idk why but i cant fight this boss. Whenever i try to start the battle the game crashes

This mod is a great addition to the game with just the right amount of difficulty. I must ask why were the journal pages removed?

The patch notes mention that she no longer drops journal entries detailing her lore when you defeat her. Is there a reason for this? I like reading those.

Hey everyone, just a heads up that the Banshee has received a balance update. Overall she should be a more easier but still challenging fight to take on. A link to more details can be found in the change notes. Lemme know your thoughts on the update and if you run into any issues!

Beaten it going in blind but I agree, while this mod is very flavorful, it is extremely hard. Would exclude it from lvl 1 dungeons (I accepted it blindly, I thought it's just some random interaction before going for the Hag; need less to say, sole survior quit the dungeon after this fight).
I really love the design but imo it has no place in beginner dungeons.

This mod is super great. I managed to beat all three tiers with different teams, the final one just now.

The fight has a lot of interesting mechanics and I love how the story is told through it, as well as the journals which you get after you beat each version. Not to mention, the design of each of the minibosses is superb, both visually as well as in the persona their attacks convey, via animation, name and effect.

While she is VERY difficult, especially going in blind, a relatively balanced team will probably not have too much difficulty. One thing that somewhat irks is that a mark is relatively useless against bosses with multiple turns, because it tends to run out before you get the chance to exploit it.

Other team comps which would probably work:

- Hellion, Houndmaster, Highwayman, Vestal, as each of the phases is weak to bleed

- Bounty Hunter, Highwayman, Houndmaster, Vestal, so as to exploit marks to their fullest

- Shieldbreaker, Bounty Hunter, Occultist, Arbalest, in order to debuff and break the high prot of most of the phases and breaking the Husband's guard

Absolutely phenomenal mod, I love how the story is told through the fight. It is a rough fight though, got through it without losing anyone thankfully.

@Master Bates Skill issue

does this work with levels 2 and 4

This boss is insanely unbalanced. Can't imagine what would have happened if I didn't get extremely lucky and pop 2/4 virtues. Does she really need three phases, each with their own mini bosses, each that can move multiple times a turn, each that can heal themselves, each with that high protection, and each with a horror dealer? Why did you make this?

does this mod need Marvin Seo Mods: Shared Assets?

Bro, are mass grave that rare? I go the the weald with this mod on 12 times already and no mass grave to summon this banshee. let's say that I see Shambler shrine in weald 2 times and still doesn't see mass grave.

or maybe I do mod order wrong, you need to put shared asset on top of banshee mod right?

@Timmyofmen
I've never seen it go into a 40+ turn fight even on my longer attempts. You might be exaggerating. imo each phase is well balanced.

Just make each phase it's own separate mini-boss. There is no need for this thing to be in one 40+ turn fight.

This so called "Mini-Boss" would be much better if it was only that first phase, mixed with attacks from phase two.

Just beat the Banshee for the first time, I oughtta say, beautiful mod, highly recommend it, very much in the spirit of the vanilla game.

I ran into this in a short apprentice level dungeon. This is blatantly unfair at that level. Constant horror, guards so you can't kill them effectively, and 3 phases with no warning and no break. I had an easier time accidentally summoning the shambler! I downloaded this simply because of the names and rep of the creator (love the classes) thinking it wouldn't show up in early game dungeons. It caused a TPK in a party with two healers with stress healing. This was impossible. Maybe at least put more of a warning on the curio activation (not that my auto-gravedigging character had any choice)? Or better yet, make it an actual boss with a mission and everything so you know what you're getting into, and can prepare. I'm sorry, but that was not "Losing is fun". That was malicious.

This boss is an absolutely outstanding achievement in visual and fight design. It's brilliant. No complaints there. But it does feel a tiny bit overtuned. One of my strongest teams ran into it, at full health, nearly no stress and with a full set of camping buffs up.

It was still an absolute slaughter. This boss is harder than any vanilla boss, and that doesn't feel right for a randomly appearing curio boss that can be auto-triggered by quirks (which the shambler, notably, cannot).

Some kind of adjustment feels appropriate here. Perhaps mandate an item to activate the boss curio (something common, like food or a torch) because you simply stand no chance at all without a -lot- of prior preparation, and even if you succeed any prior mission objective is likely to have to be abandoned.

https://i.imgur.com/AmtT3Zc.jpg

Honestly, there should be only 1 of each of the bosses instead of 2 bosses killed 3 different times and The Banshee should be 1 of the main bosses instead of a mini-boss. Awesome work

Am using those two mods, mimic and banshe and so far, 5 times mimic, 2 banshee.

Oh, I guess its not complitable with mimics mod.

Not sure if that mod works correctly or not. Maybe it has some desync with another mods for bosses? Idk.
Like for 100-150+ weeks Ive never see a graveyard for boss summon or smth. Maybe Im doing smth wrong?

