The Box of Chocolates Random Legacy Challenge
What Is The Box Of Chocolates Random Legacy Challenge?
"Life is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're gonna get."
This challenge was originally inspired by the Do It As You Go challenge.
Goal
Survive 10 generations of truly random events. Lite version: 5 generations.
Rules
Standard Legacy rules apply (until overridden by event rolls).
Once a week, a new Event must be rolled and followed. Events are open to interpretation and may be done by one or all sims in the current household.
Some events will be ongoing, such as spouses unable to work.
After sim creation, you may only reroll 5 times per generation for any rolled event you choose. Use them wisely.
You can take your time completing events, but any left incomplete (not counting ongoing) by the end of the current generation will count as a fail and the challenge is over. (Any events rolled within the week leading up to the end of the current generation may be pushed onto the next generation.)
Hard Mode: Only 1 reroll per generation.
Getting Started
Create a single sim to be your founder using the random rolls listed below. To choose your options, plug the following lists into the Random Thing Picker exactly as they appear below.
These will be used every time a new sim is created in Create-A-Sim or a baby ages to a child. (Anything that doesn't apply to children is held until they age up to the appropriate age.) Reroll of any expansions you don't have.
Create-A-Sim:
Roll 3 times. You may reroll any 1 result for free. If you roll something that conflicts with a previous roll, use the new roll and ignore the previous roll, rolling again to make up for the lost roll.
Hard Mode: Roll 5 times instead of 3. 1 free reroll.
red hair, orange hair, yellow/blond hair, green hair, blue hair, purple hair, black hair, brown hair, gray hair, white hair, multicolor hair, brown eyes, green eyes, teal eyes, blue eyes, hazel eyes, pale skin, light skin, medium skin, dark skin, ugly clothes, mustache (male only), beard (male only), bald, hat, ugly nose, big nose, little nose, glasses, skinny, fat, muscular, lots of makeup, all bad traits, male, female, all good traits, named after an object to your left, named after a pet, named after a fictional character, named after a celebrity, based on a stereotype, short hair, long hair, medium hair, choose Randomize, freckles, give them an animal name, give them a flower name, male, female, named after someone you know, dress them in old fashion clothing, dress them goth, dress them like a hipster, dress them in red, dress them in blue, dress them in green, dress them in pink, male, female, dress them in purple, dress them in white, based on a song, based on your favorite song, based on the last song you listened to, based on a disney princess, based on a disney villain, use only game content, use only custom content, based on a food, named after a food, named after a disney princess, named after a disney villain, named after a character in the last thing you watched, based on a character in the last thing you watched, male, female, feminine male, masculine female, only wears skirts/dresses, only wears pants/shorts, dresses modestly, dresses scandalously, heavy makeup, no makeup, name them after a constellation, name them after a country, name them after the main character of the last book you read, name them after the main character of the last movie/tv show you watched
Traits:
Roll 1 time.
Hard Mode: Roll for all three traits.
active, cheerful, creative, genius, gloomy, goofball, hot-headed, romantic, self-assured, art lover, bookworm, foodie, geek, music lover, perfectionist, ambitious, childish, clumsy, glutton, insane, lazy, love outdoors, materialistic, neat, slob, snob, bro, evil, family-oriented, good, hates children, jealous, loner, mean, noncommittal, outgoing, squeamish (outdoor retreat), dance machine (get together), insider (get together), vegetarian (city living), unflirty (city living)
Aspiration:
Roll 1 time.
athletic - bodybuilder, creativity - painter extraordinaire, creativity - musical genius, creativity - bestselling author, deviance - public enemy, deviance - chief of mischief, family - successful lineage, family - big happy family, food - master chef, food - master mixologist, fortune - fabulously wealthy, fortune - mansion baron, knowledge - renaissance sim, knowledge - nerd brain, knowledge - computer whiz, love - serial romantic, love- soulmate, nature - freelance botanist, nature - the curator, nature - angling ace, popularity - joke star, popularity - party animal, popularity - friend of the world, nature - outdoor enthusiast (outdoor retreat), popularity - leader of the pack (get together), location - city native (city living)
Child Aspiration:
Roll 1 time.
artistic prodigy, rambunctious scamp, social butterfly, whiz kid
OPTIONAL:
You MAY roll for an additional sim for your sim to live with at the start of the game. This is not necessary and you may only roll once. These sims will also be rolled using the create-a-sim, aspiration, and trait lists shown above.
Additional Sims:
mother, mother, father, father, mother and father, sister, sister, brother, brother, brother and sister, two brothers, two sisters, roommate, roommate, roommate, son, son, daughter, daughter, son and daughter, two sons, two daughters, twins, triplets, alone, alone, alone, alone, alone
Once your sim is created, you must move them into any size house on any lot that they can afford. The only rule here is that it can only have three rooms: a bedroom, a bathroom, and a general living area. Add additional bedrooms for any additional sims rolled. Money cheats are not allowed. You may or may not remain on the same lot for the duration of the challenge, so choose wisely.
Events
Pick a day of the week and roll a new event every week on that day. If it's the same day as the start of your Legacy, you may skip that first day (but don't have to).
All events are open to interpretation and can be done at your leisure, but all events must be completed in the generation they are rolled in, so don't let them pile up.
