One of my favorite visual guides to one of my favorite creatures. This book is clearly targeted for younger audiences wrapped by Wizards of the Coast to enhance D&D content instead of constituting as vampire literature. However, it does make a contribution to the vampire scene given the D&D has some original takes on the vampire while keeping much of the commonly accepted mythology intact. This book and me go a long way back and have history together. Serves as a moderately fun and quick introduction to vampires and their roles in the D&D universe- so don't expect anything historically accurate. It can be enjoyed by those who do not roleplay the game (like myself) and appreciated for what it is on its own. The art is excellent and has charming text to accompany it. It discusses vampire culture and practices, vampiric lifestyles, Strahd (D&D's Dracula), and other creatures like vampire dragons and blood fiends.It presents itself as a friendly travel companion instead of a colorless factual dictionary. ( )