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Detect Life. The banshee can magically sense the presence of creatures up to 5 miles away that aren’t undead or constructs. She knows the general direction they’re in but not their exact

locations.Incorporeal Movement. The banshee can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. She takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction

Detect Life. The banshee can magically sense the presence of creatures up to 5 miles away that aren't undead or constructs. She knows the general direction they're in but not their exact locations

.Incorporeal Movement. The banshee can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. She takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Incorporeal

Banshee When night falls, unlucky travelers hear the faint cries of the forlorn dead. This woeful spirit is a banshee, a spiteful creature formed from the spirit of a female elf. Banshees appear as

transformation into undead monsters. Sorrow Bound. A banshee becomes forever bound to the place of its demise, unable to venture more than five miles from there. It is forced to relive every moment of its life

Banshee A banshee is the hateful spirit of a once-beautiful female elf. It appears as a luminous, wispy form that vaguely recalls its mortal features. A banshee’s face is wreathed in a wild tangle of

hair, and its body is clad in wispy rags that flutter and stream around it. A banshee is forever bound to the place of its demise. It abhors mirrors, for it can’t bear to see the horror of its undead

tunnel. The cave remains above sea level at high tide and is haunted by a banshee. The banshee, Miraal, manifests as a ghostly elf with gills, webbed hands, and webbed feet. It wears spectral

garments that sway as though the undead is floating underwater. The banshee can’t travel farther than 100 feet from this cave, and thus can’t reach the lighthouse. Miraal was a sea elf killed by Moesko, who

banshee — the restless spirit of a moon elf ambassador named Vyldara who tried and failed to foment civil unrest among the dwarves. The dwarves imprisoned the elf and sent messages to her people, asking

filling Axeholm’s halls with deathly wails, the dwarves abandoned their stronghold, but not before several dwarves slain by the banshee arose as ghouls to feed on their kin. Ghouls and other creatures

Keening Darklord: Tristessa Hallmarks: Banshee, silent village The forbidding land of Keening is dominated by Mount Lament, at whose base lies the village of Anwrtyn, where all the residents are deaf

. This is no accident, for the locals purposefully deafen themselves so they won’t hear the shrieking of the banshee Tristessa, a mournful spirit who roams Mount Lament and whose wail carries through

A24. Haunted Hall The banshee haunts the east–west stretch of this L-shaped hall. The creature floats in the middle of the hall, outside the door to area A27. Describe it to the players as follows

attempt to parley, it turns violent. In the first round of combat, the banshee uses Horrifying Visage. On the second round, it uses Wail. After wailing, it withdraws to area A27, passing through the closed door as though it weren’t there. In area A27, the undead makes its final stand.

Challenge 4 (1,100 XP) Banshee Black pudding Bone naga Chuul Couatl Elephant Ettin Flameskull Ghost Gnoll fang of YeenoghuHelmed horror Lamia Lizard king/queen Orc

11–12 Banshee 13–14 Brown bear(s) 15–16 Chwingas 17–18 Fox and hare 19–20 Wolf pack Banshee This banshee is the spectral remnant of a female elf warrior who was banished

the banshee’s Corrupting Touch. There is only one banshee haunting the forest. If it’s destroyed, it re-forms after 24 hours in a random location in the forest, damned to its eternal exile. Brown Bear

speaking with the banshee makes the check. If that player roleplays the encounter well, allow him or her to make the check with advantage. If any character has Sister Garaele’s silver comb and

Well (see that section). Agatha is well informed and a capable diviner, so she can answer almost any single question pertaining to the adventure that the characters think to ask. However, the banshee

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locating the lair of the banshee Agatha. From the ruins of Conyberry, an old trail leads northwest into Neverwinter Wood. Agatha’s lair is a few miles outside town. The forest grows dark and still as the

they’ve come for, they will be able to speak with the banshee. When the characters enter the shelter, read the following: A home of sorts is sheltered within the dome of woven branches. It is

descendants are behind the attack. 4 A street child named Anita approaches the characters for help. Her friends were taken by a banshee that wanders the streets near the Calaveras River at night.

