Jess Next Door

Gamer, voice actor, nerd. (They/Them)

[jessnxtdoor]

Sims 4 Legacy Challenge - Critical Role Edition

I love The Sims and I love Critical Role and this is my glorious marriage of the two! This is a legacy challenge with 8 generations. Each gen is based on the members of Vox Machina and the Mighty Nein from Campaigns 1 & 2 of Critical Role.

Packs used:

Cats & Dogs

City Living

Eco Lifestyle

Get Famous

Get Together

Get to Work

Island Living

Outdoor Retreat

Paranormal Stuff

Parenthood

Realm of Magic

Seasons

Snowy Escape

Spa Day

Strangerville

Vampires

Rules:

Start with a young adult sim, lifespan set to normal (long is allowed if doing multiple character paths at once) 

No cheats or mods that give you an advantage unless otherwise specified (Aesthetic CC, move object cheat, in-game rewards, etc. are allowed)

Move your Gen 1 sim into your desired lot then use Money cheat to set household funds to 9 simoleons (NINE!)

No occult sims (unless otherwise specified)

Complete aspiration, master specified career, and meet other generational challenge requirements 

How you handle romance, kids, and choosing an heir is up to you (unless otherwise specified)

Gen 1 - Dungeon Master:

You are glorious! You are a master wordsmith and natural storyteller. You have a special group of friends with whom you are very close with. You love to share your stories with the world but are also -respectfully-  a perfectionist.

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim

Traits: Creative, Geek, Perfectionist

Career: Writer

Goals: Reach level 10 Video Gaming, Gain the Close-knit and Indoorsy lifestyles, Must marry a red-headed sim, Have at least 2 pets, Publish at least 1 of every genre of book

After Gen 1, the generations split into 2 (or 3) unique character branches based on the player characters in the respective campaigns.) You may pick and choose which path you want to take or try them together for nightmare mode.

(If you choose to try multiple characters per generation, they should be siblings- adopted or biological.)

Gen 2 - Vax’ildan / Caleb

Vax’ildan

You grew up in a loving home until you experienced a family tragedy as a teen which has given you a broody nature, but also the need to live life to the fullest. You are secretive but fiercely loyal to your friends and family.

Aspiration: Soulmate

Traits: Adventurous, Gloomy, Insider

Career: Criminal

Goals: Must be best friends with your sibling, Level 5 Pet Training skill, Complete Sugar Skull collection, Sim must die before becoming an elder (use of death cheat ok)

Caleb

You grew up in a loving home full of books. You are a voracious reader and too smart for your own good. You experienced a family tragedy as a teen which has made you paranoid and gave you the desire for great magical power.

Aspiration: Spellcraft & Sorcery

Traits: Bookworm, Paranoid, Cat-Lover 

Career: Military- Covert Operator branch

Goals: Complete Whiz Kid aspiration as a child, Read 10 books, Complete the Crystal collection, Have a cat 

Gen 3 - Vex’ahlia / Jester

Vex'ahlia

You were teased a lot as a child for having a quirky family. It made you a bit of an outcast. Because of this you project an air of importance to boost your own confidence. You are obsessed with flying.

Aspiration: Fabulously Wealthy

Traits: Materialistic, Snob, High Maintenance

Career: Astronaut 

Goals: Must be best friends with your sibling, Master the Scouting career before adulthood, Level 10 Baking skill, Marry a sim with more than 30,000 simoleons, Must have 5 children (adopted or biological,) Have 1 pet

Jester

You were a rather odd and lonely child who only had one close friend. You are creative and mischievous - so mischievous, in fact, it's practically your religion!

Aspiration: Chief of Mischief

Traits: Goofball, Art lover, Creative

Career: Painter

Goals: Complete Artistic Prodigy aspiration as a child, Become best friends with a parent, Complete the Simmies collection, Gain Junk Food Fiend lifestyle

Gen 4 - Percy / Molly (aka Lucien) / Caduceus

Percy

You came from a large loving family. But demons from your past keep nipping at your heels. Can you outrun them?

