Ummm... what?! (A slight legacy-related problem)

[strangetomato]

I'm really blowing this legacy thing, guys. Like, really, really effin' it all up. Well, for one, I'm still playing, and it's supposed to be done on Friday, but I think I can get it all together by them. It's really near the end. But... well, I'm doing something a little unconventional, and making my own judgement call on how to work it. I think it all still works out fairly by the rules, but I've had a last-minute "oops" and I'm wondering what to do.




Okay, I'll cut right to the chase. Some of my potential heirs are plantsims. I assume it's "legal" because the ideal plantsim is Maxis stock, just like the PT. The way I made it fair from a character development point of view, is to have the plantbabies born much later than the other candidate for heir (who was a teen before they were sprouted). I decided to allow the plantsims to continue to linger on as adults until the "normal" sim became one. I figured it was only fair that they could continue to live and develop their stories too, since they have such a short lifespan from toddler to adult (though, obviously, they have a clear advantage in the skill point department, so I'm not intentionally skilling them much).

So that seems fair, right? If not, well I've blown it already, but we'll just have to deal with it.

The REAL issue here is this:




Freakin' Ira Inada. (Cool name, though.) He's the sort of modified Face One, Michael Stipe look-alike cowboy who gets summoned out of the magic wishing well to be your sweet little baby boy's true love. Oh, and his BABY DADDY too. Cy was a TODDLER only days earlier, and I had no idea he was gay (he wasn't set, so the well decided for me... or maybe it was ACR).  I completely forgot that I added the Preg For All Genders hack for the purposes of alien and half-alien breeding, and, well, I really didn't expect Cy to TRY FOR BABY his very first time.

They weren't even in love yet. o_O

But his secondary aspiration is family, and he seems to have had a 62% chance of wanting to try for baby. Did I check that? No. Did I remember that I set the risky woohoo at it's max level? No. (Not that it mattered. I NEVER get the risky woohoo babies. It's always the sneaky "try for baby" ones.) I wasn't even thinking about him getting mpreg, because I haven't been playing with that hack in place much... at least not with many same sex couples, so it didn't come up.

This is what I get for trying to be clever and using plantsims, but I really wanted the pointy ears and Nyssa didn't get knocked up by any of the townies I generated that had them. I even had that gothic fairy downtownie guy, but she didn't meet him. So plantsims seemed like such a good idea at the time.

So... what would you do here? I love the twist, and the sim breeder inside me refuses to just abort the pregnancy. It might be a bit much to try to work into the story, but I'm sure I could (the story is WAY convoluted as it is, so it should fit right in). Do you think this is okay, as long as the baby stays behind? I think I could make it make sense.

Or... I could let him have the baby, but keep it completely out of the story and "official" legacy entry.

Advice? I'm all ears.

P.S. Ira Inada is one of those extra downtownie templates, so you could spawn one of your very own, if you like him. Watch out, though. He has those sneaky "creep out of the well and impregnate your innocent plantsim" ways. And he rocks a cowboy hat like nobody's business.

Yessir... ACR sure does make things interesting.



 

Comments

[sadieg79.livejournal.com]

Well, you technically blew it when you installed ACR, since you're not meant to have any mods, so I don't see how a male preggers by a townie would be a problem at this point.

And yes, plantsims are perfectly legal - in fact, if you're playing for points you'd score for black sheep on that one. Hell, alien heirs are allowed if the "mother" is the previous heir. Although since you're using mods, you wouldn't be able to keep score anyway - and besides, isn't the legacy challenge just another way to keep the game entertaining for us?

I wouldn't worry about it. Except maybe trying to decide who to use for the next gen heir, since you seem to have quite a few choices now... ;)

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

There are so many legacies that have ACR, so I don't think having it in the game isn't considered cheating anymore. Anyway, it wouldn't matter anyway since I know damn well that music_simbol has ACR (and inteen?) and she did a generation for this round robin legacy too. In that case, if having ACR is actually cheating, these people blew it a long time ago. :P

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

And of course I meant I don't think having it in the game IS considered cheating anymore.*

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, ACR has been allowed for this, and music_simbol definitely used it in her chapter.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

No, ACR is okay in the rules for the Round Robin legacy. We're not playing for points, but the rules are strict about breeding and things like mods that offer an unfair advantage in any way, aside from ACR. I still have annoyance hacks and things like that too, but I overlooked the preg for all hack. Since I was working with a straight female heir, it shouldn't have been an issue. Then this happened.

I still have only three options for heir. There are more children than that (and now grandchildren)... but only three legitimate heirs.

isn't the legacy challenge just another way to keep the game entertaining for us?

I would say yes, but I'm sort of required to follow the round robin rules (if I was playing just for myself, I'd be a lot looser). I was doing so well too. I was pushing it, in places, but everything was mostly by the book up until now.

[sadieg79.livejournal.com]

Hmm, okay - I was thinking straight legacy, not familiar with the Round Robin; I take it that's a different spin of the legacy challenge then? Interesting.

In which case I'll let those more familiar with it advise *slinks off*

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

The rules are mostly the same, except for the ACR thing, and the fact that we're not scoring. The concept was proposed by laridian, and the key thing is that the heir is passed from simmer to simmer each generation, after a public vote. There are a few extra rules to deal with that (like "no college", and passing the money earned by the heir on with them, etc.), but it's mostly the same.

You don't have to slink off. :) I'd love to know what you think, now that you know that ACR is allowed.

Self promotion!

[laridian.livejournal.com]

Info can be found here (http://laridian.livejournal.com/1511672.html) in case you're interested. :)