Rambunctious Religions (2024)

“The Congregation of Non-Believers puts logic above all else. Imagination is reserved for fiction (which they are fond of); logic governs the rest. Some of them like to try to convince religious Sims that their faith is but a flight of fancy. Other Non-Believer Sims have more respect for all the faiths of the world, but simply do not understand them or partake. Sims within the Congretion of Non-Believers enjoy activities that involve logic and science. They dislike wellness activities such as yoga and meditation, and anything they would call “New Agey”.”
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Faith Effects:

– Happy moodlet when performing scientific and logic activities;
– Bored moodlet when performing wellness activities or dancing.
– Confident moodlet when trying to disprove others’ faith (for the rudest members of the Congregation out there….)
– 50% faster skill increase in Rocket Science, Logic and Robotics
– Social need decreases 40% slower
– 50% better career performance for Detective, Scientist and Astronaut.
– Exclusive social interactions (availability differs depending on who the listener is, see screenshots):
Praise Mighty Science, Explain the Beauty of Mathematics (grants logic skill to the listener), Criticize Lack of Rational Thought, Wonder about the Endless Universe (grants inspired to speaker, and to listener if member of same faith), Discuss Scientific Theories ( energized for speaker, and listener if same faith), Try to Disprove Faith with Science (angry moodlet has 70% chance of being given to listener, speaker gets a confident moodlet).

“Some Sims believe that they are not alone – that they are, in fact, never alone, but always under the mighty eye of the Watcher. Fickle and unpredictable is the watcher – at times looking on with fondness, and granting Sims their every whim and desire – other times, casting an angry eye onto their lives, removing ladders from swimming pools, breaking relationships, or pushing them to work on a skill to exhaustion. Some days, a Sim will turn to the sky and wave in despair to ask for their needs to be metly to receive no answer – and other times, their prayer will be heard. Benevolent or merciless is the Watcher. Of course, Sims that believe in It do their best to attract to themselves Its more generous side. They try to behave as well as they can and clean their plates instead of leaving them on the table. They believe that the Watcher likes to see them create, therefore creativity is their favored way to honor their deity. They see Occult creatures as a form of Evil, for they embody the darker sides of the Watcher.; they are therefore instantly uncomfortable near vampires, aliens, spellcasters and mermaids. Of course, human Evil and Mean sims also make them uncomfortable.”

– Tense moodlet in the presence of Occult sims
– Happy moodlet after giving blessings
– Happy moodlet when engaging in any creative activity
– 50% faster skill gain in piano, parenting and singing.
– Need for fun decreases 40% slower
– Better career performance for Law, Politics (activist) and Doctor.
– Exclusive social interactions (availability differs depending on who the listener is, see screenshots):Admire for Good Behavior, Criticize for Unbefitting Behavior, Praise the Watcher, Warn Against What Angers the Watcher (may grant either a happy or angry moodlet to listener, grants a happy moodlet to speaker), Give Friendly Blessings (same).

Note: Occult Sims can join, they will just get an occasional embarassed moodlet.
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“This faith unites alien believers and incognito aliens, vampire worshipers and vampires themselves. Mermaids and Spellcasters sit amongst humans as they all listen to the same sermon. The Treaders of the Occult fully embrace inter-species dynamics and advocate for peace and acceptance. Members of this faith are happy in presence of Occult Sims. Occult Sims gain interactions that will quickly make them friends with the human Treaders. All Treaders share a taste for the gothic and classic styles, and a love for the night. Treaders become Confident in the depths of night, and a little uncomfortable around noon.”
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– Confident moodlet around midnight
– Uncomfortable moodlet around midday
– Happy moodlet when in the presence of Occult sims
– 50% skill increase in Charisma, Mischief, Vampiric Knowledge, and the Pipe Organ.
– All needs of Human Sims decrease 40% slower (except bladder, ignoring you need to pee is much harder than not feeling sleepy haha) as these Sims are more remote from the normal and physical realm.
– 50% improved career performance for Actor, Secret Agent and Criminal
– Exclusive social interactions (availability differs depending on who the listener is, see screenshots):Praise Occult Powers (grants confident moodletto listener), Admire the Night, Share Secret Occult Knowledge (grants happy moodlet to listener), Bemoan not Being Occult/Human, Criticize for Vilifying Occults (may grant an embarassed moodlet to listeners, 70% chances).

