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| title = Malus Thorm
| description = Malus Thorm is an undead surgeon in Baldur's Gate 3, able to be fought at the House of Healing.
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| name = Malus Thorm
| name = Malus Thorm
| identity = Male
| image =
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Malus Thorm.png|Portrait
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| va = [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048917 Sean Baker]
| va = Sean Baker
| title = Shar's Scalpel  
| title = Shar's Scalpel  
| family = [[Ketheric Thorm]] (nephew){{cite text|Tissue and Organ Register|Malus Thorm}}<br> [[Thisobald Thorm]]<br> [[Gerringothe Thorm]]<br> [[Isobel]] (grandniece)
| family = [[Ketheric Thorm]] (nephew){{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Tissue and Organ Register}} by Malus Thorm}}<br> [[Thisobald Thorm]]<br> [[Gerringothe Thorm]]<br> [[Isobel Thorm]] (grandniece)
| hometown = [[Reithwin Town]]
| hometown = [[Reithwin Town]]
| race = Undead, former, [[elf]]
| race = [[Undead]], former [[Elf]]
| full name = Malus Thorm
| size = [[Medium]]
| size = Medium
| type = [[Undead]]
| type = Undead
| ac = 18
| e hp = 193
| hp = 276
| t hp = 358
| movement m = 9
| weight kg = 100
| level = 7
| str = 14
| dex = 18
| con = 14
| int = 14
| wis = 16
| cha = 8
| wis save prof = Proficient
| dex save prof = Proficient
| t prof bonus = +4
| resistances = slashing resistant nm, piercing resistant nm, bludgeoning resistant nm, fire resistant full
| t conditions = Legendary Resistance: Incapacitation
| passives = Magic Resistance, Multiattack: Wounded (Malus Thorm), Opportunity Attack, Turn Resistance
| h passives = Legendary Action: Wail of Loss, Magic Resistance, Multiattack: Wounded (Malus Thorm), Opportunity Attack, Turn Resistance
}}
}}
'''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.
'''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.
{{DiQ|The objective of the scalpel, sisters, is to soothe, for a scalpel, indeed, is an extension of Shar.|Malus Thorm| instructing the Undead Nurses in their "medical practice."}}
{{DiQ|The objective of the scalpel, sisters, is to soothe, for a scalpel, indeed, is an extension of Shar.|Malus Thorm| instructing the Undead Nurses in their "medical practice."}}
== Overview ==
== Overview ==
=== Background ===
=== 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}}
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 {{CharLink|Ketheric Thorm|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.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Patients' Registry}}}}{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|URGENT: Request for Supplies}} by Sister {{CharLink|Anna Lidwin}}}}


=== Quests ===
=== Quests ===
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== Involvement ==
== Involvement ==
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 the talking party members as a new students, preaching his view of Absence being the way to understanding Shar. After mutilating the 'patient' he will urge to do the same to the party. Beyond attacking, there are a mix of [[Skill Check|Skill Checks]] that can be done instead:
Arriving at the [[House of Healing]] and gaining entry to the surgery theatre, Malus is busy educating his undead nurses on a poor 'patient'. While cordial at first seeing the talking party members as a new students, preaching his view of Absence being the way to understanding Shar. After mutilating the 'patient' he urges to do the same to the party. Beyond attacking, 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
* {{Dialogue option|''Examine the sisters and their implements.''|roll=Investigation|dc=14}}
* A DC 14 Investigation check will lead to pointing out the nurses aren't skilled enough for surgery.
** {{Dialogue option|Their blades are uneven. Efficient surgery will require further training.}}
* A DC 14 [[Religion]] check will let the party use the ways of Shar to counter '''Malus''' own views.
* {{Dialogue option|''Cast your gaze over the blades of the sisters.''|tags=Rogue|roll=Investigation|dc=14|advantage=y}}
* A DC 16 [[Persuasion]] check will suggest the nurses aren't ready and just make the party sick instead of 'curing' them.
** {{Dialogue option|Your blades are in an atrocious condition - no way you'd make a clean cut with those.}}
* {{Dialogue option|''Recall what you know of Shar's teachings.''|roll=Religion|dc=14}}
* {{Dialogue option|''Recall what you know of Shar's blasphemous teachings.''|tags=Cleric|roll=Religion|dc=14|advantage=y}} (non-Shar Cleric)
* {{Dialogue option|The sisters aren't ready. They'll make me sick instead of curing me.|roll=Persuasion|dc=16}}


If any of these checks are successful, '''Malus''' will ask how to train the nurses properly, leading to two differing Persuasion checks.
If any of these checks are successful, '''Malus''' asks how to train the nurses properly, leading to two differing Persuasion checks:
* A DC 21 with advantage for [[Monk]] or [[Bard]] to 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.
* A DC 21 with advantage for [[Rogue]] or [[Fighter]] to convince '''Malus''' to have the Sisters test their skills against each other, leading to a bloody brawl between them.