Aspiration: Nerd Brain

Traits: Snob, Proper, Genius

Career: Politician

Goals: Complete Whiz Kid childhood aspiration, Reach level 10 Logic and Handiness skills, Complete the Microscope Prints collection

Molly (aka Lucien)

You have some memory issues, to say the least. You have lofty goals and plan to live your life to the fullest because it can be oh-so brief…or not.

Aspiration: Good Vampire

Traits: Evil, Erratic, Noncommittal

Career: Entertainer

Goals: Gain the People Person lifestyle, Reach level 10 in Archaeology and Vampire Lore, Complete the Snow Globe & Ancient Omiscan Artifacts collections

Caduceus

You have a loving family. You know you are called to a higher purpose even though you are a homebody at heart.

Aspiration: Zen Guru

Traits: Unflirty, Child of the Islands, Vegetarian

Career: Conservationist - Environmental Manager branch

Goals: Never marry or have any romantic relationships (you can adopt your heir,) Reach level 10 in Herbalism, Reach level 5 in the Medium skill, Gain the Sedentary, Health Food Nut, and Single & Lovin’ It lifestyles

Gen 5 - Pike / Yasha

Pike

You had a bit of a rocky start to life and left a bad situation early on. But, eventually you developed a wonderful relationship with your extended and found family. You are a kind and likable sim and you want nothing more than to help others. 

Aspiration: The Positivity Challenge

Traits: Good, Neat, Cheerful

Career: Doctor

Goals: Must move out as a teen (can only take NINE simoleons with you) and must move into an empty lot (free real estate is allowed,)  Complete the Feathers collection, Reach Level 10 Cooking and Wellness

Yasha

You grew up in a pleasant-enough  family, but you had a major falling out with them and left as soon as you could.

Aspiration: Friend of the Animals

Traits: Loner, Gloomy, Art-lover

Career: Athlete

Goals: Must move out as a teen (can only take NINE simoleons with you) and must move into an empty lot (free real estate is allowed,) Gain Frequent Traveler lifestyle, Complete the Postcard collection, Reach Level 10 Flower Arranging and Rock Climbing 

Gen 6 - Keyleth / Beauregard

Keyleth

You’ve always had an affinity for nature and never quite got the hang of the “people” thing. You had one true love, but tragically it wasn’t meant to last forever.

Aspiration: Outdoor Enthusiast

Traits: Good, Loves Outdoors, Clumsy

Career: Gardener

Goals: Master scouting career before adulthood, Complete the plants collection, Gain the Outdoorsy lifestyle, Your spouse/partner must die before becoming an elder (death cheat allowed for this,) Never marry after the death of said partner.

Beauregard

You never had a good relationship with your parents and often acted out to seek attention. You tend to push people away before they get too close. You are also a bit of a daredevil.

Aspiration: Extreme Sports Enthusiast

Traits: Bro, Self-assured, Hot-headed

Career: Secret Agent - Diamond Agent branch

Goals: Complete the Rambunctious Scamp aspiration as a child, Gain Adrenaline Seeker and Hungry for Love lifestyles, Level 10 Research & Debate

Gen 7 - Grog / Fjord

Grog

You had a rough childhood. It made you tough, and short-tempered, but also sweet in spite of it all. You love love LOVE food and drink. 

Aspiration: Bodybuilder

Traits: Hot-headed, Childish, Glutton

Career: Culinary -Mixologist branch

Goals: Reach Level 10 Snowboarding, Gain the Technophobe lifestyle, Complete the Frog collection

Fjord

You had a rough childhood, but it made you quick-thinking, clever, and nimble. You’ve felt the call of the ocean your entire life, it’s where you truly  belong.

Aspiration: Beach Life

Traits: Child of the Ocean, Loves the Outdoors, Outgoing

Career: Conservationist - Marine Biologist branch

Goals: Become a mermaid, Complete Sea Shell and Buried Treasure collections, Reach level 10 Fishing

Gen 8 - Scanlan / Tary / Nott-the-Brave (aka Veth)

Scanlan

Daddy issues.

