Spells, Spells and More Spells!

 

There are three different types of spells in The Sims 4 that a witch can learn, namely Practical, Mischief and Untamed.  I have however noticed that Willow seems to use more of the Untamed spells such as Chillio and Inferniate as opposed to any of the others.  She has used Burgliate which is a Mischief spell but there are so many more that she can try out.  So, in this episode, we see Willow travel to Willow Creek's Magnolia Blossom Park to see what mischief and mayhem she can cause.

As it is now Winter, Magnolia Blossom Park is covered in a thick layer of snow and it is absolutely freezing - much to Willow's delight!

She proceeds to make a Snow Pal and wait for unsuspecting Sims to arrive on the lot.  Sure enough, a few Sims turn up and Willow starts to try out the other spells that she has learned.

As we already know, starting a fire on a community lot is rather futile as Sims are now equipped with fire extinguishers and all tend to have the "brave" trait.  So in order for Willow to stop them in their tracks, she uses the Morphiate spell on them.  One by one the Sims change into trees, bowls of candy, bunnies and suits of armor.  This enables Willow to light a few fires around them.  Of course, a couple of Sims get Chillioed as usual and some other Sims get into fights through Willow's Furio spell.

Now in order for Willow to attain the Lifestyle of Adrenalin Seeker which came with the Snowy Escape expansion pack, she must perform a few daring feats.  One of them being that she needs to have fights with other Sims.

The Adrenalin Seeker Lifestyle, if maintained, will mean that Willow will not panic during a fire and will find it exciting.  As she tends to produce a fire extinguisher during a fire when I'm not looking, I think this Lifestyle will be good for her, seeing that she's an evil witch and really should find fire exciting.

So Willow decides to have a fight with one such Sim at Magnolia Blossom Park.  Unfortunately for Willow, she lost the fight and immediately Strangeified the Sim with the Strageify spell, turning the Sim into what looked like a green zombie.  As this Sim became so abhorrent to all others, a few Sims threw up at the sight of her.

Having filled her boots so to speak with casting a few spells that she hadn't used before and causing mischief and mayhem at the park, Willow decided to return home to see what her little dust bunny was up to.

Maybe next time Willow will have another party...

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Raging

 

An idle witch is a dangerous witch, or at least this is true in Willow Mendip's case.  So to occupy herself, in this episode, she visits Gemma Charm who lives just up the road and is a member of "The Coven".

"The Coven" was created a couple of episodes ago and consists of five witchy Sims.  This group of Sims have had just one outing and Willow noticed that they are all unfortunately do-gooders.  Willow had hoped that they would help her in her endeavours of killing Sims on a community lot but, alas, no.  Even her coven carried fire extinguishers and used them in force.  In fact, none of the members of The Coven passed the test, not even the "mean" ones.

Unfortunately, one such coven member lives alone and on the largest residential lot in Glimmerbrook - the lot that Willow wants to build her new house on when she has enough money.  Taking all this into consideration, Willow decided that Gemma Charm should be the one to "go" first.

Knocking politely on Gemma's door, Willow is invited inside.  After locating the poor Sim sitting upstairs at her computer, Willow proceeds to cast the "inferniate" spell.  It seems however that Gemma was expecting this and proceeded to swiftly move out of the way, running downstairs to safety.  However, Willow had other plans.

As Gemma was lighting the fire in the parlour, Willow lit a fire at Gemma's feet, setting the poor Sims rug ablaze, along with Gemma herself.

The Grim Reaper, as usual, although turning up rather quickly, took his time to check his list before collecting the soul of Gemma Charm and leaving behind a very ornate urn.

Willow's job was done.  One less do-gooder in her beloved Coven and an empty lot that she can build her dream house on.  Unless of course story progression moves someone else into the house, in which case, Willow will have to kill them too....

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Copy Pasto

As a witch, Willow has grown considerably over the past few weeks.  By practising on the cauldron and with her wand and casting spells, her power has grown and she has learned much in the way of new spells and potions.

As I mentioned in a previous post with regard to potions, Willow needs ingredients such as herbs and crystals which she garners from the world and purchases from the little shop in the Magic Realm.  Fishing is also needed as fish too feature in her potions along with gardening to enable her to grow all manner of herbs, fruit and vegetables.

Of course, if one could "magic" these items into existence, there would be no need to purchase, garner, catch or grow anything.

This is where the "copy pasto" spell comes into play.

This spell does exactly what it says on the jar.  As long as you have one item of anything, including bottled potions, you can copy pasto it and voila!  You have another!

Unfortunately this doesn't actually work on fish but it does on mostly all other items in Willow's inventory.

So as long as she has the ingredients to create the initial potion, she can then copy pasto it, nullifying the need for any of the ingredients.  And by casting these spells, Willow's little orange bar goes up, giving her more magic points to enable her to get stronger and stronger.  Its a win-win situation.

