Umbral Horror Banshee

Once a grief-stricken woman who wandered the labyrinthine streets of the City of Sadness for so long that her humanity dissolved into pure anguish, she became something far darker when the collective despair of the metropolis seeped into her very soul and transformed her into a conduit for human suffering itself. As the city's perpetual darkness deepened around her, her form warped and twisted—her face erased by sorrow until only a luminous, fanged maw remained, her body wrapped in the bandages of a thousand unhealed wounds, her fingers elongated into instruments of extraction. She discovered that the overwhelming melancholy permeating the city's streets was not merely an atmosphere but sustenance, and that by drawing near to those drowning in despair, she could feed upon their anguish through biting contact, leaving them hollow but breathing. The Umbral Horror Banshee evolved into a phantom predator, exploiting the darkness as her hunting ground and mimicking the silhouette of a weeping mourner to lure her prey close enough to drain their emotional devastation. Her scream became a weapon born from the accumulated anguish she consumed, a sonic manifestation of every tear shed within the city's walls, capable of shattering both body and mind in those unfortunate enough to provoke her wrath. Now she drifts through the endless night as a neutral force of nature—neither inherently malicious nor benevolent, simply existing as the City of Sadness's living embodiment of emotional parasitism, feeding where grief pools deepest.

Strength

14, modifier 2

Dexterity

18, modifier 4

Constitution

20, modifier 5

Intelligence

12, modifier 1

Wisdom

16, modifier 3

Charisma

22, modifier 6

Terrifying Scream

The Banshee emits a horrifying scream. Each creature within 30 ft. must make a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or take 4d10 psychic damage and be frightened for 1 minute. A frightened target can repeat the save at the end of each of its turns.

Claw Attack

Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 2d10 + 4 slashing damage. On a hit, the target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed until the end of its next turn.

Feed on Sorrow

The Banshee targets one creature it has grappled. The target must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or take 3d8 necrotic damage and the Banshee regains hit points equal to the damage dealt.

Ethereal Presence

The Umbral Horror Banshee can move through solid objects and creatures as if they were difficult terrain.

Emotional Drain

When the Banshee successfully attacks, it can siphon 1d8 emotional energy, reducing the target's Wisdom by that amount until the end of their next turn.

strength

5

dexterity

8

constitution

9

wisdom

7

charisma

10

Necrotic

Psychic