Paranormal
- See also: Ghosthunter
- Not to be confused with The Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff.
The Paranormal career track is available with The Sims: Livin' Large and The Sims 2: University. Its main theme is fortune telling and connecting to the spiritual world, hence the name. The career track doesn't return in The Sims 3, nor in any of its expansion packs. However, the Fortune Teller career from The Sims 3: Supernatural is very similar to this career track, sharing some career levels, under different names. For example, the "Tarot Card Reader" level is basically the "Tarot Card Shark" level from Supernatural.
The Sims Edit
Combining entertainment's extremely low pay at rank 1 ($100), business' pay at rank 10 ($1200), politics' ridiculously high number of friends required to reach rank 10 (17 friends!), and the musician's brutally bent and low pay curve at every rank in between, paranormal is one of the worst career tracks in the game or any of its expansions. It is inferior to entertainment, business, pro athlete, and hacker in every conceivable way, except that it offers better pay at rank 4 than hacker and entertainment, and better pay at rank 9 than business. Only pursue this track if you're looking for an extreme challenge, or you're using cheat codes.
A Cult Leader will eventually change careers and become a Junior Executive in the business career track.
Chance Cards Edit
Paranormal Chance Cards | |||
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1) Psychic Phone Friend | |||
Predicting a promotion when a termination was on the way proved a bad mistake. Your supervisor docks your pay to accommodate the number of angry phone complaints you've generated. It costs you $250 to make amends to the company. | |||
2) Conspiracy Theorist | |||
No chance cards for this level | |||
3) Tarot Card Reader | |||
No chance cards for this level | |||
4) Hypnotist | |||
Your "Weight Loss through Hypnosis" seminar is a huge success!! Your avid (though hungry) fans are eager for more seminars and a book on tape. You gain a charisma point and a $4000 advance from your publisher. | |||
5) Medium | |||
No chance cards for this level | |||
6) Dowser | |||
No chance cards for this level | |||
7) Police Psychic | |||
Your profile of the worst serial killer in a decade gives such incredible insight to local and national law enforcement that he is tracked down in a matter or days. Receive 2 logic points, the gratitude of a nation, and $3000 as a reward. | |||
8) UFO Investigator | |||
No chance cards for this level | |||
9) Exorcist | |||
No chance cards for this level | |||
10) Cult Leader | |||
The Federal investigation of the financial management of your charitable organization leaves you a free citizen, but one who wishes for a bit less exposure to the public eye. Use your familiarity with finance and management to excel in your new career in the business world.
Positive: Change to the Business career track as a Junior Executive. |
The Sims 2 Edit
The paranormal career requires a college education. Thus, there is no part-time career for teens and elders. If The Sims 2: Apartment Life is installed, Techs are likely to work in this career. The reward object is the Resurrect-O-Nomitron, available when promoted to Medium. It can be used to resurrect dead Sims. The college majors associated with this career are Philosophy, Psychology, and Physics.
Promotion Levels Edit
Adult Chance Cards Edit
- For more information on Chance Cards in The Sims 2, see Chance card.
Trivia Edit
- The Paranormal career level 6 in The Sims 2: University, "Douser", uses an alternate spelling of dowser, which spelling might be less familiar to some players.
- The Paranormal career track icon is reminiscent of the all-seeing eye, which is often used in popular culture to refer to the paranormal.