Maybe Willow can try this spell out on expensive items and get rich in the process.  We will have to wait and see.

One can only wonder if this spell is dangerous in the hands of an evil witch.

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Dancing Mr Reaper

 

Willow enjoys having a gathering of Sim neighbours at her home on a regular basis and this episode is no exception.

In previous get togethers however, only food and friendly conversation ensued, apart from of course the odd Sim dropping dead here and there.  This occasion is somewhat a little different as Willow purchased a music centre.  Just a small one. Some would call it a radio.  Nevertheless, having the addition of music changed her "party" into a "soiree".

As usual, Willow invited a few Sims that she didn't like, five in fact, to taste the delicacy of Pufferfish Nigiri that she made herself, afresh for her guests, participate in friendly conversation and dance the night away.  This is what her guests thought but you would think that, again, if someone you don't like invites you to their soiree, knowing that the feeling was reciprocated, that you wouldn't go, would you?  Well, I would have thought not too.  But, we are talking about The Sims and even though they are supposed to be "Smart Sims" as advertised when TS4 was first released, they are not smart at all.

One by one they turned up at Willows house, obviously looking forward to the evening ahead.  After being invited to dance, they were offered some freshly made food which, although struggling with the chopsticks, they ate with relish.  It wasn't long before one Sim started feeling the effects.  In fact the Grim Reaper showed up before the poor Sim had actually hit the floor.  It seems that Mr Reaper enjoys taking the souls of Sims, rushing to the place of death and then taking his time to read his list.

After receiving four of these souls, he decided to dance.  And dance he did!  He must be on dancing skill level 10 the way he busted those moves.  The Grim Reaper carried on dancing as the fifth Sim (the one who survived the Pufferfish dish) burned to death behind him.

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The Coven

There are a few different types of witches.  There are those who prefer to work with herbs and/or healing spells known as "Green Witches"; hereditary Witches are those who have been born into a witch family so they naturally follow "the craft".  Some witches prefer to work alone while others prefer to work as a group, known as a "Coven".

In Willow's previous incarnation during The Sims 3 years, she preferred to work alone.  Casting fire spells on community lots and against other Sims was something she practised on a daily basis.  There was the odd Sim here and there trying to put out the fires that Willow started but all in all, the neighbours waved their arms in the air screaming.  An evil witch in The Sims 3 was truly evil and Willow proved herself to be such.

In The Sims 4 however, as I have stated before, it seems that The Sims franchise has calmed down a little.  To have a truly evil witch in The Sims 4 is a lot harder.  For example, whenever Willow witnesses another Sims death, even if she doesn't like them and even if she has caused their demise, she will cry - on the outside.  On the inside however, she seems happy, revelling in their misery due to the evil trait.  The Willow Mendip of The Sims 3 would laugh an evil laugh and never shed a tear.

It seems also that the neighbours of The Sims 4 are all equipped with fire extinguishers.  As soon as they see a fire, they become brave and attempt to put the blaze out, unless it's on a residential lot.  That's when they scream.  That's when they wave their arms in the air.  That's when they run away.

So, in order to be able to have Sims of the neighbourhood on Willow's side and reduce the number of Sims on community lots with fire extinguishers, Willow created a coven.

They say there is "strength in numbers" so by creating "The Coven" (as this is what she named it), there would be many more witchy Sims casting fires and creating havoc and less Sims trying to be "do-gooders".

The Coven members were told that they could only be friendly with each other, scare everyone outside The Coven, be mean to everyone outside The Coven and to cast spells and use the cauldron.

Together with her army of witches, Willow set off to Pupperstone Park.  

As you can guess, the only thing she had in mind was to set the place alight.  She cast inferniate spell after inferniate spell, setting fires all over the lot, expecting her coven to follow suit but alas, not one cast a spell.  Not one seemed to be on Willow's side.  In fact they all had fire extinguishers......

It seems that Willow has been foiled.  Should she throw them out of The Coven?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  There must be a way to make this gathering of spellcasters turn evil and follow in Willow's footsteps.  This is something that Willow is still trying to figure out.

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Witch in Flight

 

As I have stated in previous posts, Willow enjoys a good party.

Usually, when "normal" Sims, and people, hold parties, they invite their friends, put on some music, provide good food and dance the night away.  But of course Willow isn't really normal.  As an evil witch, Willow prefers to invite to her party neighbours who she doesn't really like, lulling them into a sense of false security with friendly conversation.  She also provides poor quality food, such as Pufferfish Nigiri which her neighbours eat with relish.  The music is non-existent.  The dancing however is a little different.  You could call it a "fire dance".

