbreaker (or Master Romancer)

Career: Self-Employed Musician (Pianist)

Goals:

Master the Piano skill;

Perform at 3 different public venues every week (leaving a trail of broken hearts in your wake);

Have a Grand Piano in your house;

Complete the Lifetime Wish;

Become a vampire;

Earn the “Immortal” lifetime reward (to ensure your youth remains as static as a marble statue);

Have one "secret room" in your house, where you keep the very special mirror (the "Romantique Floor Mirror" from the Store); you must gaze into it every time you break a heart to "transfer" your guilt;

Have at least one child, but maintain a distant, "cold" relationship with them (to reflect your self-obsession);

After completing your Lifetime Wish, you fall in love and get engaged (indeed 💜);

Your love dies a tragic death on your wedding day (now your heart is the one that’s broken).

Congratulations!! You’ve completed the Book of Twisted Tales!

The Gemstone Legacy Challenge

It's been a very long time since I last did a challenge, and in the days leading up to my new computer I decided to come up with some ideas for a future legacy challenge to more or less christen this bad boy. This is a 10 generation legacy with a fairly heavy focus on different family dynamics within certain generations.

Tag: 'gemstone legacy challenge' or @ me!

Rules:

✔ There are none! Have fun and follow the generational rules as you see fit!

THE LUNAR LEGACY CHALLENGE ☾ ⋆*

this is an 8-generation legacy challenge for the sims 3 based on a handful of interesting facts about a handful of moons in our solar system! (created by yours truly, confrighten)

edit: you can access a tracker i created in google docs here.

☾ things to note:

this challenge was made with all expansion packs in mind.

normal lifespan is recommended, but if you prefer something different, go for it!

there are no world requirements for this challenge, so you can live wherever you’d like.

you are not required to follow standard legacy rules (i.e. 64x64 lot, $1800 starting, etc.), but feel free to do so for an extra challenge!

i will be playing this challenge on twitch! you can find my channel here.

if you try this challenge for yourself, PLEASE use #ts3lunarlegacy so i can see! if you're not into posting, feel free to send me updates directly, or join my discord here.

☾ rules:

you must complete your sim's lifetime wish, even the player's choice ones!

NO money cheats!

aging must be turned on, regardless of the lifespan you choose.

HAVE FUN WITH IT!

keep reading for the generational rules ↓ ✧