Infernal Koshmar

Dream spirits who use infernal powers.

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Alp

A 3' tall spirit wearing a tarnakappe, a magical hat that gives them their powers. They are very powerful and dangerous spirits who have many powers, including but not limited to sleep paralysis, souring milk, tangling horse's manes, crushing small animals, causing minor illnesses, mimicking dead relatives, swapping out newborns, causing stillbirths, and turning invisible. They are shapeshifters who usually appear to be small figures with their caps, but will sometimes become a cat, pig, dog, snake, or small white butterfly - always wearing the cap. Some of them can fly in any form. One of their eyes can cause illness or misfortune with their gaze - if this eye is removed, they become nice and kind. They feed on blood or breast milk. They can enter a house via a keyhole. They can be repelled by many charms, including special poems, broomsticks under the pillow, iron horseshoes on the bedpost, shoes against the bed with the toes toward the door, some kinds of light, special sentries, mirrors on the chest while you sleep, or steel charms. If one wakes with an alp on them, they may ask them to return for coffee in the morning, and when they return, they can be driven away politely. Putting a lemon in their mouths immobilizes them. They are extremely difficult to kill.

PRO 8 ATH 10 STR 5 AWA 9 WIL 7 PRS 9 STH 10 ESS 9

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Ammuntadòre

A spirit that does not send or cause nightmares, but appears in them. This spirit takes on the form it had in the most recent dream it was in.

PRO 8 ATH 8 STR 8 AWA 10 WIL 10 PRS 10 STH 9 ESS 9

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Babau

A spirit that appears only in the imaginations of children, taking on the form they imagine for it, preying on their fear. NPC only.

PRO 7 ATH 7 STR 7 AWA 11 WIL 11 PRS 11 STH 11 ESS 11

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Mare

Click here for mares.

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Mazapegul

3' tall fey with dark grey fur, looking like a cross between a cat and a monkey. They wear red caps on their heads. They come out at night to cause sleep paralysis, seduce women, send nightmares, and knot the hair of horses. They are very particular, though, and any woman they think is "unclean" will drive them away. If a woman is open to their seductions, however, they will help out around the house. They can scratch someone from a distance, magically.

PRO 9 ATH 11 STR 5 AWA 11 WIL 10 PRS 10 STH 9 ESS 9

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Nocnitsa

Nocnitsas are nightmare spirits. They can be repelled by a stone with a hole in it (“hagstone”), a knife kept in the cradle, or a circle drawn around it with a knife of iron. Like mares and other nightmare spirits, nocnitsas sit on the chest of the sleeper (usually a child) and draw out their lifeforce. They view hands on the chest as a welcoming sign. They are shadowy and have powerful voices, and they leave a smell of dirt and moss behind them. They dwell in the forests.

PRO 8 ATH 9 STR 7 AWA 11 WIL 11 PRS 11 STH 9 ESS 9

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Pantafica

A powerful nightmare spirit who takes on different forms, including that of an old woman, large black cat, witch, goblin, gnome, or other small figure. They cause sleep paralysis and steal souls when someone commits suicide. They are among the most wicked of spirits. Brooms, bags of legumes or sand near the bed keeps them at bay, as they end up counting them (the whiskers of the broom, the legumes, or the sand). Those rare pantaficas who choose not to bring nightmares and torment people slowly transform into other kinds of spirits.

PRO 9 ATH 9 STR 9 AWA 11 WIL 11 PRS 11 STH 11 ESS 10

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Slogutis

Slogutises are larger nightmare spirits. They have spiky, armored bodies and chains growing out of them. They cause sleep paralysis, pain, fear, and other bad feelings, and they feed off of emotion. They can shapeshift into forms others fear if they are not found to be terrifying enough.

PRO 9 ATH 7 STR 11 AWA 9 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 7 ESS 9

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Zburător or Sburător

Zburators are wandering dream spirits. They visit women in their dreams and appear to be beautiful figures. They seek women who are unhappy and use this to destroy their lives, assaulting them in their dreams.

PRO 7 ATH 8 STR 8 AWA 9 WIL 9 PRS 8 STH 9 ESS 9