{"id":"werewolf/creature/spirit/psychomachiae","type":"creature","system":"spirit","line":"werewolf","name":"Psychomachiae","sources":[{"source":"W20","page":448,"folio":446}],"entries":["Psychomachiae are spirits for whom negative human emotions — terror, hatred, despair, and the like — are ambrosia. These Banes seek out and possess disturbed and depraved individuals, urging them to act out base impulses and dark fantasies.",{"type":"header","text":"Willpower","level":4},"7, Rage 10, Gnosis 8, Essence 25 (+1 per death inflicted by its host, not counting deaths the Psy­ chomachia causes directly)",{"type":"header","text":"Background","level":4},"Psychomachiae are servants of the Urge Wyrm, and summoned by emotional conflict. They seek out those who are in the throes of heart-wrenching crisis, feeding on their internal battles and constantly nudging them deeper and deeper into the darkness.","Storytelling Notes: A Psychomachia can’t possess just anyone and drive him to corruption, but he can pos­ sess an already depraved individual easily and give him an extra push. While they can flock to anyone in emo­ tional anguish, they tend to swarm around locations full of soul-rending chaos: war zones, crisis centers, maximum security prisons, and locations where abuse of children, senior citizens, or animals is taking place."],"stats":{"line_specific":{"charms":"Airt Sense, Corruption, Materialize, Possession Image: Physical manifestations are always extremely vicious. They come equipped with razors, fangs, scalpels, clamps, and other instruments for inflicting pain and death. Psychomachiae smell of death, anger, and hatred, melded into a miasma of twisted rage."}},"_qa":{"flags":["no_attributes"],"parser":"stat_block","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-12","job":"w20-spirits"},"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/werewolf/creature/spirit/psychomachiae","html":"/records/werewolf/creature/spirit/psychomachiae","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/werewolf/creature/spirit/psychomachiae/children","sources":[{"abbr":"W20","page":448,"folio":448,"title":"Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition"}]},"_db":{"title":"Psychomachiae","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"Psychomachiae are spirits for whom negative human emotions — terror, hatred, despair, and the like — are ambrosia. These Banes seek out and possess disturbed and depraved individuals, urging them to act out base","tags":[],"children":[]}}