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Bloodlines is a vampire / lycan / human / angel / demon system and multi-player online role-playing game based in Second Life. The vampire component of Bloodlines was released on May 6, 2008, and the Lycan component was released on July 7, 2009. The Human HUD was released on December 17, 2010. The Angel & Demon HUDs was released on May 5, 2018.Virtue(Human) updated January 19th, 2020. 
==Basic Systems==
All you need to play Bloodlines is one of the HUDs. You can own the Thirst vampire HUD, the Rage lycan HUD, the Virtue human HUD, The Ascent angel HUD, The Torment demon HUD or all five. These systems come with the following standard components:
# A HUD (Heads-Up Display): This is a control panel that attaches to one of your HUD attachment points so it appears on your screen and provides you with buttons to perform the various actions in the game.
# A Nexus Object: This is an object that attaches to your avatar and communicates with your HUD. It manages animations and effects on your avatar. You must wear your Nexus object in order to use many of the core functions of your HUD. The Nexus is invisible by default and will not change your appearance unless you make it visible using your HUD, in which case it will appear as an orb floating above your shoulder.
# Stat Viewer: This is avatar attachment that allows you to display your game stats over your head as floating text.
# Cosmetic attachments: Your race system may also include various cosmetic attachments. The Thirst includes vampire fangs, the Rage includes lycan claws, and the Ascent and Torment include angel and demon wings respectively. These are not required, and are only used for visual enhancement and roleplay. You are not required to wear these attachments, you can wear any cosmetic attachments you like. In previous versions of the Thirst and The Rage, the fangs and claws were required for the functions that the Nexus object now handles.
# Cosmetic victim attachments:This will come in the form of Vampire Bite Marks, Lycan Claw Wounds, the Corrupted Runestone, or the Exalted Runestone. This is an attachment that will be automatically offered to new people that you hunt so they can wear them. These attachments respond to attacks by spraying blood (bite marks or claw wounds), or glowing (runestones). They are free and come with copy / transfer permissions, which means you can give copies of them to your friends, so you can role-play attacking them.
* Cosmetic victim attachments:Elder Emblem. If you get sap, it will be spraying cider.
* Cosmetic victim attachments:Come with the Virtue HUD is not transferable.
* Legend HUD (Included in all HUDs, no need to purchase a new one)
==Bloodlines Overview==
Bloodlines is a system with many different optional game mechanics that you can use to compete with other avatars or use for roleplaying. It is primarily a framework that you can use in your own worlds with supernatural creatures, and does not have a detailed mythology or story behind it. We want to keep the system open so you can roleplay any mythology you like. You can roleplay supernatural characters in any time period or setting you like.
One of the primary mechanics in Bloodlines has to do with attaining various race statuses. All players start out as human, regardless of which HUD they choose, and there are various paths to turning into the various races. If they are attacked by a Bloodlines vampire or lycan, some of their humanity is lost and transformed into either Vital Blood, feeding the vampire curse, or Lumens, feeding the lycan curse. If they are attacked by an Angel or Demon, their humanity is lost and transformed into Ether or Ichor and the human will also gain Shift. Shift will allow a human to eventually become an Angel or Demon once 100% shift is collected. Once humanity is completely lost, a player switches to the status of 'Revenant', or a walking undead. If they are at 100% Shift however, they will instead become a 'Wraith' and be able to Ascend to the status of Angel or Demon. Only players with the Thirst or the Rage HUD will become Revenants and only players with the Ascent or Torment HUD can become Wraiths. From this point for Revenants, they can be filled with Vital Blood and Embraced as a Vampire, or filled with Lumens and Enraged as a lycan. Wraiths can fill with Ether to become Consecrated as an Angel or Ichor to become Desecrated as a Demon. Or, if they fill themselves with a combination of two metrics, they can become a cross between two races (provided they have the necessary Shift if becoming an Angelic or Demonic Hybrid), empowered with the strength of each, but also suffering both curses, to seek out Vital Blood, Lumens, Ether, or Ichor from the remaining humans. On your first attack, 5% of your humanity is lost, and more cannot be taken unless you join the game. If someone only owns the Virtue HUD, their humanity can be drained to zero without becoming a Revenant or Wraith, they just become devoid of humanity. Humans cannot be Embraced or Enraged unless they own the Thirst or the Rage HUDs and cannot be Consecrated or Desecrated without an Ascent or Torment HUD. A human who owns the Virtue HUD can choose to be initiated into the Elder order, which requires a sacrifice of 20% humanity. An Elder operates just like the other Bloodlines Core Races in that they suffer the nightly curse and must replenish their metric which is humanity in this case.
Status 	Action 	Resulting Status
Human 	Humanity reduced to 0% by vampire bites or lycan claws, and shift < 100% 	Revenant (precursor to Lycan or Vampire)
 	100% of humanity converted to 100% shift through angelic exaltations and demonic corruptions.	Wraith (precursor to Angel or Demon)
 	Wear the Virtue Ring (Initiated) and sacrifice 20% Humanity 	Elder
Revenant	Fills to 5L Vital (Embraced) 	Vampire
 	Fills to 50 Lumens (Enraged) 	Lycan
Wraith 	Fills to 5 Ichor (Desecrated) 	Demon
 	Fills to 50 Ether (Consecrated) 	Angel
Elder 	Drinks SnakeRoot 	Human
Vampire 	Fills to 50 Lumens (Enraged) 	Vaewolf
 	Fills to 5 Ichor (Desecrated) 	Blood Demon
 	Fills to 50 Ether (Consecrated) 	Blood Angel
 	Drinks Nightshade 	Human
Lycan 	Fills to 5 Vital (Embraced) 	Vaewolf
 	Fills to 5 Ichor (Desecrated) 	Moon Demon
 	Fills to 50 Ether (Consecrated) 	Moon Angel
 	Drinks Wolfsbane 	Human
Angel 	Fills to 5 Ichor (Desecrated) 	Nephilem
 	Fills to 5 Vital (Embraced) 	Blood Angel
 	Fills to 50 Lumens (Enraged) 	Moon Angel
 	Drinks Brimstone 	Human
Demon 	Fills to 50 Ether (Consecrated) 	Nephilem
 	Fills to 5 Vital (Embraced) 	Blood Demon
 	Fills to 50 Lumens (Enraged) 	Moon Demon
 	Drinks Holy Water 	Human