Using the Sims 3 Weather Stone
I finally picked up a copy of Seasons (I found it on sale for half off - that never happens!) One of the first things I played with was the Weather Stone.
The Weather Stone looks like a big totem pole, and is ONLY found in your game if you have both Supernatural and Seasons installed. (That alone makes it unique, as far as I know.) The Weather Stone will spawn in your town automatically. You can delete it using cheats, but it will eventually re-spawn somewhere else.
To find the Weather Stone, switch to map view and look for the special map tag. The tag is a sort of purple color, and has an icon that looks like a mushroom or a t-shirt on a store display mannequin, but is probably meant to be a Greek column. The Weather Stone can appear anywhere in your world, but it seems to have a preference for populated areas. (In my Monte Vista, it plunked itself down outside the theater right on the central plaza.)
If you have a supernatural Sim, they can essentially petition the Weather Stone for a special weather effect. This has a fairly high failure rate - somewhere around 75%, in my experience. Sometimes the Weather Stone might get particularly angry, and hit your Sim with a lightning bolt, so don't push your luck!
The Weather Stone will only work once every 24 hours. When it is successful, it creates a weather effect that lasts 5 hours and has special magical benefits to your Sim. The higher your Sim's skill level, the more likely that they will be successful with the Weather Stone. But this doesn't mean that newbie supernaturals won't be able to use it. You might just need to try a few more times before it works.
Which weather you get will depend on what kind of supernatural being your Sim is:
- Witch: Bewitching Rain. The rain gives a positive moodlet, and makes Sims do a special rain dance.
- Werewolf: Hunter's Storm. This snowstorm makes your werewolf more likely to find collectibles, and can also drop collectibles on the ground for you to find (rather than spawning them as usual).
- Vampire: Eclipsing Fog. This makes other Sims willing to do your bidding, whether it's submit to being turned, or just being drained for a meal.
- Fairies: Reviving Sprinkle. This rains down flowers from the sky, and gives your gardens a boost.