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[center][size=6][b]Lineage Project Guide and Directory[/b][/size][/center] [center][size=5][b]Introduction[/b][/size][/center] [center][b]What is a Lineage Project? [/b][/center] A lineage project is a family of dragons descended from one or more founders, who serve as "heads" of the family. Lineage projects generally have lore that goes into the family's backstory, explains how and why the family's growth began, and sets them apart from other dragons on Flight Rising. Lineage projects also have generation numbers to track how distantly removed a specific dragon is from the founders. Lineage projects have been a part of Flight Rising for a long time. The oldest lineage project on Flight Rising is [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/1350553#post_1350553]The Stogwen Project[/url], which dates back to early 2015. Other lineage projects followed suit later in the year, and before long the number and popularity of lineage projects started to rise. Today, there are a large number of active lineage projects to participate in, and new ones are still being created. I've created two of my own, and I occasionally receive PMs from players asking for advice on how to start their own lineage projects. To that end, I decided to create this guide. It's by no means a comprehensive resource, but I wanted to provide a good starting point to players who want to explore lineage projects and see what goes into creating one. [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/to8rg5P.png[/img][/center] [center][b]Table of Contents[/b][/center] This guide is organized by general topic, with subsections that dive into more specific topics in greater detail. Use the Table of Contents to quickly reference which topics are covered in which posts, and to jump to a specific post of interest. [quote] 1. [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2354399#post_2354399]Introduction[/url] [LIST] [*]What is a Lineage Project? [*]Table of Contents [/LIST] 2. [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2354399#post_31190261]Before You Begin[/url] 3. [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2354399#post_31190267]Creating Your Lineage Project[/url] [LIST] [*]Founders [*]Lineage Requirements [*]Lore [/LIST] 4. [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2354399#post_31190273]Organizing Your Thread[/url] [LIST] [*]Where Should I Post My Thread? [*]Introduction Post and Rules [*]Pinglists [*]Directories and Family Trees [*]Affiliates [*]Other Thread Components [/LIST] 5. [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2354399#post_31190276]Challenges and Troubleshooting[/url] [LIST] [*]Becoming Visible [*]Population Bottlenecks [*]Saturation [*]Moderating Your Thread [/LIST] 6. [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/2354399#post_31190277]Lineage Project Directory[/url] [/quote]
Lineage Project Guide and Directory

Introduction

What is a Lineage Project?

A lineage project is a family of dragons descended from one or more founders, who serve as "heads" of the family. Lineage projects generally have lore that goes into the family's backstory, explains how and why the family's growth began, and sets them apart from other dragons on Flight Rising. Lineage projects also have generation numbers to track how distantly removed a specific dragon is from the founders.

Lineage projects have been a part of Flight Rising for a long time. The oldest lineage project on Flight Rising is The Stogwen Project, which dates back to early 2015. Other lineage projects followed suit later in the year, and before long the number and popularity of lineage projects started to rise.

Today, there are a large number of active lineage projects to participate in, and new ones are still being created. I've created two of my own, and I occasionally receive PMs from players asking for advice on how to start their own lineage projects. To that end, I decided to create this guide. It's by no means a comprehensive resource, but I wanted to provide a good starting point to players who want to explore lineage projects and see what goes into creating one.

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Table of Contents

This guide is organized by general topic, with subsections that dive into more specific topics in greater detail. Use the Table of Contents to quickly reference which topics are covered in which posts, and to jump to a specific post of interest.
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1. Introduction
  • What is a Lineage Project?
  • Table of Contents
2. Before You Begin
3. Creating Your Lineage Project
  • Founders
  • Lineage Requirements
  • Lore
4. Organizing Your Thread
  • Where Should I Post My Thread?
  • Introduction Post and Rules
  • Pinglists
  • Directories and Family Trees
  • Affiliates
  • Other Thread Components
5. Challenges and Troubleshooting
  • Becoming Visible
  • Population Bottlenecks
  • Saturation
  • Moderating Your Thread
6. Lineage Project Directory
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Before You Begin

Before you decide to go forward with creating your lineage project, there are some important points to consider. Lineage projects are a lot of fun, but they're also a time commitment, especially as they grow in size and garner attention. To a degree, the success of your lineage project will be determined by the amount of time and energy you're willing to put into it.

Here are some things to think about when deciding whether or not to create a lineage project of your own:
  • Do you enjoy participating actively in the forums? Running a lineage project requires you to spend a good amount of time in your project's thread, talking to participants, and finding ways to promote your lineage.
  • Do you have enough time to devote to maintaining a lineage project? Depending on the size of your project, the way you set up your thread, and the number of participants you have, managing a lineage project can be a major time commitment. Having a co-moderator can make your thread easier to keep up with, but as the creator of the thread, you will be the only player capable of modifying many of your thread's important posts.
  • Do you have a basic understanding of BBCode? Setting up a lineage project thread involves a lot of coding, and the more comfortable you are with BBCode, the easier it will be to set up and maintain your project thread. Here is a good general-purpose guide to BBCode that you can use if you'd like to familiarize yourself with it.
  • Do you have lore ideas for your lineage project? Lore is one of the best ways of setting yourself apart from existing lineage projects. If you don't want to write lore yourself or aren't comfortable with your writing, are you willing to pay a lore writer to create lore for you?
  • Are you comfortable with the idea of moderating a thread? Conflict can sometimes arise in lineage projects, just as it can in any other thread. Having a solid set of rules can give you a place to refer back to and minimize conflict, but in some cases you may have to speak directly to players who aren't following the rules of your lineage project.
  • Have you participated in other lineage projects? It's not required, but visiting other lineage project threads and becoming active will give you an idea about what it's like to participate in one. You can also observe the thread moderators and get an idea of the sorts of conflicts that can arise when you're managing your own thread. In addition, having a good relationship with other lineages can help you gain new members and affiliations once you create a project of your own.
Before You Begin

Before you decide to go forward with creating your lineage project, there are some important points to consider. Lineage projects are a lot of fun, but they're also a time commitment, especially as they grow in size and garner attention. To a degree, the success of your lineage project will be determined by the amount of time and energy you're willing to put into it.