Aspiration: Joke Star 

Traits: Self-assured, Outgoing, Romantic

Career: Actor or Law - Private Attorney  (if you choose the law career you are required to have a Burt Reynolds mustache)

Goals: Complete Social Butterfly childhood aspiration, Reach level 10 charisma, Reach level 10 in a musical instrument, Compose at least 5 songs, Woohoo with 10 different sims

Tary

Daddy issues. 

Aspiration: Leader of the Pack

Traits: Self-absorbed, Materialistic, Maker

Career: Engineer

Goals: Complete the Whiz Kid childhood aspiration, Reach level 10 in Robotics & Fabrication skills, Complete Metals collection

Nott-the-Brave / Veth

Haggy issues.

Aspiration: Super Parent

Traits: Kleptomaniac, Family-Oriented, Squeamish

Career: Detective

Goals: No aspiration bonuses from childhood allowed, Marry your childhood best friend, Have 1 child, Reach level 10 Parenting skill, Level 5 Juice Fizzing skill, Complete Decorative Eggs collection, Gain Coffee Fanatic lifestyle, Must drown before becoming an elder 

Bonus challenge: resurrect this sim after drowning (no cheats)

Enjoy! And don’t forget to love each other. <3

[liberalsarecool]

Most of these parents have the vaccines. The adults were manipulated by junk science peddled by fellow vaccinated morons.

The children deserve a better life.

[theconcealedweapon]

[liberalsarecool]

Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada.

Generations of damage. For Putin.

[liberalsarecool]

Performative feminism is a most annoying aspect of our times.

[abearinthewoods]

[anarcho-catboyism]

Idk what trans man needs to hear this but you're NOT evil or disgusting for being a man. You do NOT have to suffer for the sins of the patriarchy committed by cis dudes. Being a man doesn't invalidate the misogyny you experienced growing up or experience now. Being a man doesn't mean you deserve to be isolated. Being a man doesn't mean you're inherently predatory or scary. You didn't "choose" this, and finding your true self is NOT "betraying the community" because you happen to be a man and/or masculine rather than a woman and/or feminine. You ARE allowed to be upset when people "affirm" your gender by malgendering you.

You DO deserve a community that uplifts you. You DO deserve to experience trans joy. You DO deserve to have your voices heard and your struggles recognized. Wanting the bare minimum of solidarity is NOT "making everything about trans men".

[megafaunaknight]

[johannestevans]

the thing is like. i get that it's scary and makes people who do desire to get pregnant uncomfortable when we talk about the brutality and violence of pregnancy and the damage that pregnancy can do to your body

but you deserve to give informed consent to that process.

the lies around pregnancy - that it's inherently safe, that it doesn't do you permanent damage, that it's only extremely rare for people to die of pregnancy complications, etc like

all of these are lies constructed so that more people will get pregnant w/o knowing all that

there needs to be more talk about the impact of miscarriages and how common they are, how different abortion processes are and how accessible they are

but also like. talking about how pregnancy fucks your body up should not be taboo

this is a process that permanently changes most people's bodies, and that's even if the pregnancy doesn't do them like. severe illness or injury

and i just think everybody should have a right to KNOW that

bc to live in a society that intentionally obscures and hides facts about a completely optional and dangerous process does so for a reason, and that reason is based in a very sinister ideology that does not value bodily autonomy or informed consent

[thelittleblackfox]

the number of people who are pregnant and don't know about what induced labour entails and what post partum bleeding is horrifies me

[zenaidamacrouras1]

Here is a story about the depths to which pregnant people are seen as a vessel for a baby, and the importance of finding prenatal care that assumes you are a human and not a baby holder:

When I was pregnant I was in a million forums for pregnant people because (cough adhd hyperfixation) and I had something called SPD (Symphysis pubis dysfunction) (not Sensory Processing Disorder though I also have that) which is where your pubic bones separate early (more or less) because they get all loosey goosey as your body gets ready to crank that baby out.

Except my pubic bone got confused and got misaligned at like 3 months pregnant. I could barely walk. I couldn't roll over in bed. Doing something that required me to shift my weight from one foot to another like opening a door knob was like an excruciatingly painful knife being stabbed into my pubic bone, I can't express how intense and blinding it was.