“The faithful of the Cult of the Cowplant are Nature worshipers. They focus on protecting and understanding nature. The Cowplant embodies the mysteries of Mother Nature. Sims of this religion love to garden in general, and practice Wellness activities – yoga, meditation, etc. Members of the Cult of the Cowplant dislike technology, and become bored when using computers, playing video games, or watching TV. And, in case you were curious – they are not afraid of being eaten by Cowplants… On the contrary, if the plant spits you out, it means you have truly become a friend of the Cowplant, and of its worshipers.”

– Happy moodlet when gardening or doing wellness activities
– Bored moodlet when using technology
– + Happy moodlet after doing Cowplant activities
– 50% faster skill gain in gardening, herbalism, and wellness
– Need for Energy decreases 40% slower.
– 50% better career performance in Gardener, Diver and Conservationist
– Exclusive social interactions (availability differs depending on who the listener is, see screenshots): Enthuse about Cowplants, Praise Mother Nature, Praise Vegan Lifestyle, Encourage to Recycle (confident moodlet for speaker), Criticize for Wastefulness (same, may also add embarrassed moodletfor listener – 70% chances).

• Either buy “The Holy Book” from a bookshelf or from build mode (look for “Holy Book” in search bar).
• Pick a Sim, click the book, choose“Discover Religion”.
• After a tiny bit of reading, your Sim will get a notification that they have discovered religion. You can let them finish reading.
• Now when clicking on your Sim, you have a new menu: “Religion”. In that menu, choose “Select a Faith”.
• In the menu that pops up, choose the SimReligion you want for your Sim.
• Once that is done, your Sim will have a trait corresponding to the SimReligion they joined, and a brand new “Religion” pie menu (visible when clicking other Sims for interacting with them).
• Your Sim can convert other Sims through the “Try to convert” interaction.
• Beware! If you change religions later, you will lose your religious progress, as each faith is different!

• Religion skill!Gain skill by using religious interactions and reading the Holy Book. Plus, in-game instructions regarding the skills and how to unlock interactions, in case you ever need a refresher (available in the “action — Religion menu”)
• Twonew prayer interactionsthat unlock at higher skill levels.
• Events(rabbit hole) with storytelling moodlets, such as an initiation ceremony (with a different ‘story’ for each SimReligion; during initiation, Sims sequence through 4 story moodlets that tell you what is happening). Most of these also have 3 different possible outcome moodlets.
• Some interactions nowunlockonly if sim has had an initiation or has reached a certain skill level.
• Control world religion!Automatically assign SimReligion and skill level or absence thereof to all other Sims present. Or, automatically remove religion from all Sims present. OR activate the autonomous assignment of religion to all Sims your active sim meets over the next 10 sim days. Will not affect Sims to whom you manually assigned religions. In order to not break immersion when playing, these options are nested in the “Actions — Religion” menu, where the SimReligion-choosing buttons are, and not in the “Religion” menu where Sims find interactions to perform.
• “Ask Sim if Religious”interaction.
• Club rulesfor each religion!
• Objectives for the “Religious Official” career have been modified to better fit these new features.

The Holy Book – Universal to all religions. Yes, it just magically knows what to write in itself depending on your Sim’s faithMore seriously, it makes more sense in terms of efficiency to have only one book.
Uses: Allows Sims to discover SimReligion
– Grants religious Sims a happy moodlet upon reading.

Just grab a podium, put it in your church, and under “Give Speech”, use the “Give Religious speech” action in church. This counts towards career and social event goals. If you have City Living, you have this.

This is for players who don’t have City Living ONLY. This is a very imperfect substitution for the “give sermon” podium interaction (the podium comes with City Living). This microphone will allow Sims to give sermons. Unfortunately, because of the complexities of the microphone, and despite having spent days on trying to perfect it, I had to keep the comedy moodlets for listeners (removing or substituting them always caused bugs no matter how I went about it). The animation is also wonky. So your Sim will give a sermon and whomever is listening will react like they heard a comedy routine. If you have City Living, use the podiums instead. Otherwise, use this but be aware of its current caveats. It will count towards social event and career goals either way.

This mod is best used with at least one pack with occults (vampires, Island Living, Get to Work or Realm of Magic) and City Living (and once I have club rules and outfits up, Get Together). Some of the religion perks or activities pertain to other various packs. If you have Base-Game only, this is what you get:
– A fully available Worship of the Watcher
– You can join Treaders of the Occults but of course perks and interactions related to occults won’t be available. You can make this a little better by grabbing the Psychic Sims module and making some Sims Psychic, it counts as occult.
– A fully available Congregation of Non-Believers (or almost)
– A somewhat available Cult of the Cowplant (a bunch of perks there relate to other packs)
– A fully available Church Building, career and social event (note, you will have to use the not-great Sermonator Microphone as a prop for sermons if you don’t have the podium from City Living)