Here are some things to think about when deciding whether or not to create a lineage project of your own:
  • Do you enjoy participating actively in the forums? Running a lineage project requires you to spend a good amount of time in your project's thread, talking to participants, and finding ways to promote your lineage.
  • Do you have enough time to devote to maintaining a lineage project? Depending on the size of your project, the way you set up your thread, and the number of participants you have, managing a lineage project can be a major time commitment. Having a co-moderator can make your thread easier to keep up with, but as the creator of the thread, you will be the only player capable of modifying many of your thread's important posts.
  • Do you have a basic understanding of BBCode? Setting up a lineage project thread involves a lot of coding, and the more comfortable you are with BBCode, the easier it will be to set up and maintain your project thread. Here is a good general-purpose guide to BBCode that you can use if you'd like to familiarize yourself with it.
  • Do you have lore ideas for your lineage project? Lore is one of the best ways of setting yourself apart from existing lineage projects. If you don't want to write lore yourself or aren't comfortable with your writing, are you willing to pay a lore writer to create lore for you?
  • Are you comfortable with the idea of moderating a thread? Conflict can sometimes arise in lineage projects, just as it can in any other thread. Having a solid set of rules can give you a place to refer back to and minimize conflict, but in some cases you may have to speak directly to players who aren't following the rules of your lineage project.
  • Have you participated in other lineage projects? It's not required, but visiting other lineage project threads and becoming active will give you an idea about what it's like to participate in one. You can also observe the thread moderators and get an idea of the sorts of conflicts that can arise when you're managing your own thread. In addition, having a good relationship with other lineages can help you gain new members and affiliations once you create a project of your own.
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Creating Your Lineage Project

Creating your lineage is one of the best parts of making a lineage project! There are a few components that go into every lineage project, and I'll briefly discuss each of them here.

Founders

Your founding dragon (or dragons) will serve as the head of your family. All of the lineage project dragons in your thread will be descended from the founders you choose, so it's important to give them a bit of attention in this guide.

The number and breed of founders you choose will have a big impact on your lineage project in its early days, but becomes less important as time passes and more dragons are born. Lineages with multiple founders are able to populate their ranks more quickly, as are lineages where the founder is a breed with a shorter cooldown. Plentiful breeds can have twice as many nests a month as Rare breeds. However, the more hatchlings are born to a lineage project, the more quickly it will reach its saturation point. For more on saturation of lineage projects, see the "Challenges" post further along in this guide.

Your founder or founders should also be able to always produce hatchlings that meet the breed, color, and gene requirements of your lineage project. Don't let any babies go to waste! If your lineage project is exclusively for Pearlcatchers, for example, it wouldn't make sense to have your founder be a Spiral since half of their hatchlings would be the wrong breed if they were bred with a Pearlcatcher. Likewise, if all the dragons in your lineage project are supposed to have Glimmer as a tertiary gene, it doesn't make sense to choose a founder with Runes.

It should also go without saying that you should be attached to the founder or founders you choose, since your lineage project will depend on them being active in the game. But if you want to start a lineage based on one of your dragons, chances are you probably love them already.

Lineage Requirements

The only mandatory criteria for a lineage project is that all the dragons included in it have to be descended from the founder. While not a mandatory part of running a lineage project, most lineages have some additional secondary requirements in order for a dragon to count as a member of a lineage.

It's important to think about striking a balance between distinguishing members of your lineage project from other dragons and being too restrictive in terms of your requirements. If every dragon in your project is required to look exactly the same, your lineage will be distinctive, but it may also limit the number of players who are interested in acquiring dragons from your family.

Here are some different types of requirements common to many lineage projects, to give you ideas. You're always free to come up with your own!
  • Color: It's fairly common for lineage projects to have a color requirement. These can be general or extremely specific depending on what you want the "look" for your lineage to be.
  • Genes: Some lineage projects restrict membership to dragons who have certain genes.
  • Breeds: Breed-specific lineages aren't particularly common, but they do exist. Membership in these lineages is restricted to dragons of a particular breed.
  • Leveling: Many lineages have a leveling component, requiring that dragons be leveled to a minimum level in the Coliseum before they can be registered as a member of the family.

Lore

Lore is an extremely important component of your lineage project. Many of the players who participate in lineage projects do so because they like the lore ideas they get from your project's thread. Lore also helps to set the dragons from your lineage project apart from similar-looking dragons, and from other lore families. In general, it's a good idea to make sure you're happy with the lore for your lineage project before you create your thread. Small revisions are fine, but players usually expect the lore of a family to remain consistent and many will base the lore for their own dragons on the lore you post. Massive changes to the backstory of your family could confuse people or alter the way that their dragons' lore interacts with the lore of your lineage project.

If you aren't familiar with writing lore, that's okay! There are tons of lore-writing communities in the forums where you can read other players' lore, or share your in-progress lore for feedback. If you don't want to write lore of your own, you can also purchase lore from the many writing shops located in the forums. Before buying lore from a writer, you should double-check that they're okay with their lore being used in a public thread. You should also provide credit to the lore-writer in your thread. If lore is uncredited, people will assume it was written by you!

It's also a good idea to double-check the lore of existing lineage projects before settling on an idea. If your lore is extremely similar to the lore of another project, there won't be anything new or different about your family to attract players. Other lineage project creators might also worry that their lore is being plagiarized, which is frustrating whether or not concerns about plagiarism prove founded.
Creating Your Lineage Project

Creating your lineage is one of the best parts of making a lineage project! There are a few components that go into every lineage project, and I'll briefly discuss each of them here.

Founders

Your founding dragon (or dragons) will serve as the head of your family. All of the lineage project dragons in your thread will be descended from the founders you choose, so it's important to give them a bit of attention in this guide.

The number and breed of founders you choose will have a big impact on your lineage project in its early days, but becomes less important as time passes and more dragons are born. Lineages with multiple founders are able to populate their ranks more quickly, as are lineages where the founder is a breed with a shorter cooldown. Plentiful breeds can have twice as many nests a month as Rare breeds. However, the more hatchlings are born to a lineage project, the more quickly it will reach its saturation point. For more on saturation of lineage projects, see the "Challenges" post further along in this guide.

Your founder or founders should also be able to always produce hatchlings that meet the breed, color, and gene requirements of your lineage project. Don't let any babies go to waste! If your lineage project is exclusively for Pearlcatchers, for example, it wouldn't make sense to have your founder be a Spiral since half of their hatchlings would be the wrong breed if they were bred with a Pearlcatcher. Likewise, if all the dragons in your lineage project are supposed to have Glimmer as a tertiary gene, it doesn't make sense to choose a founder with Runes.

