Related: Vampire: The Masquerade's Second Inquisition Sourcebook Arrives In 2022 There were the imperious, domineering vampires of Dracula, the seductive, melancholic immortals from Interview With The Vampire, the grotesque, swarm-commanding vampires of Nosferatu, and the wild, forever-young vampires from the Lost Boys. Instead of picking character classes, players of VtM picked vampiric bloodlines that represented archetypes from different vampire tales.
Vampire: The Masquerade, a horror tabletop RPG first released by White Wolf Publishing in 1991, flipped the usual script of tabletop RPGs by having players portray tormented monsters, rather than the heroes who hunted them. A number of other creators have made their own TTRPGs about blood-drinking immortals, creating systems for telling stories running the spectrum from poignant tragedy to 'sanguine' comedy. However, the modern image of the stylish, sexy urban vampire, torn between relishing their undead superpowers and lamenting their lost humanity, owes a lot to this TTRPG that inspired a short-lived urban fantasy TV series, several computer RPGs, and even a Battle Royale game.
Vampire: The Masquerade isn't the only vampire-centric tabletop RPG system out there.