Sleep Paralysis

Sleep Paralysis triggers whenever your cat falls asleep, spawning a Sleep Paralysis Demon with Madness that attacks any unit on the battlefield. Your cat remains asleep and cannot wake up until the demon is killed. The demon acts as a hostile unit that targets both enemies and allies, creating chaos while your cat lies helpless. This transforms the normally benign sleep state into a dangerous situation that requires your party to deal with an additional threat.

Sleep Paralysis is heritable and can pass from parent to kitten through breeding. It can also be acquired through events or applied with a Disorder Syringe from the Organ Grinder. This disorder only activates when the cat falls asleep, so cats with Insomnia (cannot fall asleep) would never trigger it. Conversely, pairing it with Narcolepsy (falls asleep at end of turn) or Hypersomnia (starts battle asleep) would guarantee frequent demon spawns, which is almost always undesirable.

Strategically, Sleep Paralysis is most dangerous when combined with involuntary sleep sources. If your cat rarely or never falls asleep, the disorder is essentially dormant and wastes a disorder slot without doing anything. If sleep is a risk in your build or against certain enemies, the demon spawn can be devastating. The safest approach is to pair Sleep Paralysis with Insomnia to prevent it from ever triggering, though this uses both disorder slots on a defensive combo rather than offering offensive benefits.