The wild Horse Challenge
If any of you were like me growing up... you had at least 5 horses figurines... 1 or 2 with manes and tail you could actually brush.. and the rest frozen in time prancing. Regardless, imaginations ran wild. With this challenge I'm hoping to capture the fantasy of the wild herd in all our imaginations and bring these beasts to life.
To Start:
BEST mods are: I cant remember the name but it stops animals from running home automatically (especially in this case, horses.)
Mod which stops automatic run around, stops horses from running miles on end for no reason
Another good mod was the horses sleep on the ground mod.
Chose a world with NO roads. NONE. It makes for better game play...
Empty worlds are your best friend.... you'll soon realize why.
To Start: As in all wild horse herds... there is a magnificent stallion. He is strong, confidant, aggressive. -> You must chose to create 1 male Horse. (He CAN LOOK WHATEVER WAY YOU WANT) He must be of the largest build, muscular and wild (think long flowing manes and tails, fluffy hooves, horse beards etc etc) This is YOUR AVATAR.
in your world.. you are allowed to create only:
1) your home LOT = ONLY a breeding stable ( oNE SPACIOUS PLOT WITH A STABLE WHICH WILL ONLY BE USED FOR BREEDING)
2) 2-3 sizable garden lots ALL OVER THE MAP = by description ( tree plants are located in one place...mushroom varieties are located in another lot..... alchemy herbs located separately....)
DO not put all plant options into each lot... break them up according to whatever theme suits you
Try to arrange your lots so that your herd MUST be on the move daily in order to meet their needs. If you are able to exist on 1 lot with your herd then you are cheating... be realistic. Perhaps one lot is strictly grazing, the other is only water... 1 lot accomplishes racing.. the other jumping... one lot only has fresh water. Try to be realistic.. a horse herd is always on the move.. you want to reproduce this in your game.
3) if your world has a beach/ocean front . you must create ONLY 1 pure water or fresh water source for your horses ( horses can not live off salt-water) and THIS LOT MUST NOT HAVE ANY PRODUCE ON THE LOT!
4) If your world does NOT have a fresh water source.. you CAN drink Sea water, however, EVERY ACTION AFTER (SOCIAL ) MUST BE DELAYED BY 3 days ( think of your sim as sick = he can not win a dice roll... he can not socialize.. he cannot seduce other.. he is a lonely depressive male.)
5) Create a lot with horse physical tests/exercises (one lot can be only jumping.. the other only racing..) make it very basic. You must NOT accomplish 2 goals on the same lot, and therefore may only accomplish 1 goal per day.
6) You must/may ONLY seduce 1 mare to join your herd every 2 POINTS of jumping or racing your stallion achieves. (OR every 2-3 days if your horse must drink salt water..with zero skill leveling in the process - if your stallion gets sick right away without any skills.. you MAY NOT seduce a mare into your herd.. you will have to acquire the skills first in order to unlock this ability) YOU MUST NOT ACCEPT ANY OTHER HORSES. UNTIL YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
7) As the leader of your herd you only want females.... you must fight young males. You can do this by dice rolling ( which ever horse rolls the lowest must walk away from the herd or the main stallion can kick out any young male horses once they reach their
young adult age - this can also be the start of another heard....I.E young male leaves the heard and tries to create his own heard family)
8) Your want to keep the best of your male offspring with the highest traits being( bravery, adventures, loves outdoors, family oriented etc) You can do so.. by either selecting ONE of your male offspring *(once you pick your heir... you CAN NOT go back on your decision) as the male stallion to continue your herd... OR... you have the option to create a new herd from a male offspring (taking in whatever new random horse is populated) and then dice rolling against the other to claim ownership.
If you attempt to run your herd from one location (your stallion must lead your herd) and a mare or colt gets left behind.... you must DELETE the lost horse and punish your stallion by either reducing his skills by 2 or waiting 6 days before he can try to befriend a new horse to join his herd. Essentially he failed as provider and protector and therefore he must learn his lesson.
If you want to make it harder, you can make mares develop skills before they are able to reproduce. 2 skills = 1 colt
Also... If colts or mares have terrible traits - you should delete/kill these colts and mares because they are too weak to survive. Survival of the fittest.
ADVANCED VERSION: All young males horses once turned into young adults... roll a dice against current Leader Stallion. Higher Dice rolls mean..young stallion takes over (and begins skill building and unlocking herd abilities all over again) Senior Stallion leaves herd...
Advanced Advanced... 1 of 2 options =
1) New younger stallion if wins dice rolls MUST regain relationship with mares in the herd and then populate with them
OR
2) Senior Stallion leaves herd WITH Mare companions (lovers etc) and young male stallion must re-build his own herd once he's acquired the necessary skills to do so - see above.
RULES:
I hate counting scores... so if you have a legit system.. please share?
There must NOT be 2 male young adult horses in 1 herd at a time.... but there can be child horses/youth horses, as soon as they age up.. they must either replace the herd leader (by dice) or create their own herd.. which does not mean stealing mares from the original herd ( NRAAS story progression is awesome when it comes to populating a world with animals.. you can even select how many - I suggest 5 at a time)
Your Stallion must EARN his mares. He can not be strong enough to protect his herd if he does not have the skills. You may ONLY level 1 HORSE a DAY for 1 LEVEL, whether it is racing or jumping etc,,
Stallions MUST have 1 jumping, or 1 racing, or 1 athletic skill BEFORE HE can seduce any wild mares into his herd (you can then use cheats to add mare to family)
Stallions may only seduce mares into their family once every 3 additional skill points ( 2 racing + 1 jump, etc)
IF your stallion happens to seduce a horse which turns out to be male... you MUST roll a DICE... HIGHER roller takes over herd... loser make must be immediately rejected and cast out from herd ( it can be confusing to find out the gender of wild horses... your goal is to befriend them until you are certain and then act accordingly. Males "fight to the death" - by dice roll... females.. must first meet Stallion objectives before they can be invited to herd and then impregnated.
There is so much to think about in this challenge.. Iv'e done it before a long time ago. and I am attempting it again. If anyone has any tweaks.. or concerns or ideas please shout out!
Load your stallion onto a plain lot (empty) and create a spot for a stable (for breeding)
Set your stallion into the world. if you have NRAAS progression you can control what immigrates... turn off all people, celebrities, dogs, cats, only accept horse immigration into the world. Deer immigration can make the game much harder as they will eat the produce on your lots you should have at least 3 deer immigration into your world to keep this challenging.
If you must load with a sim and your horse -> use testingcheatsenabled true to delete your sim. and allow your horse to rule.
Your horse may graze anywhere and at anytime
Your horse may drink any fresh water whenever.
Your horse can entice other horse strays to join your guild/..