Some events are marked as Ongoing. These remain in effect until a new Ongoing even is rolled that overrides the first or the current generation ends. (Hard Mode: Ongoings are ONLY ended when a conflicting event roll overrides the previous roll. Example: heir must be female would be overridden by heir must be male.)
Note: I do not have all of the available expansions, so only those I do have are listed as additional events. If you have any of the expansions listed, be sure to add those in with the base game events when rolling. Some events are listed more than once to increase the odds of rolling that event.
Hard Mode: roll twice a week instead of once. You can roll both at once or space them out through the week, just make them the same day every week.
redecorate a room, redecorate interior of house, redecorate exterior of house, bulldoze and rebuild, add a room, remove a room, try for baby, move to a new house, move to a larger house, move to a smaller house, quit job, career change, family outing, family squabble, lose a friend, gain a friend, try for baby, throw a party, divorce/break up, kaching, motherlode, move to another town, cheater, adopt, redecorate a room, nothing, fight another sim, picnic, paint something, career change, write something, cook something, plant something, baby daddy/baby mama, give a sim your least favorite job, give a sim your favorite job, add a sim to your town, add 2 sims to your town, try for baby, add 3 sims to your town, learn a new skill, earn a skill point, stop paying bills until electricity gets turned off, career change, paint something, move out a young adult or older that is not the current main, redecorate a room, move out all young adults and older that are not the current main, write something, cook something, plant something, heir is now oldest (ongoing), heir is now youngest (ongoing), heir must be female (ongoing), heir must be male(ongoing), try for baby, makeover a sim, makeover all sims in the house, main's spouse/significant other cannot work (ongoing), main's spouse/significant other must get a job (ongoing), collect 5 plants, collect 5 gems, collect 5 frogs, collect 5 mysims, date a coworker/classmate, go fishing, change aspiration, change everyone's aspiration, mid-life crisis, buy a reward trait, try for baby, add a sim to your town, add 2 sims to your town, add 3 sims to your town, learn a new skill, earn a skill point, heir is now oldest (ongoing), heir is now youngest (ongoing), heir must be female (ongoing), heir must be male(ongoing), main's spouse/significant other cannot work (ongoing), main's spouse/significant other must get a job (ongoing), eat cereal for dinner, eat cereal for every meal for one day, only eat cereal for a week, skip work for a day, don't clean for a week, go vegetarian for a week, eat only fresh fruits and veggies for a week, sell everything and start over, pick up someone at the bar, pick up someone at the club, go swimming, workout for at least one hour, workout for at least one hour for five days, workout at least one hour once a week (ongoing), text someone, text someone you haven't texted before, call someone, call someone you haven't called before, find a penpal, find a penpal, hang out with a friend, collect 5 aliens, collect 5 microscope prints, collect 5 crystals, collect 5 elements, collect 5 fossils, collect 5 metals, collect 5 postcards, collect 5 space prints, collect a space rock
Additional Events for Get to Work: go to work with a career sim (reroll if you don't have a career sim), go to work with a career sim for a week (reroll if you don't have a career sim), do not go to work with a career sim for a week (reroll if you don't have a career sim), give a sim a career, open a shop, go to work with a career sim (reroll if you don't have a career sim), go to work with a career sim for a week (reroll if you don't have a career sim), do not go to work with a career sim for a week (reroll if you don't have a career sim), give a sim a career, open a shop, collect a geode
Additional Events for Get Together: start a club, join a club, leave a club (reroll if no sim is in a club), start a club, join a club, leave a club (reroll if no sim is in a club), have a club meeting (reroll if no sim is in a club) have a club meeting (reroll if no sim is in a club), have a club meeting (reroll if no sim is in a club)
Additional Events for City Living: rent an apartment, rent an apartment, rent an apartment, attend a festival, attend a festival, attend a festival, collect 5 posters, collect 5 snow globes, sing karaoke, sing karaoke, eat from a food stall, eat from a food stall, eat from a food stall, give away apartment key, make street art, busk for tips
Additional Events for Outdoor Retreat: go camping for a weekend, go camping for three days, go camping for a week, rent a cabin for a weekend, rent a cabin for three days, rent a cabin for a week, explore a cave, go camping for a weekend, go camping for three days, go camping for a week, rent a cabin for a weekend, rent a cabin for three days, rent a cabin for a week, explore a cave, collect 5 insects
Additional Events for Dine Out: go out to eat, go out to eat, open a restaurant, go out to eat
Additional Events for Cool Kitchen Stuff: make ice cream, make ice cream, make ice cream
Additional Events for Movie Hangout Stuff: movie night, movie watching party, make popcorn, movie night, movie watching party, make popcorn, movie night, movie watching party, make popcorn
Lot Traits (OPTIONAL)
When moving to a new lot, you may roll for as many random lot traits as you like, but you may not reroll any once rolled.
homey, fast internet, great acoustics, science lair, convivial, natural light, bracing breezes, private dwelling
Additional for City Living: chef's kitchen, quake zone, good schools, mean vibe, home studio, sunny aspect, cursed, grody, gremlins, penny pixies, party place, filthy, haunted, romantic aura, great soil, child's play, on ley line, gnomes
