Blonde, Brunette, or Redhead? (Celebrity Chef)

[Nutella]

Blonde, Brunette, or Redhead?

A Hints & Tips Dynasty by Nutella

The Sims 4 Rival Dynasties Challenge


Planning:   Stage 1 (Aspirations) * Stage 2 (Careers) * Stage 3 (Founders) * Stage 4 (Heirs)

Prologue * Starting Setup


Blonde Bloodline
Retail Option

Founder:	Lux Ferrero	Wikia	Chapters	Summary
Heir #1:	Janna Ferrero
Heir #2:
Heir #3:
Heir #4:

Brunette Bloodline
Mansion Option

Founder:	Ahri Ferrero	Wikia	Chapters	Summary
Heir #1:	Darius Ferrero
Heir #2:
Heir #3:
Heir #4:

Redhead Bloodline
Alien Option

Founder:	Zyra Ferrero	Wikia	Chapters	Summary
Heir #1:	Evelynn Ferrero
Heir #2:
Heir #3:
Heir #4:

[LenaLJ]

Devide the families by haircoulour? Sounds interesting

[MarianT]

I like it that you're doing a "hints and tips" dynasty. I'll definitely be reading!

[Joria]

Hints and tips could actually get me to try it.  So far it's way too scary/confusing for moi.

[KTK10]

I'm with @Joria on this one! It certainly has me intrigued though...

[Magpie2012]

Will definitely be following, and maybe getting up the guts to try this for myself!

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[Nutella]

Dynasty Planning Stage 1:

Priority: Speed

Lots to occupy: 15
Founders lots: 3
Heirs lots: 12
Unique aspirations needed: 12  (Founders do not need unique aspiration, only heirs.)


Yes (for heirs):
Aspirations that can be completed during "teenage" years.

1 - Bodybuilder
2 - Bestselling Author
3 - Musical Genius
4 - Painter Extraordinaire
5 - Chief of Mischief
6 - Fabulously Wealthy
7 - Nerd Brain
8 - Angling Ace
9 - Freelance Botanist
10 - Curator
11 - Friend of the World
12 - Party Animal
13 - Leader of the Pack


Maybe:
These are doable, I just rather not use them.  Will keep these as backups in case something goes wrong with one of the above.

1 - Serial Romantic (Personally do not like this aspiration.)
2 - Outdoor Enthusiast (Do not have the patience to sleep 5 nights in a tent.)


Definite No:
Aspirations that cannot be completed during "teenage" years.

1 - Public Enemy
2 - Big Happy Family
3 - Successful Lineage
4 - Master Chef
5 - Master Mixologist
6 - Computer Whiz
7 - Renaissance Sim
8 - Soulmate
9 - Joke Star
10 - Mansion Baron **

** Part of Mansion option requirement, since I have a mansion founder, this can't be used as unique.

[MarianT]

Good breakdown! It will be interesting to see whether Leader of the Pack is doable. I'm going to put a link to your story in the Hints and Tips thread.

[Nutella]

Dynasty Planning Stage 2:

Now that I have my 12 aspirations, let's put in unique careers for each.  Some aspirations have skills that doesn't match any careers, I will insert them in my later stage of planning.

Aspiration	Career	Skills	Level 9 Workdays	Conclusion
Bodybuilder	Astronaut: Space Ranger	Fitness-10 Rocket Science-4 Logic-6	4 days/week	Maybe
	Astronaut: Interstellar Smuggler	Fitness-10 Rocket Science-4 Logic-6	4 days/week	Maybe
	Athlete: Bodybuilder	Fitness-10 Charisma-8	4 days/week	Maybe
	Athlete: Pro Athlete	Fitness-10 Charisma-8	5 days/week	Winner
Bestselling Author	Writer: Author	Writing-10 Logic-5	3 days/week	Maybe
	Writer: Journalist	Writing-10 Charisma-5	4 days/week	Winner
Musical Genius	Entertainer: Musician	Piano-10 Violin/Guitar-8 Comedy-3	5 days/week	Winner, only one choice in this category.
Painter Extraordinaire	Painter: Patron of the Arts	Painting-10 Charisma-6	3 days/week	Maybe
	Painter: Master of the Real	Painting-10 Logic-6	3 days/week	Maybe
Chief of Mischief	Criminal: Boss	Mischief-10 Handiness-6	3 days/week	Maybe
	Criminal: Oracle	Mischief-10 Programming-8	4 days/week	Winner
Fabulously Wealthy	Anything	--	--	--
Nerd Brain	Secret Agent: Diamond Agent	Logic-10 Charisma-8	4 days/week	Maybe
	Secret Agent: Villain	Logic-10 Mischief-6	4 days/week	No, 11 levels vs 10 levels to max.
	Business: Investor	Logic-10 Charisma-8	5 days/week	Winner
Angling Ace	Anything	--	--	--
Freelance Botanist	Anything	--	--	--
Curator	Anything	--	--	--
Friend of the World	Business: Management	Charisma-10 Logic-8	5 days/week	Winner, only one career that requires max charisma.
Party Animal	Anything	--	--	--

[Nutella]

Dynasty Planning Stage 3:

Founders doesn't require unique aspiration, but I still gave them one because it is good for getting points.  Mansion and Alien option will need points to buy reward requirements, while retail option need points to buy moodlet solver so he/she can work at retail store 24/7 nonstop if possible.

I chose aspirations that was in my "no" category from stage one.  None of my heirs will be using aspirations from that "no" category, perfect for founders.  Founders still need to max a career, so choosing an aspiration that requires a specific career is best. 