So I am in one million baby forums like "am I dying what is happening why is there a knife in my pubic bone" and all these people are like "I have that too! my doctor says it's normal and not to worry because it doesn't hurt the baby. I just deal with it by laying in bed for months in excruciating pain and think about how lucky I am to be having a little miracle growing in my body."

So lol nope. I went to my midwife and they are like, "Oh squeeze a can between your knees look up a physical therapy youtube on SPD" and I did that can-squeeze thing and it CURED THE PROBLEM in ONE DAY. I had been SUFFERING, y'all, it felt miraculous.

And I was so full of rage (flames, flames on the side of my face) that people are being told "Oh, it's NORMAL just deal with it" "It doesn't hurt the baby." Like, look, yes it's NORMAL but it's 100% treatable!!! SPD (again, not Sensory processing disorder) affects 1 in 5 pregnant people.

I was lucky to have amazing midwives (need a gender neutral term for that profession, but they see pregnant men and women)(side note highly recommend midwives if you are gender nonconfirming/a man/etc) and I have DOZENS of examples of shit like this.

(Another example is post partum friends being like "oh I am peeing my pants 900x day after giving birth" and my doctor says it's NORMAL so I just dealt with it for decades. My midwives were like "Oh that's normal and also physical therapy cures that in like 2 sessions")

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

When my sister was looking to get pregnant she was given the best advice. She was told that being pregnant is an experience akin to being in a moderate sized car crash, in terms of risk and lasting injury.

Some people in moderate car crashes are very lucky, and walk away with zero injury. Some are very unlucky, and die. But most people fall into the third category, where they'll be injured at the time, then heal, and then for the rest of their life they have some minor and liveable complication from the injury. Like a knee that lets you know when the rain is coming, or a back that doesn't like seats without lumbar support, or a shoulder that never quite gets its full range of motion back.

The vast majority of people survive and thrive, like. But their body is never the same again. And people should know that when they make the choice of whether to put their body through that or not

[haledamage]

my mom had a complication postpartum that caused pain and swelling in her left leg. at the time she was told it was "milk leg" and that it was normal and she'd be fine, but it never went away or got better. she finally found a doctor recently who was willing to do some tests and found out it's a condition called "May-Thurner syndrome" and had surgery to fix it

she's been suffering with this since she gave birth to me. I'm 38 years old. she had that surgery last week.

there needs to be more dialogue about the things your body goes through during pregnancy. "that's normal" or "everyone goes through that" need to stop being used to shut down conversations about the horrific, permanent damage that can be done to bodies during pregnancy and childbirth. just because it's "normal" doesn't mean it needs to be endured

[giggymantis]

I know this is not pertinent to the post but midwife is probably not gendered in the way you think. (The post gets this right btw but I see a lot of people getting it backwards) The “wife” in midwife (with the woman in OE) refers to the person giving birth, not the Obstetrician.

Granted, it still needs to be updated because not just women give birth.

Here is an etymologically equivalent but gender neutral term I just made:

- pregger helper

[anarchistmemedistro]

[millionmovieproject]

Hey also: babies are not medicine, or unconditional love playthings. Having a baby won't save your relationship, or fix the problems in your life if you haven't done the work to get yourself in a good place mentally, physically, and emotionally, already. People don't ask to be born, and having to grow up with parents that transfer their problems onto their children just perpetuates the cycles of abuse and life-long issues. Given you're not likely to get clear, concise, unbiased healthcare anyway, as seen above, and it will be continually impressed upon you that it is your duty to have children, make sure you're not succumbing to social pressures, or wanting to be a parent for the wrong reasons.

[animentality]

[whereintheworldiskamalakhan]

They are the very first people on the list of people we should (and must!) criticize!

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner-deactiv]

[tenderwasthekiss]

[ID: A drawing of a red kite with white, black and green bows on its tail. The caption says "No amount of propaganda should convince you that some children don't deserve to grow up. End ID]

[helenvaughans]

[tenaciouszombiearcher]

Knowledge is empowering

[fluffmugger]

you can literally get gender changers for like $3

[pkducklett]

And yes, that's literally what they're called.

[sensiblereblogifposts]

Reblog if you got a gender changer for like $3

[depsidase]

[animentality]

[depsidase]

[animentality]