Editing Vampire (section)

====Warhammer 40,000====
There were once actually rules for Vampires ''(spelled Vampyre)'' in the 40k universe, taken as supplementary rules for [[Necromunda]] they represented an abhuman subtype who drank blood, had superhuman statlines and raised gangs of thralls to do their bidding. Even a young, pony-tailed [[Gav Thorpe]] got involved with the rules and [[Stat me|wrote up]] a counter character: [[What|B'Ufi the Vampyre Slayer]] which was somehow part of the 40k canon.

Though 40k has generally left Necromunda behind(Lol, Lmao even), mention of blood sucking mutants can still be found in [[Dark Heresy]] and one of the [[Imperial Knight|Freeblade Knights]] (the Crimson Reaper) is rumoured to be a Vampyre. Rogue Trader has vampires as [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Vampires Warp-Spawned entities] that change shape and drink the lifeforce of societies they inhabit.

Also, several tabletop factions drink blood as part of their fluff.
[[File:Angelsofblood1.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''"I will drink your blood!"'']]
*[[Blood Angels]] A first-founding chapter who includes blood in many of their chapter themes and rituals (and their successors usually follow this), basically what would happen if you threw Catholicism, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and the zombie trope of "still technically alive" in a blender and pressed puree. The Blood Angels have a lot of modern vampiric themes mixed with angelic elements: looking eternally youthful, being long-lived (even by Astartes standards), and having a chance of developing a need to quench their partially dormant bloodthirst. Failure to do so can reduce the Astartes in question to a devolved gorilla-like mutant that goes berserk. These are kept in stasis until they are needed.
*[[Blood Drinkers]] A Blood Angels successor chapter. They have a literal need to drink blood, although unlike their more angelic cousins they do not do this out of ritual; instead they do it as a way to sate their chapter's innate bloodlust.
*[[Flesh Eaters]] Crappy [[Space Marines]] who like to eat flesh. Especially if it's raw. While the Blood Drinkers had collectively fallen to the curse and were declared renegade until they sacrificed themselves to save fellow Blood Angel successors (and even then were not rebuilt as they thought the name was too tainted and just recorded them as martyred and posthumously restored their reputation), the Flesh Eaters don't give into it by being berserk rage all the time so actually being used to it and knowing when to unleash and when to hold it.
*[[Dark Eldar]] While not bloodsuckers, although they might drink their victim's blood if it fancies them; the Dark Eldar partake in a sort of "emotional vamprism" on their hosts to sustain themselves. Said vamprism is carried out usually by ''slowly'' torturing the host until he's dead.  They also follow the "classic" vampire aesthetics, being a bunch of long-lived, crazy arrogant, pale and nimble wannabe-aristocrats. They even come back from dead in a process which involves crystal coffins.

Finally, see [[Night Lords]]. (Seriously, how were these not in here before??)