It should also go without saying that you should be attached to the founder or founders you choose, since your lineage project will depend on them being active in the game. But if you want to start a lineage based on one of your dragons, chances are you probably love them already.

Lineage Requirements

The only mandatory criteria for a lineage project is that all the dragons included in it have to be descended from the founder. While not a mandatory part of running a lineage project, most lineages have some additional secondary requirements in order for a dragon to count as a member of a lineage.

It's important to think about striking a balance between distinguishing members of your lineage project from other dragons and being too restrictive in terms of your requirements. If every dragon in your project is required to look exactly the same, your lineage will be distinctive, but it may also limit the number of players who are interested in acquiring dragons from your family.

Here are some different types of requirements common to many lineage projects, to give you ideas. You're always free to come up with your own!
  • Color: It's fairly common for lineage projects to have a color requirement. These can be general or extremely specific depending on what you want the "look" for your lineage to be.
  • Genes: Some lineage projects restrict membership to dragons who have certain genes.
  • Breeds: Breed-specific lineages aren't particularly common, but they do exist. Membership in these lineages is restricted to dragons of a particular breed.
  • Leveling: Many lineages have a leveling component, requiring that dragons be leveled to a minimum level in the Coliseum before they can be registered as a member of the family.

Lore

Lore is an extremely important component of your lineage project. Many of the players who participate in lineage projects do so because they like the lore ideas they get from your project's thread. Lore also helps to set the dragons from your lineage project apart from similar-looking dragons, and from other lore families. In general, it's a good idea to make sure you're happy with the lore for your lineage project before you create your thread. Small revisions are fine, but players usually expect the lore of a family to remain consistent and many will base the lore for their own dragons on the lore you post. Massive changes to the backstory of your family could confuse people or alter the way that their dragons' lore interacts with the lore of your lineage project.

If you aren't familiar with writing lore, that's okay! There are tons of lore-writing communities in the forums where you can read other players' lore, or share your in-progress lore for feedback. If you don't want to write lore of your own, you can also purchase lore from the many writing shops located in the forums. Before buying lore from a writer, you should double-check that they're okay with their lore being used in a public thread. You should also provide credit to the lore-writer in your thread. If lore is uncredited, people will assume it was written by you!

It's also a good idea to double-check the lore of existing lineage projects before settling on an idea. If your lore is extremely similar to the lore of another project, there won't be anything new or different about your family to attract players. Other lineage project creators might also worry that their lore is being plagiarized, which is frustrating whether or not concerns about plagiarism prove founded.
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Organizing Your Thread

Your lineage project thread's layout is important. The front page of the thread is the first thing that newcomers will see, and it's an important source of information for participants in your lineage project. There are a few components that every lineage project thread should have, which I will cover in more detail below.

Where Should I Post My Thread?

Where you post your thread in the forums is mostly a matter of preference. Lineage project threads are generally located in either Dragon Share, Dragon Sales, or Dragon Trading. If you have dragons available for free adoption, Dragon Trading might be a better fit than Dragon Sales for your specific project, but in general if you choose one of those three forums, you'll be in a good location to be spotted by other players and to comply with forum guidelines.

Introduction Post and Rules

The Introduction post is the most important post in your thread, and should be the first post. The Introduction post is the best place to put the lore for your family tree so that visitors to the thread can read it and decide whether they are interested in participating.

The rules for your lineage project should also be located in the first post, so that they can be viewed easily. Having a solid set of rules is important - it keeps lineage project members on the same page, outlines general do's and don'ts for behavior in the thread, and gives you an easy reference if you need to moderate a conflict. Here are a few additional notes to consider about the rules of your thread.
  • The most important thing about rules is to think ahead when you're writing them. There will always be strange situations that might not be covered by the rules, but in general you want your rules to cover as many potential questions and conflicts as possible.
  • List the requirements of your lineage in your rules section, close to the top. It's one of the most important things for newcomers and returning members to see, and putting them in an obvious location will make them easy to reference.
  • Explain how the generation numbers of your lineage project work. Generation numbers are a shorthand for how closely a specific dragon is related to the founder (or founders). Most lineage projects list the founders as Generation 0 dragons, the founders' children as Generation 1, the founders' grandchildren as Generation 2, and so on. This isn't the case for all lineage projects, though.
  • Specify how hatchlings from your lineage project should be distributed. If dragons are supposed to be adopted out for free, say so in your rules! If dragons can be sold for treasure, say so. In my threads, I like to note that it's up to the breeder of a hatchling to decide who they will sell or give their dragon to, which can help reduce conflict over desirable hatchlings.
  • Guidelines for pinglist usage are a good idea to include, since a frequent issue that arises in lineage project threads is the misuse or overuse of pinglists.
  • Remember that none of your thread's rules can violate Flight Rising's Code of Conduct. For example, you can't mandate that dragons from your lineage project never be exalted. You can request that players not exalt dragons, but it's important to include a caveat that players can do whatever they want with dragons they adopt.
  • Rules can be modified after the fact. It's a good idea to notify the members of your lineage project if you update your rules, but don't worry if you don't cover everything right away. You can always go back and add or tweak rules to meet the specific needs of your thread.
  • To get an idea of the sorts of rules that lineage projects use, it's a good idea to check out existing lineage project threads.

Pinglists

Pinglists are an important resource for listing new hatchlings and communicating with members of your lineage project. They can also require fairly intensive maintenance depending on how you choose to host your pinglists. If you're willing to put in a bit of extra time maintaining them, it's a good idea to have more than one pinglist to meet the needs of as many players as possible. For example, on the Night Warrior Project thread, I run three pinglists: one for announcements (like rule updates and contests), one for general hatchling notifications, and one for specific hatchling notifications (females only, specific breeds, etc.).

There are two main ways of hosting pinglists, each of which comes with benefits and drawbacks.

Your first option is to host your pinglists on Flight Rising, in the body of the thread itself. In order to be added to a pinglist, new members must request to be added and have their names edited into the pinglist. Onsite pinglists are easier to view and use than pinglists hosted offsite, and as an added benefit, you will be able to keep track of new arrivals to your lineage project since they have to communicate with you in order to be added. It's also much easier to prevent the abuse-adding of usernames to pinglists that are hosted onsite. The main drawback of onsite pinglists is that the burden of adding and removing users will fall entirely on you, since you're the only user capable of editing the thread's main posts.

