About

The Thirst: Bloodlines is a complete vampire system and multi-player interactive role-playing game based in Second Life. It's based on the popular vampire system The Thirst that's been available in Second Life from Liquid Designs since the beginning of 2007.

Getting Started

All you need to play The Thirst: Bloodlines is a Second Life account and the Bloodlines HUD. You can sign up for a Second Life account for free at SecondLife.com. You can get the Bloodlines HUD (Heads-Up Display) at the Bloodlines store at Liquid Designs region in-world.

Once you have the Bloodlines HUD, you're ready to go. Just wear it, and you'll automatically be registered with the Bloodlines server. You will be able to check stats for yourself and other players on this website, and other players will be able to read your generation, status, and clan in-world. See the Bloodlines Glossary for definitions of important terms.

The Game

Objectives

There are many objectives to pursue in The Thirst: Bloodlines, and you can focus on whichever one is your favorite. However, the one objective that can't be avoided is the Thirst for Blood. All players must keep their Vital Blood high to keep from being destroyed and losing their vampire status. All objectives and the associated rules are explained below.

  1. Objective #1: Become a Vampire.
    There are two parts to becoming a vampire. First, you must have your humanity drained by others who have the Thirst. Blood is valuable, and the Thirst gives you the power to convert the humanity of your victims into precious vital blood. Your humanity starts at 100%, and this can be converted into a total of 5 liters of vital blood for others. When your humanity reaches 0, you will be Cursed. Each avatar only has 5 liters of vital blood to donate to the community, and once it's gone, it's gone forever. This is why new victims must constantly be sought out. The second part of becoming a vampire is to refill yourself to 5 Liters of vital blood. You can do this by biting others, draining them with the spike, or by drinking from blood containers. The first time you reach 5 Liters of vital blood after you are cursed, you will become embraced and will gain the status of Vampire.
  2. Objective #2: Increase your Status.
    Status is based on the number of total souls collected. You will get the soul of every vampire who you are the first to bite. If you are the first person to bite someone who hasn't purchased The Thirst, you will get their soul only when they purchase the system. Your total souls is the sum of the souls you have collected, and the souls collected by your minions. The more minions you have, and the more powerful they are, the higher your status will become. Be a good liege to your minions, because if they decide to pledge allegiance to someone else, you will lose thier souls from your soul total. You might think of a soul as one vote in determining who the highest ranked vampire is. The more souls you collect, the more power you have in determining who is on top.
  3. Objective #3: Accumulate Blood Wealth
    There is only so much blood to go around, so blood has value in the Thirst: Bloodlines RP world. You can accumulate blood wealth by storing Blood in Blood Casks and Tanks. You can purchase them full, or you can purchase them empty and fill them yourself with blood you collect. If you plan on accumlating Blood Wealth, it may be in your interest to pick up a Spike, which will allow you to convert the humanity of others into valuable vital blood in larger quantities. Everyone will know who the wealthiest Vampire is, and they may turn to you when they are desperate for blood. You can manage lists of the vampires that are allowed to drink from your casks and tanks. Blood is power!
  4. Objective #4: Stay "Alive"
    Every 24 hours, The Curse takes a toll of 0.25 Liters of vital blood from everyone. If you lose all of your vital blood, you lose all of your collected souls, unless you have protection from an Amulet. To do this, you must constantly seek out new victims as sources of vital blood.

General Rules

The following general rules apply:

  1. Vital Blood: You can never have more than 5 Liters of Vital Blood in your veins at any given time.
  2. Souls: Once you have become a Vampire, if you ever let your Vital Blood drop to zero, you will lose your collected souls and your status will drop to 'destroyed'. The possible ways to lose your Vital Blood is by the daily Curse, having it drank from your veins, draining it into a Cask or Tank, or by having it drained by a Spike. Depending on whether you have minions committed to you or not, you may drop in status and generation. It's in your interest to never let your Vital Blood drop to zero.
  3. Status: Your status is determined by the number of souls you and your minions collect. See the table below for more information on status.

Status Definitions

BadgeStatusDefinition
Human Everyone with a humanity greater than 0%
Revenant Reached 0% Humanity.
Vampire Reached 0% Humanity and 5 Liters of Vital Blood.
Bloodletter Collected 10 souls.
Tormentor Collected 25 souls.
Hellion Collected 50 souls.
Impaler Collected 100 souls.
Deathmerchant Collected 150 souls.
Archfiend / Archfiendess Collected 200 souls.
Count / Countess Collected 250 souls.
Baron / Baroness Collected 300 souls.
Prince / Princess Collected 350 souls.
King / Queen Collected 400 souls.
Destroyed When your vital blood drops to 0 and your souls are taken by the Curse.
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