Here is Joy Skylar, the founder of the Character Traits Legacy Challenge. Thank you so much to @wreckognitionsims for making this fun challenge!
Generation One: Cheerful
Your Sim is the light of everyone’s life. They can put a smile on the faces of the gloomiest of Sims. They’re rarely sad themselves, and when they are, they bounce back quickly. The glass is always half full for this Sim, and their personal philosophy is to always pick oneself back up and keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Traits: Cheerful, Good, Outgoing
Aspiration: Friend of the World
Job: Political – Charity Organizer
Rules:
Complete the Charity Organizer career track and complete the Friend of the World aspiration
Master the charisma skill
Have at least two kids
Each of your children must age up to young adulthood in range to receive the Empathy character value
Our character traits are what define us, and our Sims are no different. In this challenge, a defining character trait will determine multiple aspects of your Sims life.
Rules:
Start off with one Sim of either gender.
Play on normal lifespan. If you have MC Command Center, make sure you have the age durations set to the default times that are set in game.
Each heir must be a child of the previous heir.
Basic cheats are allowed (ie, freerealestate) unless otherwise stated. Any cheats that allow you to edit the amount of money your Sim has is not allowed. Job and skill cheats are not allowed. MC Command Center IS allowed, but you cannot use it for the above reasons. You cannot use it for child support.
In any case where a job is listed as “player’s choice,” you may choose any career SO LONG AS it is not listed as a requirement for any other generation.
You must complete the aspiration and job for each generation unless otherwise stated.
You can live anywhere you want unless otherwise stated.
Generation One: Cheerful
Your Sim is the light of everyone’s life. They can put a smile on the faces of the gloomiest of Sims. They’re rarely sad themselves, and when they are, they bounce back quickly. The glass is always half full for this Sim, and their personal philosophy is to always pick oneself back up and keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Traits: Cheerful, Good, Outgoing
Aspiration: Friend of the World
Job: Political – Charity Organizer
Rules:
Complete the Charity Organizer career track and complete the Friend of the World aspiration
Master the charisma skill
Have at least two kids
Each of your children must age up to young adulthood in range to receive the Empathy character value
Generation Two: Funny
You grew up with two wonderful parents who showed you how important it was to make everyone smile. You want to take it one step further – make everyone laugh. You’ve always been a joker. Your mother said that when she gave birth to you, you came out laughing instead of crying. The sound of laughter is the most beautiful to you.
Traits: Goofball, Clumsy, Self-Assured
Aspiration: Joke Star
Job: Entertainer – Comedian
Rules:
Master the Comedian career track and complete the Joke Star aspiration
Master the comedy skill
Have only one child
The one child you have must be given the gloomy trait upon aging up to a teenager.
Generation Three: Pessimistic
You don’t know what happened. You were such a happy kid. But then one day, everything started to look dark. You’re constantly angry and can’t help but snap at people, even when they may mean well. What can you say? It’s a harsh world.
Traits: Gloomy, Hot Headed, Kleptomaniac
Aspiration: Public Enemy
Job: Criminal – Boss
Rules:
Master the Boss career track and complete the Public Enemy aspiration
Master the mischief skill
Get married as a young adult and divorced as an adult due to constant arguing. Never remarry.
Must be enemies with at least five people. One of these enemies must be your ex-spouse.
Have two kids – a boy and a girl – prior to divorce.
One of your kids must move out with your ex-spouse in the divorce. The one who remains MUST be the heir. You should remain an acquaintance with the one who moves out – never friends.
Generation Four: Affectionate
All your parents ever did was argue. You hated it, the constant screaming. You just want to spread the love. Is that such a bad thing?
Traits: Romantic, Non-committal, Jealous
Aspiration: Serial Romantic
Job: Player’s choice
Rules:
Must complete the Serial Romantic aspiration
Master the charisma skill
Get at least a silver on every date
Woohoo with every first date
Must have at least 10 different partners
You may marry, but you cannot cheat on your spouse. Your Sim likes to spread the love, but they would never go so far as to cheat while married. They can cheat on a boyfriend/girlfriend.
