Behind the scenes at Grimstead

Ok so in a recent post i decided that i was going to career cap female sims and since then i have realized that with all the new expansions and career’s i have perhaps it’s time to finally sit down and work out who is allowed what jobs and who is allow to progress how far in these jobs because i haven’t done this since i started back when i just had the basic game and the pet’s expansion.

As with everything i do i plan to an insane detail, sometimes i have to wonder if im alittle too obsessive over these things haha.

List of Career’s and my interpretation of what these jobs are in a medieval world.

• Oceanography – Sailors
• Intelligence – Royal Spy’s
• Entertainment – Jester’s / street performers / Bards etc (Acting)
• Dance – Jester’s / street performers / Bards etc (Dancing)
• Architecture – Same
• Music – Jester’s / street performers / Bards etc (Music)
• Law – Aldermen, Justice of the Peace
• Journalism , Heralds , Town criers, Messengers.
• Gamer – Any Technical Career (Blacksmith, weaponsmith, seem stress etc)
• Education – Teachers
• Adventurer – Bounty hunters , Seekers of fame and fortune
• Show Business – higher class performers.
• Paranormal – Witches
• Natural Science – Hunters, games keepers etc
• Artist – artists.
• Slacker – odd job men.
• Science – inventor’s
• Politics’ – Royal councellers
• Military – Soldier
• Medicine – Men(Doctor/Dentists) Women (Midwifes)
• Law Enforcement – Watchmen,
• Culinary – Cooks, waitress’s etc
• Criminal – Criminals
• Business – Merchants.
• Athletic – Woodsmen and other Physically Strenuous jobs.
• Worker – Farm workers / General Laborers
• Baker – Baker
• Writing – Scribes.
• Construction – Builders.
• Cryptologist – code cracker / Code Maker used for “Secret messages”
• Equestrian – stable hands / Grooms
• Fighter – Body Guards, bouncers, caravan guards, militia etc
• Assassination – assassins (royal and otherwise)
• Knight – Knights
• Priest – Male (Priests) Females (Nuns)
• Servants – Servants in a lord/lady or royal household
• Tome Raider – Grave robber
• Apothecary – Apothecary

Ok who is allowed what jobs and Job Limits.

Noble/Royal – Men (No Career Limits)

• Priest, Knight , Cryptologist, Writing, Business, Criminal, Medicine, Military, Politics’ , Science , Adventurer ,Law , Intelligence , Architecture

Noble/Royal – Women (none allowed)

Merchant – Men (University Grads) (No Career Limit’s)

• Oceanography , Intelligence Entertainment Dance Architecture Music Journalism, Gamer , Education, Adventurer , Show Business ,Natural Science , Artist, Slacker , Science , Military , Medicine , Law Enforcement, Culinary ,Criminal, Business, Athletic, Worker, Baker, Writing, Construction, Cryptologist, Equestrian, Fighter, Assassination, Priest, Servants, Tome Raider, Apothecary

Merchant – Men (Private School) ($2000 per day earning limit)

Merchant – Men (Public School) ($1500 per day earning limit)

• Oceanography , Intelligence, Entertainment, Dance, Architecture, Music, Journalism, Gamer , Adventurer , Show Business ,Natural Science , Artist, Slacker , Military , Law Enforcement, Culinary ,Criminal, Business, Athletic, Worker, Baker, Writing, Construction, Equestrian, Fighter, Assassination, Priest, Servants, Tome Raider

Merchant women (University Grads) ($1000 per day wage cap)

Intelligence, Entertainment, Dance, Music, Gamer , Education, Show Business , Artist, Slacker , Medicine , Culinary ,Criminal, Worker, Baker, Writing, Construction, Equestrian, Assassination, Priest, Servants, Tome Raider

Merchant women (Private School) ($800 per day wage cap)

Merchant women (Public School) ($600 per day wage cap)

• Entertainment Dance Music Gamer , Show Business ,Artist, Slacker , Medicine, Culinary ,Criminal, Worker, Baker, Equestrian, Servants, Tome Raider

Peasant Men ($1000 per day wage cap)

• Oceanography, Entertainment Dance Music Adventurer ,Natural Science, Artist, Slacker , Military, Culinary ,Criminal, Athletic, Worker, Baker, Construction, Equestrian, Fighter, Priest, Servants, Tome Raider,

Peasant Woman ($500 per day wage cap)

• Dance, Music, Slacker ,Culinary ,Criminal, Worker, Baker, Servants,Tome Raider

Ok firstly it’s important to note that rules are indeed made to be broken and if story line etc deems it then sim quite happy breaking any/all of these rules haha.

Secondly it’s worth noting that many of my sims already break these rules especially the “Pay Caps”, what i will do is rather than totally destroying my kingdom and my tax system by on mass lowering everyones wages meaning many people will suddenly not be able to afford the homes they are already in etc.

What i will do instead is use this as a guide for the future, from now on sims wont be able to breach these limits. As for sims who already breach them i will take it very much on a case by case basis as i play the family’s, if i can afford to lower wages of sims without causing them to lose their homes i will do, if i can’t then i’ll leave them as they currently stand, i don’t mind making my sims struggle but tossing the poor little simmie’s out of their homes will just cause chaos as it send’s ripples right the way up though my economy.

However there is a good reason for all these changes, firstly i wanted to make the differences bettween the sex’s alittle bit more real, and secondly i wanted a reason for family’s to fight to send kids to private school / University .. this way family’s really are giving thier sons / daughers a better future be paying the university fee’s.