Offsite pinglists are your other option. Generally hosted in a publicly-viewable Google Doc or Spreadsheet, offsite pinglists allow players to add and remove themselves from pinglists as they see fit. They substantially reduce the amount of time that you'll spend on day-to-day maintenance of your project. However, since you aren't adding players to the pinglists yourself, it can be harder to keep track of your member count and greet new players as they arrive. Offsite pinglists can also be misused for harassment purposes, since it's possible to add usernames to the pinglist whether the user in question wants to participate in the lineage project or not.

Regardless of which option you choose, pinglists should be visible and easy to find in the layout of your thread. I like to surround my onsite pinglists using the BBCode Quote option, which places the text in a darker brown bubble than the forum background. This makes them easier to see. For offsite pinglists, make sure the text that links to your offsite pinglist is large and easy to spot; bolding and changing the font size are good ways to make sure your hyperlink stands out. You can also create a banner that hyperlinks to your offsite pinglist.

Directories and Family Trees

While they aren't inherently necessary in the creation of a lineage project, directories and family trees are a good way to keep track of your family's growth in an easy-to-understand visual form. Directories are generally broken up by generation numbers, and usually use miniaturized versions of the linked dragon images that the "Generate Code" button on a dragon's profile page will create for you. The coding of the tiny images can be a bit tricky, so I recommend practicing in a dragon's bio or a spare forum post before you create your directory. I use this code-generating tool, created by FR user Ayeva, to make the process easier and more streamlined. It lets you paste a dragon's ID number into a box and click to auto-generate the code for the linked images. From there, you can copy and paste the code straight into your directory.

Family trees are an additional step removed from Directories and require extra effort to maintain, but they're a fun and effective way of seeing just how all the dragons in your lineage project relate to each other. I use Family Echo as the hosting website for the Night Warrior family tree. It's free to use and allows you to share family trees via hyperlink, letting you link directly to the family tree from your lineage project thread.

Affiliates

Affiliating with other threads isn't necessary, but it's a good way to market your lineage project and can be a useful resource for your project members. Since an Affiliates post isn't necessary for day-to-day thread management, I recommend putting it at the bottom of your list of front-page posts.

Other lineage projects are good options for affiliation, especially if the requirements of your projects overlap and crossbreeding is allowed. Many players enjoy the opportunity to have dragons who are part of more than one lineage. It's a good idea to talk to the moderator of the lineage project before you decide whether or not to allow crossbreeding, since it's a two-way street! In an ideal world, both projects will benefit from the relationship. Even if you decide not to crossbreed with another lineage, affiliating is a good way to get your name out there.

There are plenty of other options for affiliating as well. Hatcheries and subspecies threads that match the color, breed, and gene requirements of your lineage can give players ideas on where to find mates for their dragons, and lore hubs can help grow your lore-writing community. For families with a leveling requirement, affiliating with a trusted and well-run leveling service can be a great resource for players who don't have time to level their own dragons.

Other Thread Components

There are as many thread layouts as there are lineage projects, and it's up to you to decide what will work best for yours. I've covered the most important posts that I like to include in my own projects, but here are some notes about other components that might be useful to you.
  • Hatchlings For Adoption: A post that consolidates hatchlings for adoption is a great one-stop-shopping solution for players who are looking to get started with a lineage project, but are waiting for the perfect dragon to appear. These posts are most effective when placed high in the thread; I usually make them the second or third post, so that players don't have to scroll down too far to see the dragons available. Keeping this post updated takes time, but can pay major dividends, especially for newer projects.
  • Graphics Post: If your thread has lots of graphics resources available for use (buttons, bio layouts, larger graphics, etc), it can be a good idea to consolidate them into a graphics post. Since this post will only be used by people who are members of your lineage project, it can go closer to the end of the front page.
  • FAQ: If you're receiving a lot of questions about the requirements or lore of your lineage project, you might want to set up an FAQ post where you can post answers to these questions. Frequently-asked questions can also be addressed via updates to the rules, but if you want to go into more detail while keeping your Rules section brief, creating a separate post for these can be the way to go.
  • Contests: If you decide that you want to host contests for your lineage project, it's a good idea to reserve a post on the front page for announcing these. Since this post is mainly for members of your lineage project, it can be located toward the bottom of the front page.
Organizing Your Thread

Your lineage project thread's layout is important. The front page of the thread is the first thing that newcomers will see, and it's an important source of information for participants in your lineage project. There are a few components that every lineage project thread should have, which I will cover in more detail below.

Where Should I Post My Thread?

Where you post your thread in the forums is mostly a matter of preference. Lineage project threads are generally located in either Dragon Share, Dragon Sales, or Dragon Trading. If you have dragons available for free adoption, Dragon Trading might be a better fit than Dragon Sales for your specific project, but in general if you choose one of those three forums, you'll be in a good location to be spotted by other players and to comply with forum guidelines.

Introduction Post and Rules

The Introduction post is the most important post in your thread, and should be the first post. The Introduction post is the best place to put the lore for your family tree so that visitors to the thread can read it and decide whether they are interested in participating.

The rules for your lineage project should also be located in the first post, so that they can be viewed easily. Having a solid set of rules is important - it keeps lineage project members on the same page, outlines general do's and don'ts for behavior in the thread, and gives you an easy reference if you need to moderate a conflict. Here are a few additional notes to consider about the rules of your thread.
  • The most important thing about rules is to think ahead when you're writing them. There will always be strange situations that might not be covered by the rules, but in general you want your rules to cover as many potential questions and conflicts as possible.
  • List the requirements of your lineage in your rules section, close to the top. It's one of the most important things for newcomers and returning members to see, and putting them in an obvious location will make them easy to reference.
  • Explain how the generation numbers of your lineage project work. Generation numbers are a shorthand for how closely a specific dragon is related to the founder (or founders). Most lineage projects list the founders as Generation 0 dragons, the founders' children as Generation 1, the founders' grandchildren as Generation 2, and so on. This isn't the case for all lineage projects, though.
  • Specify how hatchlings from your lineage project should be distributed. If dragons are supposed to be adopted out for free, say so in your rules! If dragons can be sold for treasure, say so. In my threads, I like to note that it's up to the breeder of a hatchling to decide who they will sell or give their dragon to, which can help reduce conflict over desirable hatchlings.
  • Guidelines for pinglist usage are a good idea to include, since a frequent issue that arises in lineage project threads is the misuse or overuse of pinglists.
  • Remember that none of your thread's rules can violate Flight Rising's Code of Conduct. For example, you can't mandate that dragons from your lineage project never be exalted. You can request that players not exalt dragons, but it's important to include a caveat that players can do whatever they want with dragons they adopt.
  • Rules can be modified after the fact. It's a good idea to notify the members of your lineage project if you update your rules, but don't worry if you don't cover everything right away. You can always go back and add or tweak rules to meet the specific needs of your thread.
  • To get an idea of the sorts of rules that lineage projects use, it's a good idea to check out existing lineage project threads.

