White Wolf is back in a big way this spring. The publishing company behind the World of Darkness series of tabletop role-playing games, which includes Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Hunter: The Reckoning, and several others, has a big Vampire: The Masquerade-shaped surprise debuting at Gen Con 2026. The actual-play series Dimension 20 is currently running its first Vampire: The Masquerade campaign. And now, Vampire: The Masquerade is officially crossing over with Dungeons & Dragons, bringing a whole new vampire class to the game.
Vampire: The Masquerade—Bound by Blood is an officially licensed supplement created by Ghostfire Gaming that brings a Kindred (VtM‘s name for vampires) class to Dungeons & Dragons 5.5e. According to the product description on D&D Beyond, Bound by Blood is a “full vampire class powered by Blood Points, Disciplines, and the ever-clawing Beast inside! Included in this release is a heart-pounding Dark Ages adventure.”
Paradox Interactive, which owns White Wolf, added more context in a post on its website: “This project was lovingly created by Ghostfire Gaming, the talented group of designers and D&D experts behind the excellent Grim Hollow. What they’ve built is a full vampire class for fifth edition Vampire, with Blood Points, Disciplines, the Beast, along with a Dark Ages adventure, and it’s a great way to bring a piece of the World of Darkness to a table that already lives in 5E D&D.”
Currently, there is no official vampire class in Dungeons & Dragons. A character can be bitten by a vampire and become afflicted by vampirism, and there’s a sort of half-vampire “Dhampir” lineage available in the Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft sourcebook, but neither of those are a fully fleshed-out character class. The Kindred class could be perfect for you if you’ve always wanted to play a vampire in D&D, depending on how well Ghostfire integrates Vampire: The Masquerade‘s mechanics into the very different Dungeons & Dragons system.
Vampire: The Masquerade—Bound by Blood pre-orders open later this month, and the product will release on D&D Beyond sometime in July.
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