In this episode, "Witch in Flight", Willow decides to hold one such party for the neighbours that she is not too keen on.  As before, she cooks them Pufferfish Nigiri and serves it outside in the cold autumn air. Most of her guests take a plateful of this delicacy, struggling to eat it with the chopsticks provided.  Of course, if this doesn't kill them, Willow has a back-up game plan, or two, at the ready.

As Willow now has the ability to cast her spells from afar, from the comfort of her warm living room she casts a few chillio spells.  One by one her guests become frozen, to the horror of the remaining few.

Not satisfied with chillioing her guests, she decides to make a fire.  One such guest was cold anyway, so warming things up seemed a good idea.

It is strange how neighbours on community lots have fire extinguishers and immediately put fires out but on home lots, they either just look on or run away, even if their beloved spouse is burning to death.  Sims also have the ability to put themselves out with their own fire extinguisher, as Willow found out the hard way, but not one of Willow's burning guests even attempt to do this.  Hence the "fire dance" - for two.

And as usual, the Grim Reaper turns up to claim the souls of the poor unfortunate Sims who should know better than to accept the offer of a party at an evil witches house, especially one who doesn't like you very much.

Party over, Willow decides to visit Magnolia Blossom park in Willow Creek, just for fun.

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Glowing Eyes

The main job of a witch is to learn spells and potions.  By doing this, the witch gains points to enable him or her to refine their spellcasting and potion making abilities, thereby becoming stronger in all aspects of magic.

Willow is no exception.  Spending time in the magic realm actually allows her to learn magic faster and in turn, become stronger more quickly.

There comes a point however in any witch's career that no more magic can be learned due to the rank of the witch.  This episode sees Willow gaining more knowledge and strength and even though there is much more to be learned, Willow has come to the point where she cannot learn any more magic due to her rank.  This means that the only way she can gain more points is either by creating potions at the cauldron or casting magic on Sims and things.

It can take quite a while to to gain these points, but gain them she does, and then new spells are learned seemingly a lot more quickly.

Willow is gaining strength every day and with the help of drinking certain potions, such as the "Plentiful Needs" potion, she can work towards her goal of learning everything there is to be learned without needing to sleep, eat or shower.  As time is of the essence, this helps Willow to attain her goal more quickly.  Meanwhile, she casts spells on other Sims, reducing the neighbourhood Sim count, and reducing the neighbours to tears, all at the same time and having fun doing so.

Maybe tomorrow, Willow will have another party.....

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Festival of Youth

 

As stated before in a previous post, there are quite few festivals in The Sims 4 if you have City Living and Snowy Escape expansion packs installed.  Willow seems to like to attend to these festivals due to the gathering of Sims and the mischief and mayhem she can cause.  One such festival is the Romance Festival in the city. 

Apart from the obvious romantic vibe this festival brings, there are rare plants that can be harvested, a "love guru" who can be consulted, food stalls and swag stalls and of course, the infamous Sakura Tea which when sipped, places the Sim in a flirty mood.  Although Willow drinks the tea, she is far from wanting any flirty conversations with other Sims.  Willow has something else in mind.

Armed with the "chillio" spell that she learned previously, Willow sets out to cast this on other unsuspecting Sims.  There are a few Sims there that have encountered Willow before and her evil shenanigans plus a few others who have also previously been chillioed.

Of course karma plays a part in Willows life.  They say what goes around, comes around and this is also true in The Sims 4.  Spells can backfire and when they do, they can leave the caster in a bit of a dilemma.

Willow thankfully survives and lives to face another day which she uses to visit The Festival of Youth in Mount Komorebi.  This festival, as the name suggests, is for the youth of any of the worlds to come and visit, play and make friends.  

Willow's evilness knows no bounds as she takes gleeful pleasure in setting alight the little pink climbing frame in the middle of the square.  I hasten to add here that no child was hurt in the blaze, in fact the little one carried on climbing and swinging and having a lovely time.  But in a sense, we knew this would happen, which is why Willow decided to set the climbing frame on fire in the first place.

Our evil witch will of course still try and exterminate her neighbours by fire and/or freezing on community lots and festivals and as she grows stronger in her magical endeavours, one can only hope that she doesn't exterminate herself.

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Chillio

 

Willow seems to have a fascination with fire.  You could say that it was her forte.

After setting alight items in Willow Creek park, the Romance Festival and burning to death one of her party guests in her own back yard, our evil witch decided to visit the home of one of her neighbours.

After being invited in and of course a "friendly introduction", she decided to set the poor unsuspecting Sim's bed on fire.  Of course this is not a normal thing to do but we are talking about an evil witch.  Willow Mendip, to be precise.

As I stated in a previous post, EA/Maxis seem to have changed things a little since The Sims 3.  Unable to cast any more "inferniate" spells because everything "clicked on" brings up a red notice stating that "this cannot be done because there is a fire on the lot", Willow runs out of the house waving her arms in the air, followed by the poor neighbour.  There's nothing else she can do but to call the fire brigade.  In The Sims 3, she would have been able to light fires in every room of the house, causing more havoc than she can in this incarnation.

