Homebrew Banshee Species Details

Banshee or if male Fershee are an undead ghost, where in the case of a Banshee was a beautiful female once they were alive, and in the case of a Fershee a fearless warrior.

Banshees are normally a spiteful creature formed from the spirit of a female elf. Its face is wreathed in a wild tangle of hair, its body clad in wispy rags that flutter and stream around it.

Fershees are a spiteful creature formed from the spirit of a male elf. They have long wispy beards though no hair other than that. 

Banshee Traits

You have the following racial traits:

Creature Type

You are an Undead.

Ability Score Increases

Your Charisma score increases by two and your intelligence score increases by one.

Languages

Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. 

Size

You are Medium.

Speed

You have a walking speed of 30 feet and a flying speed of 30 feet.

Spared from Death

Instead of Healing spells having no effect on you, all healing is halved for you. On top of that you gain advantage on all Death Saves.

Incorporeal Movement

Once per short rest as a bonus action you can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain for one minute. You take 1d10 force damage if you end your turn inside an object.

Incorporeal

You are incorporial. All attacks against you by nonmagical weapons have disadvantantage. You have disadvantage on all attacks done with all weapons that are not considered Simple weapons.

Eyes of the Dark

While in darkness you see as if you were in bright light. While in bright light you see as if you were in dim light.

Wrath to the Living

Once per long rest as a bonus action you can choose one living humanoid to curse.
All damage done to this humanoid is increased by 1d4 necrotic damage. This 1d4 increases to 1d6 at 4th level, 1d8 at 8th level, a 1d10 at 12th level and a 1d12 at 16th level. This effect ends once the creature drops to 0 hit points, you drop to 0 hit points or after 1 minute has passed.

Detect Life

You can sense the presence of any living creature within 60 feet of you.

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