Pinglists

Pinglists are an important resource for listing new hatchlings and communicating with members of your lineage project. They can also require fairly intensive maintenance depending on how you choose to host your pinglists. If you're willing to put in a bit of extra time maintaining them, it's a good idea to have more than one pinglist to meet the needs of as many players as possible. For example, on the Night Warrior Project thread, I run three pinglists: one for announcements (like rule updates and contests), one for general hatchling notifications, and one for specific hatchling notifications (females only, specific breeds, etc.).

There are two main ways of hosting pinglists, each of which comes with benefits and drawbacks.

Your first option is to host your pinglists on Flight Rising, in the body of the thread itself. In order to be added to a pinglist, new members must request to be added and have their names edited into the pinglist. Onsite pinglists are easier to view and use than pinglists hosted offsite, and as an added benefit, you will be able to keep track of new arrivals to your lineage project since they have to communicate with you in order to be added. It's also much easier to prevent the abuse-adding of usernames to pinglists that are hosted onsite. The main drawback of onsite pinglists is that the burden of adding and removing users will fall entirely on you, since you're the only user capable of editing the thread's main posts.

Offsite pinglists are your other option. Generally hosted in a publicly-viewable Google Doc or Spreadsheet, offsite pinglists allow players to add and remove themselves from pinglists as they see fit. They substantially reduce the amount of time that you'll spend on day-to-day maintenance of your project. However, since you aren't adding players to the pinglists yourself, it can be harder to keep track of your member count and greet new players as they arrive. Offsite pinglists can also be misused for harassment purposes, since it's possible to add usernames to the pinglist whether the user in question wants to participate in the lineage project or not.

Regardless of which option you choose, pinglists should be visible and easy to find in the layout of your thread. I like to surround my onsite pinglists using the BBCode Quote option, which places the text in a darker brown bubble than the forum background. This makes them easier to see. For offsite pinglists, make sure the text that links to your offsite pinglist is large and easy to spot; bolding and changing the font size are good ways to make sure your hyperlink stands out. You can also create a banner that hyperlinks to your offsite pinglist.

Directories and Family Trees

While they aren't inherently necessary in the creation of a lineage project, directories and family trees are a good way to keep track of your family's growth in an easy-to-understand visual form. Directories are generally broken up by generation numbers, and usually use miniaturized versions of the linked dragon images that the "Generate Code" button on a dragon's profile page will create for you. The coding of the tiny images can be a bit tricky, so I recommend practicing in a dragon's bio or a spare forum post before you create your directory. I use this code-generating tool, created by FR user Ayeva, to make the process easier and more streamlined. It lets you paste a dragon's ID number into a box and click to auto-generate the code for the linked images. From there, you can copy and paste the code straight into your directory.

Family trees are an additional step removed from Directories and require extra effort to maintain, but they're a fun and effective way of seeing just how all the dragons in your lineage project relate to each other. I use Family Echo as the hosting website for the Night Warrior family tree. It's free to use and allows you to share family trees via hyperlink, letting you link directly to the family tree from your lineage project thread.

Affiliates

Affiliating with other threads isn't necessary, but it's a good way to market your lineage project and can be a useful resource for your project members. Since an Affiliates post isn't necessary for day-to-day thread management, I recommend putting it at the bottom of your list of front-page posts.

Other lineage projects are good options for affiliation, especially if the requirements of your projects overlap and crossbreeding is allowed. Many players enjoy the opportunity to have dragons who are part of more than one lineage. It's a good idea to talk to the moderator of the lineage project before you decide whether or not to allow crossbreeding, since it's a two-way street! In an ideal world, both projects will benefit from the relationship. Even if you decide not to crossbreed with another lineage, affiliating is a good way to get your name out there.

There are plenty of other options for affiliating as well. Hatcheries and subspecies threads that match the color, breed, and gene requirements of your lineage can give players ideas on where to find mates for their dragons, and lore hubs can help grow your lore-writing community. For families with a leveling requirement, affiliating with a trusted and well-run leveling service can be a great resource for players who don't have time to level their own dragons.

Other Thread Components

There are as many thread layouts as there are lineage projects, and it's up to you to decide what will work best for yours. I've covered the most important posts that I like to include in my own projects, but here are some notes about other components that might be useful to you.
  • Hatchlings For Adoption: A post that consolidates hatchlings for adoption is a great one-stop-shopping solution for players who are looking to get started with a lineage project, but are waiting for the perfect dragon to appear. These posts are most effective when placed high in the thread; I usually make them the second or third post, so that players don't have to scroll down too far to see the dragons available. Keeping this post updated takes time, but can pay major dividends, especially for newer projects.
  • Graphics Post: If your thread has lots of graphics resources available for use (buttons, bio layouts, larger graphics, etc), it can be a good idea to consolidate them into a graphics post. Since this post will only be used by people who are members of your lineage project, it can go closer to the end of the front page.
  • FAQ: If you're receiving a lot of questions about the requirements or lore of your lineage project, you might want to set up an FAQ post where you can post answers to these questions. Frequently-asked questions can also be addressed via updates to the rules, but if you want to go into more detail while keeping your Rules section brief, creating a separate post for these can be the way to go.
  • Contests: If you decide that you want to host contests for your lineage project, it's a good idea to reserve a post on the front page for announcing these. Since this post is mainly for members of your lineage project, it can be located toward the bottom of the front page.
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Challenges and Troubleshooting

Running a lineage project is a lot of fun, but there can be stumbling blocks along the way. Here are some tips and tricks for avoiding common lineage project pitfalls.