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characters met and which quests or clues they picked up, some or all of the following information might be known to them: Sister Garaele wants the characters to seek out the banshee Agatha in the ruined town

points and becoming active again. The new body appears within 5 feet of the heart. Treasure. Returning the opalescent conch to area T1 dismisses the banshee as its spirit is set free. The characters are

–20 2d6 giant eagles 21–25 A pseudodragon chasing gulls through the air 26–29 1d2 druids 30–32 2d4 + 1 giant toads 33–35 1 commoner singing a dirge (day only) or1 banshee (night only) 36–40 A

1d4 berserkers 82 1d6 giant eagles 83 2d4 giant toads 84 1d4 ogres or 1d4 merrow 85 3d6 sahuagin 86 1d4 veterans 87 1d2 plesiosauruses 88 1 bandit captain with 2d6 bandits 89 1d3 manticores 90 1 banshee

undertake a delicate mission. They wanted her to persuade a banshee named Agatha to answer a question about a spellbook. Garaele sought out Agatha in her lair, but the creature did not appear for her

, full of dust and bad memories. It’s quiet most of the time, except when the sorrowful wails of the banshee fill the place. The following features are common throughout. Arrow Slits. When using an arrow

boars 14–15 1d8 + 1 giant spiders 16–17 1 lizardfolk shaman with 2d4 lizardfolk 18 1d10 giant toads 19 1d4 ankhegs 20 1d3 awakened trees (day) or 1 banshee (night) 21–25 A small shack almost hidden by the

spell attacks. Here’s how: certain monsters—including the banshee, the lich, and the specter—have a melee spell attack that isn’t delivered by a spell. For example, the banshee’s Corrupting Touch action

is a melee spell attack but no spell is cast to make it. The banshee can, therefore, make opportunity attacks with Corrupting Touch. Some spells (like eldritch blast ) target a creature. Some others

Copper Acid Gold Fire Green Acid Red Fire Silver Cold White Cold Screaming Sails Woven from the energy of captured wraiths and bound with the spirit of a banshee, these sails groan mournfully when

to take her bath. During this time, the cursed spirits of the dryads arise to destroy Red Ruth’s lair as punishment for her crimes. This force consists of two dryad spirits (use the banshee stat

captain’s wheels plundered from sunken ships and festooned with skulls. Figurehead. Leaning against the south wall is a ship’s figurehead carved in the form of a wailing banshee. The rowboat

dispelled, the banshee figurehead lets out a tremendous wail if any creature other than a sea hag approaches within 10 feet of the crow’s nest. The banshee’s wail echoes throughout the cavern and can

of Old Owl Well, seek the advice of a dangerous banshee, oust a band of orcs lurking at Wyvern Tor, and investigate the ruins of the town of Thundertree. Several of these leads point to Cragmaw Castle

isn’t harmful, but it is bitter, viscous, and stains like ink. Mara Silvra. If the characters approach the monolith, the air around them grows colder. The spirit of Mara Silvra (use the banshee stat

gnoll fang of Yeenoghu 86 1d4 gricks 87 1 bandit captain with 2d6 + 3 bandits 88 1d4 wererats 89 1 couatl (day) or 1 banshee (night) 90 1 gnoll pack lord with 1d4 giant hyenas 91 2d4 berserkers or

an expression of horror. The traveler wears a bag of devouring on a strap. Dryad Spirits. Three cursed dryad spirits (use the banshee stat block to represent them) approach the characters and demand

scouted out his camp and seem inclined to cause trouble. He wants to ask a question of Agatha the banshee: “What is the name of the wizard who built the tower at Old Owl Well?” Kost won’t risk the

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banshee-like. She abhors the company of other humanoids except her brother. She is in a relaxing trance when the characters first arrive. Normally indifferent toward adventurers, she turns hostile if she

visage, a spectral elf maiden twisted by the horror of her undead existence. She wails, and the very sound claws at your soul. The spectral elf is a banshee that attacks the characters on sight, using

her wail immediately. Once awakened, the banshee is free to roam Castle Ravenloft, but she can’t travel more than 5 miles from this crypt. In life, Patrina Velikovna was a dusk elf who, having learned a

toad, harpy 1 (200 XP) Bandit captain, berserker, druid, griffon, ogre, merrow, plesiosaurus, sahuagin priestess, sea hag 2 (450 XP) Manticore, veteran 3 (700 XP) Banshee 4 (1,100 XP) Sahuagin baron

, werewolf, yuan-ti malison 3 (700 XP) Banshee, couatl, gnoll fang of Yeenoghu, wereboar, weretiger 4 (1,100 XP) Gorgon, revenant, shambling mound, troll, unicorn, werebear 5 (1,800 XP) Giant ape, grick