Varieties of Vampires is a single-page article by R.P. Smith that appeared in Dragon #25 and collected what the author felt were the more interesting vampires for use in D&D.
The vampires have been cross-referenced with the Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology, but since the author did not state where the information came from and since the vampires were converted to D&D, the reliability and accuracy of the information cannot be confirmed.
- Alp (Saxony)
- Anananngel (Philippines): this seems to be a distorted version of the Aswang Mannananggal
- Asanbosam (Africa): this is presented as an actual people in Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology who use the term Loango to refer to a vampire.
- Blautsauger (Bosnia-Herzagovinia): Blut Aussauger
- Bruxsa (Portugal): variation of Broxa
- Burcolakas (Greece): Broucolaque
- Catacano (Crete, Rhodes)
- Ch’ing-Shih (China)
- Ekimmu (Assyria): a variant of Ekimmou; Invisible even while it attacks, can be exorcised.
- Krvopijac (Bulgaria): this is used to describe a certain type of vampire when it is actually a variant spelling of Krvoijac which is a more generalized term.
- Lobishumen (Brazil): Lobishomen
- Nosferat (Rumania)
- Vlkodlak (Serbia)
Note[]
The article is disjointed even by the standards of the day. There is no quickly discernible reason for the order the vampires are listed in which makes makes the article more confusing then informative.
References[]
- "Varieties of Vampires" Dragon #25 (May 1979) pg 42