Becoming Visible

In the early days of your lineage project, gaining members and support can be one of your biggest challenges. There are a lot of lineage projects out there, and getting the attention of interested players can require some work and patience.
  • Make sure your thread is eye-catching and easy to follow. Adding a header graphic is one way of immediately grabbing viewers' attention. Visit hatcheries, subspecies hubs, lore threads, and other lineage projects to get formatting ideas. A thread that's easy to read and understand will be more successful than one that's confusing!
  • Tell your friends onsite about your lineage project before you launch it, and see whether or not they'd be interested in participating. In addition to providing useful early support, people who are invested in your lineage project from the outset can be good homes for your first hatchlings.
  • Affiliate with other lineage project threads. Players who like lineage projects are often involved in more than one, and they might be interested in joining yours too. Don't use other lineage projects' pinglists for solicitation purposes, though - it's widely considered to be rude. Talk to the lineage project manager about affiliating and let them handle advertising in their own thread, whether it involves pinging people, adding your banner to their Affiliates post, or something else.
  • Create graphics, buttons, and other resources for your thread, or commission them from a graphics artist. It takes time and treasure to make these resources, but they're appealing and make your thread look more engaging. Graphics that hyperlink back to your thread can also double as advertising, especially if they're signature-sized.
  • Advertise your lineage project in your signature. If you have an active forum presence, people will see your signature every time you post in a thread, whether it's related to your lineage project or not. They might get curious and decide to see what your project is about!
  • Keep your lineage project thread bumped, but don't spam the forums. Delete posts that just say "bump" so that your thread looks more coherent and organized. If you can, keep your thread bumped by chatting with participants! It's more fun and will keep you engaged with your lineage project's members while also making you more visible in the forums.
  • Even if you aren't getting a lot of attention, keep putting yourself and your dragons out there. Growing a project takes time, but persistence will pay off!

Population Bottlenecks

It can be hard to breed enough hatchlings for your lineage project's early growth and expansion, especially if you have only one founder or your founder(s) are part of a breed with a long cooldown. Here are some strategies to help you meet the initial demand for hatchlings.
  • Time the launch of your lineage project so that it lines up with your founder's cooldown. If your founder is a Coatl and there are 27 days left before they can have offspring, it can be frustrating not having hatchlings to give away at first.
  • Have hatchlings ready to leave your lair when your project launches. If early supporters can get dragons and start actively participating, it'll give your lineage early momentum that can be useful later on.
  • Distribute your first dragons carefully. Not everyone enjoys breeding dragons, but if there aren't many hatchlings to go around, it's advantageous to give hatchlings to players who plan to breed them and grow the family.
  • Consider keeping a hatchling from the first couple of nests, especially if it's one you're particularly fond of. If you have two dragons from your lineage in your lair, you can provide twice as many nests to new adopters.

Saturation

As your family tree grows larger, you'll eventually get to the point where you have more new hatchlings than there are homes for. This is a great problem to have - it means your lineage is populous and people are interested in continuing to breed the dragons from your family! It does create new challenges for you as a manager, and will require different strategies than you used when you were trying to rapidly expand your family.
  • Consider decreasing the number of nests you send out of your lair. If there are fewer dragons from your family entering the adoption market, the value (monetary or otherwise) of each dragon will increase. Other players can adopt a similar strategy, but remember that you can't mandate the actions of other players! The most you can do is ask.
  • Use sales and adoption threads to find new homes for your dragons. If your lineage project members are saturated with dragons from your family, finding adopters via the Find A Dragon threads is a good way to sell extra offspring. Free adoptions through the many Dragon Trading threads are also an option. Distributing dragons this way also provides free advertising for your lineage project!
  • Recruit new members to your lineage project. More members means more potential homes for your dragons, and players who don't have a dragon from your family are more likely to adopt one. See the section on Becoming Visible for tips on how to recruit new members.
  • Exalt dragons that aren't getting adopted. It can be disappointing to exalt members of your lineage, but the truth of the matter is that dragons reproduce more quickly than players can grow their lairs. There will always be more dragons on Flight Rising than there are lairs to put them in, and exalting unsold or un-adopted dragons will free up more room in your lair for future nests.

Moderating Your Thread

Moderating any group can be daunting, and lineage projects are no exception. Sometimes problems will come up that require you to step in and resolve conflicts for the benefit of your project and the players participating in it. Moderating becomes easier with practice, but here are a few general tips.
  • The most important rule of moderating is to remember that everything you do on the forums must be in keeping with the Flight Rising Forum Code of Conduct. This includes moderating your lineage project threads. Make sure to familiarize yourself with the Forum Code of Conduct before you step into the role of moderating a lineage project.
  • Having a solid set of rules to reference will give you a starting point if you need to moderate a dispute. If a player asks to participate in your lineage project, it's implied that they've read the rules you posted and are agreeing to follow them. See the Introduction and Rules section of the "Organizing Your Thread" post for more on rules for your lineage project.
  • In most cases, a ping in your project's thread and a polite request to change behavior are all that will be needed to resolve a situation. Sometimes players might be new to the forums or to lineage projects and might not realize they slipped up; even experienced players can make mistakes! If a more serious conflict arises, or if you would prefer to discuss the issue with the player in private, you also have the option of taking discussion to PMs.
  • If a specific problem occurs repeatedly, consider updating your Rules post to address the issue. For instance, if pinglist overuse is an ongoing problem, you can update your Rules to say that players may only use the pinglists once for a given hatchling.
  • If a player repeatedly violates the rules of your lineage project, is harassing you, or is causing issues with other players, you are within your right to remove them from your project's pinglists. Blacklisting and callout posts are against the Forum Code of Conduct, but you aren't obligated to continue communicating with players who are negatively impacting your experience.
Challenges and Troubleshooting

Running a lineage project is a lot of fun, but there can be stumbling blocks along the way. Here are some tips and tricks for avoiding common lineage project pitfalls.

