Crossin' the Streams - DnD plus Sims 4

So I was bored, what with this pandemic, and incidentally a client I work with was tellin' me about The Sims 4. I'd played all the Sims games but never really got into them. I have a copy of Sims 2 downstairs, and a fantasy Sims thing for my kid for this cast-off Nintendo DSi. The whole thing never really appealed to me for very long, so it's not something I've ever been too... enthusiastic about. But, it just so happened that when I went to the link that the client was talking about on Steam, there happened to be a Halloween sale on, and so I picked up the base game and a Potter-esque wizarding thing, a Vampire thing, a "Fear and Loathing in Space Desert Retro Alien Invasion" thing, and a halloween party pack, and some other stuff for pretty cheap. SO. That's done. My kid wanted the cats and dogs one, so I got that too. There's also an official licensed Star Wars pack, which offers lightsabers and "comfortably-used" architecture and alien races n such.

Death comes for the Vampire Kleiner at a cocktail party. Boba Fett, hold my beer.

The interesting thing about it is, that the EA people put out regular mod packs for $$$, which is great - I have my eye on the camping one, the Aztec/Inca/Maya/Mesoamerica jungle one, and my kid has asked for the mermaid one. They have a pretty good model, these EA guys - they build the framework and they offer high-quality expansions, and they look the other way when people hack the heck out of it.

Reminds me of WoTC - I don't know if there's an equivalent of Old School Sims, or whatever. But in the interim, I picked up a "Zombie Apocalypse" mod wth Resident Evil characters (including the Nemesis!). There is, interestingly, a Sims Medieval pack/mod/total makeover for what appears to be the Sims 3 engine. I wonder if people are diligently stealing content from that, or if it could be done? That one has pirates, knights, castles, swordfights, all the good stuff.

Also, I figured out how to use a community-friendly program to add a t-shirt skin of my favorite, now sadly-defunct podcast Drink Spin Run. It happens to be the most comfortable T-shirt I own for some reason, and it leaps magically into my hands from the clean laundry bin. I accidentally happen to be wearing it as I type this.

Kleiner wasn't a terrific roommate, but we had times.

Take that, Evil(?) Space Plant!

So, here are some links to DnD-style mods and hacks for The Sims 4. If I ever make more scripts or content for this particular game, I'll share it around as best as I am able - probably from this particular page.

I saved Strangerville from the >>REDACTED<< and also now I'm working up to Master of Magic whilst I pursue a day-to-day job as superspy. So, that's cool, I guess.

HERE IS SIMS 4 STUFF I'VE MADE:

You, too, can celebrate the greatest Roleplaying podcast in all of recorded history by dressing your digital avatars in very comfortable T-shirts when you battle friendly wizards.

HERE ARE POSSIBLY-USEFUL LINKS FOR World-Famous-Fantasy-Roleplaying-Game LOVERS OF THE SIMS 4:

Some skyrim textures (I ought to play that game one day)

Very promising set of props for having a table full of DnD stuff at your house. 

Add DnD 9-Way alignment as traits to your Sims by Emoria

Add DnD Races as traits to your Sims by Emoria

A big fancy castle using only the base game

A bonkers list of fantasy-oriented mods by Valhallan