Have at least three children by at least two different fathers.
Generation Five: Ambitious
Every time you turned around, it seemed like your parent had a different partner. Don’t get anything wrong here, you understand the need for companionship, you are a Sim after all, and Sims are social creatures. But relationships have never come easy for you, at least not the romantic kind. You prefer to focus on academic pursuits and learning how things work.
Traits: Unflirty, Genius, Ambitious
Aspiration: Nerd Brain
Job: Scientist
Rules:
Master the Scientist career and complete Renaissance Sim aspiration
Master the logic and handiness skills
Have at least three friends and maintain these friendships through elderhood
Go on one date for each lifespan starting with teenhood – they never pan out. You never marry.
Adopt at least one child
Live with the next heir until death
Generation Six: Family-Oriented
You grew up in a single parent household, and your parent gave you the greatest gift you could ever receive: unconditional love. They chose to raise you as their own even though they didn’t have to. You aspire to be just a great a parent to your own children as they were to you.
Traits: Family Oriented, Childish, Neat
Aspiration: Big Happy Family
Job: None
Rules:
Complete the Big Happy Family aspiration
Master the parenting skill
Live in Willow Creek
Get married as a young adult
Have five children
Be a stay at home parent
Be best friends with one of your children. Spend a lot of time with this child. This child must be the next heir.
Generation Seven: Natural Chef
You were lucky enough to be best friends with one of your parents. They taught you everything they knew. Two of your favorite past-times were baking and cooking with them. Grilled cheese is one of your absolute favorites.
Traits: Foodie, Creative, Slob
Aspiration: Grilled Cheese (Hidden Aspiration)
Job: Open your own bakery
Rules:
Your only source of income is the bakery. If you marry, your spouse must run the bakery with you. They cannot have another job. No other form of income is allowed.
Master the baking, cooking, and gourmet cooking skills.
Master the Grilled Cheese aspiration and own a five-star bakery.
You must live in the same world as your bakery. You cannot live AT the bakery.
Have at least two children
The next generation heir must be at least a little bit fat
Die at the bakery
Generation Eight – Active
My God, does your family know how to cook. All that good food… well, you got a little chubby. That’s all about to change.
Traits: Active, Bro, Perfectionist
Aspiration: Bodybuilder
Job: Athletic – Bodybuilder
Rules:
Your Sim must start out fat.
Master the Bodybuilder aspiration and complete the Bodybuilder career track
Master fitness skill
Have a home gym – one of each piece of equipment by the start of adulthood
Have two kids
Generation Nine – Hedonistic
Growing up with a bodybuilder parent isn’t easy. Their diet and lifestyle becomes your diet and lifestyle. You couldn’t have everything then – but you can now.
Traits: Materialistic, Snob, Glutton
Aspiration: Mansion Baron
Job: Business – Investor
Rules:
Master the Mansion Baron aspiration and complete the Investor career track
Have $50,000 in cash
Master the charisma skill
Marry someone conventionally attractive. You can make this Sim yourself if no townies are suitable.
Have only one child
Your child must earn an A in elementary and high school
Give your child the most expensive of everything
Generation Ten: Humble
You came from money, but you’ve never been proud of it. All of those expensive things your parents bought you? You’d have been perfectly happy with a minimalistic lifestyle. The fancy life isn’t the one for you.
Traits: Loner, Loves Outdoors, Bookworm
Aspiration: Outdoor Enthusiast
Job: Self-employed author
Rules:
Master the Outdoor Enthusiast aspiration
Go to Granite Falls once a week.
Master the writing, fishing, and herbalism skills
Marry as an adult
Have at least one child
Never own a TV
Have at least three bookshelves
Do not use the computer unless it is for writing/practicing writing
I hope you enjoy this challenge! It’s something I’ve been thinking about doing for at least a month now and I finally decided to take the plunge and write it. If you decide to take a whack at this, let me know! I’d love to see your posts - tag them with #charactertraitschallenge.
Special thanks to @astropxel for reading over the whole challenge for me and making sure everything looked okay. =)