Becoming Visible

In the early days of your lineage project, gaining members and support can be one of your biggest challenges. There are a lot of lineage projects out there, and getting the attention of interested players can require some work and patience.
  • Make sure your thread is eye-catching and easy to follow. Adding a header graphic is one way of immediately grabbing viewers' attention. Visit hatcheries, subspecies hubs, lore threads, and other lineage projects to get formatting ideas. A thread that's easy to read and understand will be more successful than one that's confusing!
  • Tell your friends onsite about your lineage project before you launch it, and see whether or not they'd be interested in participating. In addition to providing useful early support, people who are invested in your lineage project from the outset can be good homes for your first hatchlings.
  • Affiliate with other lineage project threads. Players who like lineage projects are often involved in more than one, and they might be interested in joining yours too. Don't use other lineage projects' pinglists for solicitation purposes, though - it's widely considered to be rude. Talk to the lineage project manager about affiliating and let them handle advertising in their own thread, whether it involves pinging people, adding your banner to their Affiliates post, or something else.
  • Create graphics, buttons, and other resources for your thread, or commission them from a graphics artist. It takes time and treasure to make these resources, but they're appealing and make your thread look more engaging. Graphics that hyperlink back to your thread can also double as advertising, especially if they're signature-sized.
  • Advertise your lineage project in your signature. If you have an active forum presence, people will see your signature every time you post in a thread, whether it's related to your lineage project or not. They might get curious and decide to see what your project is about!
  • Keep your lineage project thread bumped, but don't spam the forums. Delete posts that just say "bump" so that your thread looks more coherent and organized. If you can, keep your thread bumped by chatting with participants! It's more fun and will keep you engaged with your lineage project's members while also making you more visible in the forums.
  • Even if you aren't getting a lot of attention, keep putting yourself and your dragons out there. Growing a project takes time, but persistence will pay off!

Population Bottlenecks

It can be hard to breed enough hatchlings for your lineage project's early growth and expansion, especially if you have only one founder or your founder(s) are part of a breed with a long cooldown. Here are some strategies to help you meet the initial demand for hatchlings.
  • Time the launch of your lineage project so that it lines up with your founder's cooldown. If your founder is a Coatl and there are 27 days left before they can have offspring, it can be frustrating not having hatchlings to give away at first.
  • Have hatchlings ready to leave your lair when your project launches. If early supporters can get dragons and start actively participating, it'll give your lineage early momentum that can be useful later on.
  • Distribute your first dragons carefully. Not everyone enjoys breeding dragons, but if there aren't many hatchlings to go around, it's advantageous to give hatchlings to players who plan to breed them and grow the family.
  • Consider keeping a hatchling from the first couple of nests, especially if it's one you're particularly fond of. If you have two dragons from your lineage in your lair, you can provide twice as many nests to new adopters.

Saturation

As your family tree grows larger, you'll eventually get to the point where you have more new hatchlings than there are homes for. This is a great problem to have - it means your lineage is populous and people are interested in continuing to breed the dragons from your family! It does create new challenges for you as a manager, and will require different strategies than you used when you were trying to rapidly expand your family.
  • Consider decreasing the number of nests you send out of your lair. If there are fewer dragons from your family entering the adoption market, the value (monetary or otherwise) of each dragon will increase. Other players can adopt a similar strategy, but remember that you can't mandate the actions of other players! The most you can do is ask.
  • Use sales and adoption threads to find new homes for your dragons. If your lineage project members are saturated with dragons from your family, finding adopters via the Find A Dragon threads is a good way to sell extra offspring. Free adoptions through the many Dragon Trading threads are also an option. Distributing dragons this way also provides free advertising for your lineage project!
  • Recruit new members to your lineage project. More members means more potential homes for your dragons, and players who don't have a dragon from your family are more likely to adopt one. See the section on Becoming Visible for tips on how to recruit new members.
  • Exalt dragons that aren't getting adopted. It can be disappointing to exalt members of your lineage, but the truth of the matter is that dragons reproduce more quickly than players can grow their lairs. There will always be more dragons on Flight Rising than there are lairs to put them in, and exalting unsold or un-adopted dragons will free up more room in your lair for future nests.

