Rags to Werewolves Challenge: Week Three
Min Jun earned another skill point, which I used to unlock the ENHANCED SMELL ability. So from then on it was scavenge, baby, scavenge...
Except not quite so close to Greggy's territory, maybe.
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It was Day Fifteen, most of what was spent on trying out the shiny new Werewolf ability. Which - if you do want to complete the Moonwood collection - is a very useful ability to have, as your Sim can scent out nearby treasure and dig it out. As it was, I just sold everything he found, the cheapest of which was around §75.
The glowing smoke effect above is found treasure. It can be hard to see if you've paused the game but easier if unpaused, since the movement is eye catching.
By evening Min Jun's social needs were getting a little low so I sent him to chill respectfully with the Collective. You can tell that he's not a Wildfangs girlie just by looking at him.
Another plus of his new ability? He also gets positive moodlets if he scents other werewolves nearby (though I haven't tried Greg).
Sparring also works.
Day Sixteen dawned wet and rainy so Min Jun took advantage of the wet conditions (pro tip: showering in the rain also 'relieves' a condition other than hygiene).
Alice Spencer-Kim must have had quite the view.
Then it was back home to decipher some cowplant skull engravings (something you can do if you've unlocked the LUNAR EPIPHANY ability) before he sold it for another §75.
I then sent him to Grimtooth to busk only guess which idiot showed up in broad daylight? Vladislaus not only has zero sunlight resistance, but the THIN SKINNED trait. I sent Min Jun to chill with the Wildfangs until he figured out to go home autonomously.
A quick snack mid busking, He could also grab free chips from the bar but it's fun to use the bunker.
He just reached Level 8 on the guitar, which as well as earning simoleons seems to garner some not exactly unwanted attention.
The bears arrived and were okay tippers, although they were pretty quick to judge Min Jun when someone howled nearby and the chain reaction inevitably occurred.
Thanks to a day of digging and busking, Day Seventeen finally sees Min Jun with a functional home! Well, kinda.
(I don't think he can woo hoo in that bed with vanilla gameplay, the way it's pushed up against the wall. But as long as he hasn't used it recently for a different purpose, that's what the party bush is for.)
He then hung around the Moonwood library digging up things and smelling new smells. Apparently Julia Wright's scent is just delightful (she's not stinky, that's just the enhanced smell mechanic).
I had finally figured out why the option to join a pack wasn't coming up (you need to be a friend of it first) so he wolfnapped the night away in the picnic spot. And for some reason on Day Eighteen he woke up very Furyous.
Kristopher was nearby and autonomously pacified him thanks Daddy.
And so Sul-Sul! He became a FRIEND OF THE COLLECTIVE.
The ghosts (and Lou) were also good tippers.
On Day Nineteen he successfully completed his pack trial (this is just friendly sparring guys, he's fine) and the Collective said "you can sit with us." He didn't make much money but since he'd completed the challenge goals of having a functional home, it was a day off grinding for him.
Day Twenty was spent busking at the Gnome's Arms, being a positive werewolf ambassador and extending wolfy goodwill not just to mere mortals. He also did enough gardening and fishing to level up a pack rank, which unlocked the PACIFY ability for him.
On Day Twenty-One he unlocked the ENERGETIC trait (even the Collective members are big on fitness) and cleaned off afterwards away from any judging non-wolfy eyes, in accordance with his new pack values.
This one final wolf bath pushed him over to the VETERAN level, so now he has near complete lunar resistance and - so long as his Fury's not otherwise close to tipping point - can pretty much ignore the Full. Less desirable was the NIGHT WOLF trait he unlocked, which wouldn't be great for a 9 to 5 gig but would make him a pretty helpful co-parent.
Later that night, he continued his Collective poster child good deeds by pacifying the Wildfangs (yep, we figured that they may need some help).
That red glow around them is not Fury (which looks slightly different) but the scent Min Jun gets from other wolves. Other occults have different scents, which have different effects - and well, you can probably guess what moodlet smelling vampires produces.
"Just your friendly neighbourhood Collective member doing his civic duty! Have a good night and remember not to piss on any doormats!"
While he had taken care of their Fury, the Full Moon still had them very angry. So off they stomped, likely to teach some poor vampire patron some very unfortunate lesson in (un)life.
He took advantage of his new LUNAR RESISTANCE ability to spend the night busking, and as the third and final week wraps up, that is where we will leave him. His house + yard are worth 8k, he has nearly 4k in savings, so I'd say it's been a success.
In sum, I really enjoyed this? Some of which was down to Min Jun lucking out with relatively benign werewolf traits early on (PRIDEFUL and EASILY EXCITABLE, which were easy to manage) and making sure to spend his skill points on abilities such as wolf bathing and napping that would compensate for the lack of four walls. Possibly the most useful was napping, as they can curl up anywhere to sleep, it is unlockable almost immediately upon becoming a werewolf - and they recharge in less than half the time of a regular human sleep, which allows more time for making money.
The bunker was not quite as useful - mostly I used it when he just happened to be nearby. It was fun to hang out in though, and convenient when he was at the bar.
Unlike any other occult, there's a random element to which werewolf traits you unlock, so I'd definitely be interested in trying with a second to see what differences there are.
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Переезжаем на новое место!
Изначально я планировал поселить Джулию и Бекку в съемной квартире, но, ознакомившись с местным рынком аренды жилья, не нашел для них ничего подходящего. Зато вот этот домик, выставленный на продажу за весьма скромное количество симолеонов, сразу же покорил меня. Высокоскоростной интернет — мастх��в для любого, кто планирует зарабатывать на жизнь фрилансом! А с плесенью мы как-нибудь разберемся, в общежитии Университета Бритчестера мы и не такое видали.
Снаружи дом выглядит большим и величественным, но на самом деле он довольно скромный и тесный.
Осенний Томаранг встретил наших подружек ливнем и грозой.
Поэтому было решено провести первый день на новом месте за отдыхом и домашними делами.
Пока Бекка готовит себе садовый салат, Джулия просматривает «Симпедию» на предмет информации о туристических маршрутах.
Я выбрал для Бекки Кларк новую ЖЦ — «Источник знаний о Томаранге». Бекка — активный персонаж, любящий учиться и узнавать новое. Мне кажется, что эта цель ей неплохо подходит!
Стоило Бекке дать Дону Лотарио от ворот поворот, как он сразу же начал бомбардировать ее однотипными звонками с предложениями «вернуть всё взад».
Бекка: Ты представляешь, каков нахал!
Джулия: Как же я рада, что ты нашла в себе силы избавиться от этого подонка!
Послеобеденные занятия: Джулия читает новый научно-фантастический роман, а Бекка качает пресс.
За немудреными хлопотами день пролетел незаметно.
Готовим ужин в скороварке по рецепту, вычитанному на местном кулинарном портале.
Прелесть скороварки в том, что можно спокойно заниматься своими делами, пока чудо-машина сама не сделает за тебя всю работу!
Джулия: Ай!
Суп с пирожками, приготовленный по всем правилам, получился вкусным, но до невозможности острым.
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