1 - Public Enemy (Level 8 Criminal)
2 - Master Chef (Level 8 Culinary)
3 - Master Mixologist (Mixology Branch = Level 6 Culinary)
4 - Computer Whiz (Level 5 Tech Guru)
5 - Joke Star (Comedian Branch = Level 5 Entertainer)

Public Enemy requires witnessing death, something that I rather not do.  Takes some time to arrange this, and I find that an annoyance.
Joke Star requires comedy skill, which is quite hard to max (compared to mixology and video gaming).

Master Chef is perfect for retail founder.  Retail is the hardest among all three options, needs to have an easy career with easy skills to level, so she can spend most of her time working in retail store.  Homestyle cooking is the fastest skill to level in Sims4.  Gourmet cooking is the 2nd fastest skill to level in Sims4.

Computer Whiz will be good for alien founder.  Programming & Video Gaming is best under "Focused" emotion, which is the exact same emotion for rocket ship building.  Also chose esports gamer over entrepreneur because aspiration requires 100 hours spent on computer.  Gamer needs video gaming & programming, both can be leveled using computer.  Entrepreneur needs programming & charisma, charisma cannot be level effectively via computer.  Another factor is gamer level 9 is 4 workdays/week while entrepreneur is 3 workdays/week. 

This leaves mixologist for mansion founder.

	Aspiration	Career	Unique Maxed Skills	Museum
Retail Founder	Master Chef	Culinary: Chef	HCooking	--
Mansion Founder	Master Mixologist	Culinary: Mixologist	Mixology	--
Alien Founder	Computer Whiz	Tech Guru: eSports Gamer	Video Gaming	--

[Teresa]

I am loving this.  I already adjusted my founders aspirations based upon the wonderful tips you have posted.  Now I can work on planning out the careers.  Thanks for posting such a great resource!

[simfulicious]

This is a great resource...one that I will likely use at some point during the challenge (since I am going in unplanned).  This information almost had me thinking that I was going to need to start over, but I'm gonna go forward and see what happens.  I had to remind myself that your first priority is speed, while mine is to experience the game as a whole (I tend to do the same thing over and over), which changes strategy quite a bit.

[Nutella]

Dynasty Planning Stage 4:

Final stage of my planning, time to plug everything in.  Assuming all three of my bloodlines will progress at similar speed, this means each bloodline will have 4 heirs.

	Aspiration	Career	Unique Maxed Skills	Museum
Retail Founder	Master Chef	Culinary: Chef	HCooking	--
Retail Heir #1	Musical Genius	Entertainer: Musician	Piano & Violin	Any Collectibles
Retail Heir #2	Painter Extraordinaire	Painter: Master/Patron	Painting & Guitar	Paintings
Retail Heir #3	Friend of the World	Business: Management	Charisma & Logic	Microscope Prints
Retail Heir #4	Freelance Botanist	--	Gardening & GCooking	Harvests

	Aspiration	Career	Unique Maxed Skills	Museum
Mansion Founder	Master Mixologist	Culinary: Mixologist	Mixology	--
Mansion Heir #1	Bestselling Author	Writer: Journalist	Writing & Violin	Books
Mansion Heir #2	Bodybuilder	Athlete: Pro Athlete	Fitness & HCooking	Any Collectibles
Mansion Heir #3	Party Animal	Secret Agent: Diamond Agent	Logic & GCooking	Space Prints
Mansion Heir #4	Fabulously Wealthy	--	Painting & Piano	Paintings

	Aspiration	Career	Unique Maxed Skills	Museum
Alien Founder	Computer Whiz	Tech Guru: eSports Gamer	Video Gaming	--
Alien Heir #1	Chief of Mischief	Criminal: Oracle	Mischief & Painting	Alien Plants
Alien Heir #2	Curator	Astronaut: Ranger/Smuggler	Fitness & HCooking	Geodes
Alien Heir #3	Nerd Brain	Business: Investor	Logic & Handiness	Aliens/Rocks
Alien Heir #4	Angling Ace	--	Fishing & GCooking	Aliens/Rocks

NOTES:

1.  Skills that are underlined are not related to careers or aspirations, they were chosen because those skills are easy to level and/or can be level during child stage.  Child stage last 13 days, child aspirations won't take the full 13 days, use those free days to level unique skills.

2.  Last heir in every bloodline does not have a career, because they don't need it.  Dynasty will be ending with 15th lot occupied, this is assuming that all bloodlines progress at similar speed.  If they don't, will have to make changes somewhere down the line.

3.  Curator is a good aspiration for Alien option.  One of the alien museum requirement is Geodes, and geodes is one of the easiest collection to complete.  Curator last requirement is complete a collection.  Postcards collection is easy too, but I had some postcard bugs in my test runs.

4.  Nerd Brain is another good aspiration for Alien option = Own a rocket ship and upgrade/launch rocket ship 5 times.

5.  Angling Ace aspiration best after Nerd Brain aspiration because of the handiness skill.  I have my Nerd Brain max handiness, he/she can unlock Forgotten Grotto for my angling ace to get the batfish.  Not necessary but just makes life easier.

[Joria]

In Planning Stage One, you have Outdoor Enthusiast as being a No because you don't have the patience to sleep five nights in a tent.  Is there any other reason this would not be a good choice or would it be a good choice for any of the founders/heirs for someone who has the patience?  You are an amazing strategist!  Can hardly wait to see how this develops. 

I can see where it would be much harder to complete this dynasty if you chose just one bloodline type or even if you chose two and not three.

[Nutella]

Outdoor Enthusiast is a good choice if you have patience, herbalism is very easy to level.

This dynasty will be much easier to complete if I choose all 3 Mansion option.  Mansion is the easiest, you can paint paint paint and never have to worry about anything else.  Although wouldn't make a good story when all you do is paint.