Moderating Your Thread

Moderating any group can be daunting, and lineage projects are no exception. Sometimes problems will come up that require you to step in and resolve conflicts for the benefit of your project and the players participating in it. Moderating becomes easier with practice, but here are a few general tips.
  • The most important rule of moderating is to remember that everything you do on the forums must be in keeping with the Flight Rising Forum Code of Conduct. This includes moderating your lineage project threads. Make sure to familiarize yourself with the Forum Code of Conduct before you step into the role of moderating a lineage project.
  • Having a solid set of rules to reference will give you a starting point if you need to moderate a dispute. If a player asks to participate in your lineage project, it's implied that they've read the rules you posted and are agreeing to follow them. See the Introduction and Rules section of the "Organizing Your Thread" post for more on rules for your lineage project.
  • In most cases, a ping in your project's thread and a polite request to change behavior are all that will be needed to resolve a situation. Sometimes players might be new to the forums or to lineage projects and might not realize they slipped up; even experienced players can make mistakes! If a more serious conflict arises, or if you would prefer to discuss the issue with the player in private, you also have the option of taking discussion to PMs.
  • If a specific problem occurs repeatedly, consider updating your Rules post to address the issue. For instance, if pinglist overuse is an ongoing problem, you can update your Rules to say that players may only use the pinglists once for a given hatchling.
  • If a player repeatedly violates the rules of your lineage project, is harassing you, or is causing issues with other players, you are within your right to remove them from your project's pinglists. Blacklisting and callout posts are against the Forum Code of Conduct, but you aren't obligated to continue communicating with players who are negatively impacting your experience.
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[center][size=5][b]Lineage Project Directory[/b][/size][/center] This post contains a list of lineage projects that currently exist on Flight Rising, separated by whether or not they have a leveling requirement. If you would like to have your lineage project included in the directory, please fill out the following form and send it to me [b]via PM[/b], with the PM titled "Lineage Project Directory Form." [b]IMPORTANT:[/b] In order for the form to work correctly, you MUST place code brackets around the information you input. This will prevent the information in the template from auto-formatting, and will allow me to copy and paste your form directly into the directory. If you forget code brackets or there is an error in your form, I will ask you to re-send it. If you aren't sure how to place code brackets around your form, highlight the contents of your form and click one of the BBCode formatting buttons at the top of the "create new post" toolbar; the buttons for Bold, Italic, and Underline work just fine for this. Then simply delete the b, i, or u from inside the brackets and replace it with the word CODE. [code] Button or Graphic that links to your thread (optional) [b]Project Name:[/b] [url=LINK TO YOUR PROJECT'S THREAD]Your Lineage Project's Name[/url] [b]Creator:[/b] YOUR USERNAME [b]Leveling Requirement:[/b] Choose Yes or No [b]Sale or Free Adoption:[/b] Choose one [/code] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/to8rg5P.png[/img][/center] [center][size=4][b]Lineage Projects with Leveling Requirements[/b][/size][/center] [center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/1544085/1][img]http://i.imgur.com/PT0E1nD.png[/img][/url] [b]Project Name:[/b] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/1544085]The Night Warrior Project[/url] [b]Creator:[/b] ZenithNadir [b]Leveling Requirement:[/b] Yes (Level 20) [b]Sale or Free Adoption:[/b] Free Adoption[/center] [center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/1868358/1][img]http://i.imgur.com/bqij4ya.png[/img][/url] [b]Project Name:[/b] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/1868358/1]The Celestial Runners[/url] [b]Creator:[/b] Impception [b]Leveling Requirement:[/b] Yes (Level 20) [b]Sale or Free Adoption:[/b] Free Adoption[/center] [center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/2149934][img]https://i.imgur.com/G6FjV1K.png[/img][/url] [b]Project Name:[/b] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/2149934/1]The Nightingales[/url] [b]Creator:[/b] Eclipsea [b]Leveling Requirement:[/b] Yes (Level 15) [b]Sale or Free Adoption:[/b] Free Adoption[/center] [center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2269497][img]https://i.imgur.com/keKX5FL.png[/img][/url] [b]Project Name:[/b] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2269497]Alchemist's Tools[/url] [b]Creator:[/b] mercurialwings [b]Leveling Requirement:[/b] Yes (Level 10) [b]Sale or Free Adoption:[/b] Both[/center] [center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/2261431/1][img]http://i.imgur.com/yat5bBY.png[/img][/url] [b]Project Name:[/b] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/2149934/1]The Bródúil Caomhnóirí[/url] [b]Creator:[/b] Impception [b]Leveling Requirement:[/b] Yes (Level 20) [b]Sale or Free Adoption:[/b] Free Adoption[/center] [center][URL=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/2114055/1][IMG]http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/a445/Frozenfire47/starwalkersbutton_zpst3krq2oc.png[/IMG][/URL] [b]Project Name:[/b] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drt/2114055/1]The Starwalkers Project[/url] [b]Creator:[/b] Remuta [b]Leveling Requirement:[/b] Yes [b]Sale or Free Adoption:[/b] Free Adoption[/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/to8rg5P.png[/img][/center] [center][size=4][b]Lineage Projects with No Leveling Requirement[/b][/size][/center] [center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2184036][img]http://i.imgur.com/CYnBCwU.png[/img][/url] [b]Project Name:[/b] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2184036/1]The Dawnguard[/url] [b]Creator:[/b] ZenithNadir [b]Leveling Requirement:[/b] No [b]Sale or Free Adoption:[/b] Sale[/center] [center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2402410][img]https://i.imgur.com/3q5LpoE.png[/img][/url] [b]Project Name:[/b] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/drs/2402410]Nereids Lineage Project[/url] [b]Creator:[/b] Crassula [b]Leveling Requirement:[/b] No [b]Sale or Free Adoption:[/b] Sale[/center]
Lineage Project Directory

This post contains a list of lineage projects that currently exist on Flight Rising, separated by whether or not they have a leveling requirement. If you would like to have your lineage project included in the directory, please fill out the following form and send it to me via PM, with the PM titled "Lineage Project Directory Form."

IMPORTANT: In order for the form to work correctly, you MUST place code brackets around the information you input. This will prevent the information in the template from auto-formatting, and will allow me to copy and paste your form directly into the directory. If you forget code brackets or there is an error in your form, I will ask you to re-send it.

If you aren't sure how to place code brackets around your form, highlight the contents of your form and click one of the BBCode formatting buttons at the top of the "create new post" toolbar; the buttons for Bold, Italic, and Underline work just fine for this. Then simply delete the b, i, or u from inside the brackets and replace it with the word CODE.
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Button or Graphic that links to your thread (optional) [b]Project Name:[/b] [url=LINK TO YOUR PROJECT'S THREAD]Your Lineage Project's Name[/url] [b]Creator:[/b] YOUR USERNAME [b]Leveling Requirement:[/b] Choose Yes or No [b]Sale or Free Adoption:[/b] Choose one

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Lineage Projects with Leveling Requirements


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Project Name: The Night Warrior Project
Creator: ZenithNadir
Leveling Requirement: Yes (Level 20)
Sale or Free Adoption: Free Adoption

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Project Name: The Celestial Runners
Creator: Impception
Leveling Requirement: Yes (Level 20)
Sale or Free Adoption: Free Adoption

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Project Name: The Nightingales
Creator: Eclipsea
Leveling Requirement: Yes (Level 15)
Sale or Free Adoption: Free Adoption


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Project Name: Alchemist's Tools
Creator: mercurialwings
Leveling Requirement: Yes (Level 10)
Sale or Free Adoption: Both

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Project Name: The Bródúil Caomhnóirí
Creator: Impception
Leveling Requirement: Yes (Level 20)
Sale or Free Adoption: Free Adoption


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Project Name: The Starwalkers Project
Creator: Remuta
Leveling Requirement: Yes
Sale or Free Adoption: Free Adoption

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Lineage Projects with No Leveling Requirement

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Project Name: The Dawnguard
Creator: ZenithNadir
Leveling Requirement: No
Sale or Free Adoption: Sale

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Project Name: Nereids Lineage Project
Creator: Crassula
Leveling Requirement: No
Sale or Free Adoption: Sale
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And one more reserved post just in case!
And one more reserved post just in case!
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@Impception @Eclipsea @mercurialwings

The Directory has been updated with the Celestial Runners, Bródúil Caomhnóirí, Nightingales, and Alchemist's Tools!
@Impception @Eclipsea @mercurialwings

The Directory has been updated with the Celestial Runners, Bródúil Caomhnóirí, Nightingales, and Alchemist's Tools!
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