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| hometown = [[Reithwin Town]] | | hometown = [[Reithwin Town]] | ||
| race = Undead [[elf]] | | race = Undead [[elf]] | ||
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'''Malus''' is the undead master surgeon of the [[House of Healing]], and twisted follower of Shar. Having somehow kept his personality despite being in the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]], he believes graceful pain and calculating mutilation are the key to truly embracing the ideals of his dark faith. At his depraved hospital, he tirelessly works to train his [[Undead]] Nurses to hone such skill, yet their hollowed state leaves them lacking in ability beyond being dutiful assistants. | |||
{{Q|The objective of the scalpel, sisters, is to soothe, for a scalpel, indeed, is an extension of Shar. See how the patient reacts when I but stroke the right nerve. Hear its comfort. Hear the melody of mercy. Pray, sister, show us the extent of your beneficence.|Malus Thorm instructing the Undead Nurses in their "medical practice."}} | |||
== Overview == | |||
=== Background === | |||
In life, Malus directed a shift in the House's purpose from tending to the sick and injured among the populace of Reithwin to exclusively serving the [[Dark Justiciar|Dark Justiciars]] of [[Ketheric Thorm]]'s army, as he believed keeping the latter healthy would help them serve Shar while the rest were better off left to her oblivion.{{cite text|Patients' Registry}}{{cite text|URGENT: Request for Supplies|Sister Anna Lidwin}} | |||
=== Quests === | |||
He plays the role of obstacle in the quest [[Wake up Art Cullagh]], holding the quest item the [[Battered Lute]]. | |||
== Involvement == | |||
{{Spoiler warning|act=2}} | |||
Arriving at the [[House of Healing]] and gaining entry to the surgery theatre, Malus will be busy educating his undead nurses on a poor 'patient'. While cordial at first seeing you as a new student, preaching his view of Absence being the way to understanding Shar. After mutilating the 'patient' he will urge to do the same to you. Beyond attacking to defend yourself, there are a mix of [[Skill Check|Skill Checks]] that can be done instead: | |||
* A [[Difficulty Class|DC]] 14 [[Investigation]] check with advantage for [[Rogue]] to check nurses tools and point out that they're unusable | |||
*A [[Difficulty Class|DC]] 14 [[Investigation]] check will lead to you pointing out the nurses aren't skilled enough for surgery. | |||
*A DC 14 [[Religion]] check will let you use the ways of Shar to counter '''Malus''' own views. | |||
*A DC 16 [[Persuasion]] check will suggest the nurses aren't ready and just make you sick instead of 'curing' you. | |||
If any of these checks are successful, '''Malus''' will ask how to train the nurses properly, leading to two differing Persuasion checks. | |||
*DC 21 with advantage for [[Monk]] or [[Bard]] Suggest that '''Malus''' offer himself up to be practiced on by the nurses, which he gleefully accepts. After a bloody scene in which they blindly hack away at his body, the nurses will become passive, and the master surgeon very much dead. | |||
*DC 21 with advantage for [[Rogue]] or [[Fighter]] Convince '''Malus''' to have the Sisters test their skills against each other, leading to a bloody brawl between them. | |||
If the player has first read the ''[[Surgery and Physiology: A Sharran's Primer]]'' book in the room behind '''Malus''', two additional options are available, both of which are instead DC 18, and both of which result in the nurses killing '''Malus''': | |||
* [INTIMIDATION] I have read your treatise. Initiate the final lesson, or die by my hand. (DC 18) | |||
* [PERSUASION] ‘Only with sacrifice is mastery gained.’ For the sisters to learn, you must submit. (DC 18) | |||
If the nurses were convinced to fight each other, the mad surgeon will press to tend to you next. He can be attacked, proving much easier to defeat without the support of his nurses. Alternatively, he can be convinced to do the work for you: | |||
* A final DC 21 [[Persuasion]] check, requesting that Malus perform the procedure on you | |||
* DC 21 [[Deception]] check with advantage for [[Sorcerer]], [[Cleric]], [[Fighter]], or [[Druid]] asking that Malus bless you with the blinding procedure | |||
Awed by your diligence, '''Malus''' will happily make an example of himself, stabbing and killing himself through the eye. | |||
== Combat == | |||
{{Infobox statistics | {{Infobox statistics | ||
| child = | | child = | ||
| name = Malus Thorm | |||
| race = Undead | |||
| size = Medium | | size = Medium | ||
| type = Undead | | type = Undead | ||
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| weight_kg = 100 | | weight_kg = 100 | ||
| weight_lb = | | weight_lb = | ||
| | | level = 7 | ||
| str = 14 | | str = 14 | ||
| dex = 18 | | dex = 18 | ||
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| feature5_description = Advantage on saving throws against being turned. | | feature5_description = Advantage on saving throws against being turned. | ||
}} | }} | ||
=== Attacks and abilities === | === Attacks and abilities === | ||
{{Feature box| | {{Feature box|Claws (Malus Thorm)}} | ||
{{Feature box|Request Surgical Instrument}} | |||
}} | |||
{{ | {{Feature box|Bloody Bonesaw}} | ||
}} | |||
{{ | {{Feature box|This Won't Hurt A Bit}} | ||
}} | |||
{{ | {{Feature box|Terror Trepan}} | ||
}} | |||
{{ | {{Feature box|Lethal Leech}} | ||
}} | |||
{{ | {{Feature box|Lovely Assistant}} | ||
}} | |||
=== Notable loot === | === Notable loot === | ||
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== Related literature == | == Related literature == | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|Surgery and Physiology: A Sharran's Primer}} | * {{MdRarityItem|Surgery and Physiology: A Sharran's Primer}} | ||
* {{MdRarityItem|URGENT: Request for Supplies}}, [[Anna Lidwin|Sister Lidwin]] avails a Baldur's Gate surgeon of Malus's descent into madness under Shar | |||
=== Notes by Malus Thorm === | |||
* {{MdRarityItem|Reithwin Necrology}} | |||
* {{MdRarityItem|Surgeon's Memorandum}} | |||
=== Books by Malus Thorm === | |||
*{{MdRarityItem|Surgeon's Research Notes}} | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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* {{FRWiki|Malus Thorm|long}} | * {{FRWiki|Malus Thorm|long}} | ||
{{NavShadowCursedLands}} | {{NavShadowCursedLands}} | ||
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