The firemen/women take their time, seemingly more interested in playing with clay than putting out the blaze.  However, they manage it after a fashion and everything is back to "normal".  Apart from, of course, the poor neighbours blackened bed.

Willow takes her leave and decides to go homeward bound to practice some more magic.  What else can she learn?

Chillio.  That was what she learned - chillio.  It seems to go from one extreme to the other.  Instead of burning Sims to death, she can now freeze them to death.

Armed with knowledge of a new spell, she travels to Mount Komorebi.  Needless to say, she chose this location because of the snow...

After introducing herself to a Sim on the lot, again in a friendly manner, she invited the Sim outside to help build a Snow Pal.  The Sim was of course happy to oblige and followed Willow outside into the freezing cold.  Once the Snow Pal was finished and having lulled the poor Sim into a false sense of security, Willow "chillioed" her.  To put it more plainly, she froze her into a Simlish iceberg.

Other Sims started to appear on the lot and Willow chillioed a couple of them too.

Unfortunately, this practice of freezing Sims is not lethal, for now anyway.  Things may get better as time wears on.  We can only wait and see.

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Voodoo Doll

 

The Voodoo Doll has been in The Sims 4 game from the beginning.  In The Sims 3 however, this had to be purchased from The Sims 3 Store as I remember, as extra content for your game.  When you "bind" the Voodoo Doll with a Sim, you can then affect the Sim through the doll.  For example, if you pour water over the bound doll, the Sim that it is bound to will become soaked.  Likewise, if you place the bound doll on a fire, the Sim that it is bound to will simultaneously be set alight.  I found this out, thanks to a post by a fellow Simmer, on Reddit.

For your Sim to acquire a Voodoo Doll in The Sims 4, your Sim will either need to purchase one, which costs around 1,000 simoleons or may "win" one from the Humour and Hi-Jinks Festival if you have City Living installed.  This is where Willow Mendip acquired hers.

Having had this doll in her inventory for quite a while, it was only a matter of time in which Willow would test this out.

There are many festivals in The Sims 4 and a few more have been added with the Snowy Escape expansion pack.  One such festival that came with this pack was "The Festival of Lights".  Lights of course come in the form of stars, lights, candles and fire, such as bonfires.  One such bonfire is conveniently placed in the Festival Square for anyone to light and interact with.  For an evil witch with a Voodoo Doll, this is a dream come true.

One elderly Sim was chosen for this experiment as it was deemed that she didn't have "long to go" anyway.  Willow introduced herself in a friendly fashion and was then able to bind the doll to her victim; she then threw the doll into the bonfire.  The effect was instantaneous.

Unfortunately for Willow but fortunately for the Sim, the combustion doesn't last long and the Sim survived but, it was fun to do - for an evil witch of course.

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Fire

The behaviour of Willow Mendip of The Sims 3 and her incarnation in The Sims 4 with regard to fire is noticeably different.

For example, in The Sims 3, Willow would run around the neighbourhood setting things and Sims on fire, one after another, and then laugh maniacally at the poor Sims misfortune.  In The Sims 4 however, she will run from the blaze and unfortunately, EA/Maxis seem to have "calmed" things down a little, to the point that Willow, although evil, isn't quite as evil as in The Sims 3.  In this incarnation, she becomes upset at seeing Sims die, unlike in TS3 where she took great pleasure in killing off Sims, one by one.

Of course this doesn't stop her from starting fires whether it be in the park or on her home lot.  Starting fires on a community lot seems to bring a lot of do-gooders who turn up with fire extinguishers to put out the blaze.  Willow's plan of killing Sims away from her home lot seems to be futile as there are too many neighbours to come to the rescue.  However, starting a fire on her home lot brings different results.

Willow enjoys entertaining, in more ways than one, and inviting Sims from her neighbourhood to her home is a great way of achieving this.  You would think that the Sims in her neighbourhood would have grown wise to Willow's ways.  At one point I thought this may have happened but time and time again, Willow invites them over and they still accept her invitation.  

This particular day is no exception.  

It's the day after the Summer Party and the hot Summer sun is still beating down on this little Glimmerbrook home.  It's a wonder that there weren't any "natural" fires on the lot.  Nevertheless, Willow decided to start her own.

As she waved her arms and cast the deady spell of "Inferniate", the blaze took hold of the dry grass and the unsuspecting guest.  This time, there were no neighbours with fire extinguishers.  This time, the other guests ran to the front of the lot, waving their arms about in a panic.  Willow followed suit.  There was of course no need to light any more fires.  Her deadly deed was done and all she had to do was wait.

Here's a snippet of episode 17 of The Glimmerbrook Witch: 

Watch the full episode on my channel on YouTube!

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