Psyche

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Psyche @
HP	39
HD	5
XP	397
Speed	13
AC	0
EV	12
Will	26
Attack¹	7 (hit: plain)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Normal
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	human, human
Flags	Actual spells Speaks Spellcaster Unique Warm-blooded

A fair-haired mage, wandering and seemingly half-mad with grief and guilt.

“Let Psyche’s corpse be clad in mourning weed
And set on rock of yonder hill aloft;
Her husband is no wight of human seed,
But serpent dire and fierce, as may be thought,
Who flies with wings above in starry skies,
And doth subdue each thing with fiery flight.
The Gods themselves and powers that seem so wise
With mighty love be subject to his might.
The rivers black and deadly floods of pain
And darkness eke as thrall to him remain.”
-Apuleius, _Asinus aureus_, “Cupid and Psyche”. circa. 160 AD.
trans. William Adlington, 1566.

Useful Info

Psyche is a fast-moving unique mage. Although her collection of spells is no more dangerous than you'd find on an orc wizard, she is notoriously deadly due to the chaos (75% odds) or distortion (25%) dagger she generates with, often sending careless melee fighters to the Abyss at lethally low levels.

Location

The Dungeon:8-13
The Orcish Mines

Spells

Spell set
Slot¹	Throw Frost (3d6)
Slot²	Cantrip
Slot³	Haste
Slot⁴	Throw Flame (3d6)
Slot⁵	Magic Dart (3d4)
Slot⁶	Invisibility

Tips & Tricks

Fight her at range. If this isn't an option, confuse or paralyze her before engaging her in melee; her magic resistance is low enough to make this a fairly safe bet.

Trivia

Psyche is a character from the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche. In this myth, Psyche was a girl who fell in love with the god of desire, Eros, but needed to complete several impossible tasks before his mother Aphrodite would allow them to be wed.