Sensory Overload

Sensory Overload (Head) locks the cat into its head slot and strips access to every other piece of gear. The cat fixates so completely on whatever is on its head that weapon, face, neck, and trinket slots become permanently unusable. It is one of the five slot-specific Sensory Overload outcomes of the Monkey Paw event's "An immensely powerful item" wish, triggered when the materialized item is a helmet.

A head-only cat is a strange build. Helmets lean defensive and sometimes modify spell behavior, so the disorder pushes the cat toward a tanky, support-oriented role, but losing the weapon slot means its damage output collapses. Unlike Head Trauma, which blocks the head slot and compensates with -2 mana on Collarless spells, Sensory Overload (Head) inverts that trade: you keep the helmet but lose everything else. The best candidates are cats that already have an extraordinary helmet lined up and are willing to function as moving terrain for the rest of the party.

Sensory Overload (Head) is heritable and can also be applied through events, Monkey Paw wishes, or an Organ Grinder Disorder Syringe. For most rosters, the right move is to cure the disorder as soon as possible, because gutting four equipment slots to keep one is rarely worth it unless that head item is genuinely exceptional. Evaluate the granted helmet honestly before committing the cat to this playstyle; if it is anything less than a run-defining piece, plan the cure immediately.