10/10

Firstly, phenomenal work. Truly one of the best and most thought through bosses in my entire time of modding, and playing this game. The story is convincing and the artwork is pitch perfect. Secondly, fuck this boss. 3 man teamwipe so buyer beware, just be careful with who you send in. I would still highly recommend it lol, just know what you were getting yourself into. If you download this mod, remember you did, the perfect art-style lulled me into a false sense of security. Great work as always

@S.gagnon
That sounds like a glitch. she should have summoned enemies by then. I've never had that happen the 4 or so times I've fought her.

had to retreat after 22 turn ... unistalling this for sure ...

Help, boss is stuck on phase one, constantly repeating eternal anguish .... what is happening ? 10 turn in a row now...she's alone on the field

Very difficult, but balanced mod. Coming back, hoping whatever bugs/fixes will be worked out now.

It's not a boss, it's an experience! Amazing, truly amazing job!
Don't look at the spoiler if you haven't already encountered it!

The boss actions are so sad that when you kill her you feel good to gave her peace at last.

Every time I face this mod, I can't help but admire how fantastic it is. Amazing lore, mechanics, art. 10/10.

This is the best modded boss out there imo, has a great story that's told through the mechanics of the fight along with useful trinkets that tie into it. I've lost a good few heroes to it but never my temper.

Just got a TPK randomly coming across this with some low levels, had to look through my mods to even see what the fuck happened. Long story short it was a mod I forgot about, and now I'm constantly looking through the Weald to get my revenge.

Shit feels like I'm in the court again, the pain is real. 9/10

Fantastic mini boss, its storytelling and design is top notch... but fuck is it unbalanced for where it shows up. I had to retreat with my level 5 party against it, but its showing up in level 1 easy dungeons where its impossible to beat.

10/10 Boss fight *Also difficult 3' * , lore and artwork

Installed a bunch of mods at once, forgot about this one, yadayada.

Fucking brilliant work.

I mean, you murdered my team - but it was done in such a great way it's got me strategizing about my next encounter with the Banshee.

good boss, BUT NEEDS BALANCE

10/10 but actually fuck this boss, 1/10 killed my dream team

(softly) Don't

Just encountered it in veteran. God it was hard. I lost 2 of my champions to it. The fight was so intense and amazing. I got a super trinket from it so it was worth the loss of my 2 champs. Thank you for this mod Marvin and Clair <3

First of all, I think there's a bug where some quirks can force interaction. In this case Compulsive. I wasn't planning on fighting her and had read it didn't have any forced. By my Plague Doc with compulsive triggered it.

In terms of mods I do run Marvin's Quirk pack, not sure if that's breaking something. But from what I understand you're supposed to have to use a Shovel on the Curio to spawn the boss, right? Much like the Shambler Altar takes a torch?

This fight's a little too brutal for a forced interaction to trigger on it. A damn good fight, but this is the sort of fight you set out loaded for bear to fight, and ignore if you didn't.

Secondly, holy shit that fight is amazing in every respect. You pick up a lot of her backstory from the abilities used, and the art design is on par with official content and blends in with it perfectly. It's also a brutal fight. Miniboss doesn't do it justice. Gonna be hell to take down on Champion, just going by the Apprentice version.

very good!

oh boy, I was excited for this boss but in desperate need of rework is the gentlest way I can put how broken it is. Most of the Banshee's associates/memories act in their round 2-3 times, I had her final form literally making a move, revoking it and instead making a different one (somehow, I never saw vanilla stuff doing this), the third form also instead of lossing its round after a stun it just recieves the buff and gets a round for free, overall it's just broken. And I was fighting the version that supposedly is for level 0 (I went in with level 1 and upgraded) but in actaul gameplay feels like something for upgraded level 2 the least, I can't imagine what it takes if it has higher level encounters.

encountered this after forgetting I installed it, and it fucked me up dude. didn't even know it was added by a mod, it was so well integrated!

Best mini boss I have seen so far !

A quick question, is there some way to make this mod compatible with mods that alter the curio spawns in the Weald?

i had the incredibly bad luck of stumbling upon the graves with a overly curious highwayman, i didnt have a healer so i got absolutely steamrolled even when it was an apprentice dungeon, now i have to beat the shrieker if i want my dismas head back...

@Marvin Seo I absolutely love this mod! Do you have plans to do any other bosses? Maybe something for the Crimson Court?

Amazing boss fight both mechanically and thematically and incredible background story for the cast, thanks for the mod, it was a real pleasure to play! Marvin and Clair you both never cease to amaze me with your incredible and innovative work.

Word to my fellow players, the champion version of this boss fight can be quite overwhelming.

I was able to beat both the Apprentice and Veteran version with 0 damage and 0 stress at the end of combat.

However, with the same team and same provisions, the champion version left my team with roughly 60-75% health remaining and an enormous 80 Stress on each hero. Maybe it was an unlucky set of stress attacks by the Banshee herself on the Champion version, still, the difference in difficulty was immense.

I had gone against the boss with the "boss quest" mod/option, so I was able to provision fully and go in with a fully healthy team.

Take the Champion version very seriously when you attempt to engage this boss.

best enemy mod ever!