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''For the obsolete item, see [[potion of blood]].''

'''Blood''' is a liquid present within most [[natural]] creatures.

==What has blood==
Most player [[species]] have blood. The player species who don't are: [[undead]] species ([[Revenant]], [[Poltergeist]], [[Mummy]]), [[Gargoyle]], and [[Djinni]]. Players may turn into a plant, nonliving, or undead [[transformation]] ([[Tree Form]], [[Statue Form]], [[Storm Form]]...), which removes blood while in the form.

[[Draconian]]s and players in [[Serpent Form]] are cold-blooded.

Most monsters that are [[natural]], and that are not [[list of insects|insects]], [[list of arachnids|arachnids]], [[list of jellies|jellies]], or [[list of eyeballs|eyeballs]], have blood. Some non-natural monsters, such as [[list of vampires|vampires]], will also have blood. If a monster has either the "warm-blooded" or "cold-blooded" tag, it has blood.

==Useful Info==
While blood seems cosmetic, creating blood splatters all over the Dungeon floor, it is used for a few mechanics within the game:

*The spell [[Sublimation of Blood]] can only be cast if you are in a form with blood.
*Vampiric attack flavours (e.g. attacks from [[vampire (monster)|vampires]]; ''not'' including the [[vampiric]] weapon brand) only work on a target with blood.
*[[Skyshark]]s check for blood with their [[Attack flavour#Bloodzerk|Bloodzerk]] attack flavour. If a Bloodzerk deals damage to a target with blood, the skyshark will gain [[might]] for a short period. If the skyshark damages a valid target with bloodzerk again, it will go [[berserk]].
*The player [[demonspawn mutation]], [[Ignite Blood]] will create flame [[cloud]]s whenever blood would splatter.

===Blood temperature===
Creatures with blood can either be '''cold-blooded''' or '''warm-blooded''':

*Cold-blooded creatures have a 50% chance of being [[slow]]ed when they are damaged by any of the following cold sources: [[Freezing]]-[[brand]]ed melee and ranged attacks, [[Freeze]], [[Frozen Ramparts]], [[Ozocubu's Refrigeration]], and [[Freezing Cloud|freezing vapour]].
:In addition, cold-blooded monsters are slowed twice as long by [[Metabolic Englaciation]].

*Warm-blooded creatures have no specific vulnerabilities (other than having blood in the first place).

==History==
*Prior to [[0.24]], [[Vampire]]s would drink [[potions of blood]] in place of regular [[food]].
*Prior to [[0.17]], creatures with blood were vulnerable to the bleeding status.

[[Category:Game mechanics]] [[Category:Blood temperature]]

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