If the party 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''':
* {{Dialogue option|Sparring is vital to progress. Have them practice on each other.|tags=Fighter|roll=Persuasion|dc=21|advantage=y}}
* A DC 18 [Intimidation]] check: 'I have read your treatise. Initiate the final lesson, or die by my hand.'
* {{Dialogue option|Practice - that's how I got good with a blade. They should spar each other.|tags=Rogue|roll=Persuasion|dc=21|advantage=y}}
* A DC 18 Persuasion check: 'Only with sacrifice is mastery gained.’ For the sisters to learn, you must submit.'
* {{Dialogue option|In my years of study, I have found no better teacher than example. Perhaps ''you'' could volunteer?|tags=Wizard|roll=Persuasion|dc=21|advantage=y}}
* {{Dialogue option|When the fist trembles, sometimes another is needed to steady it. A good master would volunteer themselves.|tags=Monk|roll=Persuasion|dc=21|advantage=y}}
* {{Dialogue option|I take joy in performing with a master of my craft - I'm sure the sisters are the same. Why don't ''you'' volunteer?|tags=Bard|roll=Persuasion|dc=21|advantage=y}}
* {{Dialogue option|They need a better subject to practise on first. Not a student, but a master.|roll=Persuasion|dc=21}}


If the nurses were convinced to fight each other, the mad surgeon will press to tend to the party next. He can be attacked, proving much easier to defeat without the support of his nurses. Alternatively, he can be convinced to kill himself:
If the party read the ''{{SmRarityItem|Surgery and Physiology: A Sharran's Primer}}'' book in the room behind '''Malus''', two additional options are available, both of which result in the nurses killing '''Malus''':
* A DC 21 Persuasion check, requesting that Malus perform the procedure on the party.
* {{Dialogue option|I have read your treatise. Initiate the final lesson, or die by my hand.|roll=Intimidation|dc=18}}
* A DC 21 [[Deception]] check with advantage for [[Sorcerer]], [[Cleric]], [[Fighter]], or [[Druid]] asking that Malus bless the party with the blinding procedure.
* {{Dialogue option|'Only with sacrifice is mastery gained.' For the sisters to learn, you must submit.|roll=Persuasion|dc=18}}
Awed by the party's diligence, '''Malus''' will happily make an example of himself, stabbing and killing himself through the eye.


== Combat ==
If the nurses were convinced to fight each other, the mad surgeon presses to tend to the party next. He can be attacked, proving much easier to defeat without the support of his nurses. Alternatively, he can be convinced to kill himself:
=== Attacks and abilities ===
 
{{Feature box|Bloody Bonesaw}}
* {{Dialogue option|I am not worthy! Please, show me how a master works - I would be honoured.|tags=Bard|roll=Persuasion|dc=21|advantage=y}}
{{Feature box|Claws (Malus Thorm)}}
* {{Dialogue option|You do me an honour, but I am not worthy. Show me the way of Shar - I beg of you.|tags=Cleric|roll=Deception|dc=21|advantage=y}}
{{Feature box|Lethal Leech}}
* {{Dialogue option|I am but a fumbling squire before a master swordsman. Please, demonstrate so that I might learn..|tags=Fighter|roll=Deception|dc=21|advantage=y}}
{{Feature box|Lovely Assistant}}
* {{Dialogue option|My magic has blinded me - I see now that Shar is the only path. Show me how - I beg of you.|tags=Wizard, Sorcerer|roll=Deception|dc=21|advantage=y}}
{{Feature box|Request Surgical Instrument}}
* {{Dialogue option|I sought purpose in the natural world - I see now that Shar is the only path. Show me how - I beg of you.|tags=Druid|roll=Deception|dc=21|advantage=y}}
{{Feature box|Terror Trepan}}
* {{Dialogue option|I would rather acquaint myself - if you show me how.|roll=Persuasion|dc=21}}
{{Feature box|This Won't Hurt A Bit}}


=== Allies ===
Awed by the party's diligence, '''Malus''' happily makes an example of himself, stabbing and killing himself through the eye.
* {{CharLink|Anya|Sister Anya}}
* {{CharLink|Geanne|Sister Geanne}}
* {{CharLink|Hunna|Sister Hunna}}
* {{CharLink|Vanessa|Sister Vanessa}}


Potential allies (if Malus revives them with {{SAI|Lovely Assistant}}):
== Combat ==
* {{CharLink|Clara|Sister Clara}}
{{Main|Malus Thorm/Combat}}
* {{CharLink|Inessa|Sister Inessa}}
* {{CharLink|Julia|Sister Julia}}
* {{CharLink|Patricia|Sister Patricia}}


== Notable loot ==
=== Notable loot ===
*{{RarityItem|Battered Lute}}
*{{RarityItem|Battered Lute}}
*{{RarityItem|Surgeon's Subjugation Amulet}}
*{{RarityItem|Surgeon's Subjugation Amulet}}
== Related literature ==
* {{MdRarityItem|URGENT: Request for Supplies}}, [[Anna Lidwin|Sister Lidwin]] advises a Baldur's Gate surgeon of Malus's descent into madness under Shar
=== Written by Malus Thorm ===
* {{MdRarityItem|Blood Bank Log}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Notice (Malus Thorm)}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Reithwin Necrology}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Surgeon's Memorandum}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Surgeon's Research Notes}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Surgery and Physiology: A Sharran's Primer}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Tissue and Organ Register}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Malus Alt Model.png|Model
Malus Alt Model.png|Model
Nikolai-chugunov-malus-thorm-nikolai-chugunov-tex-02a.jpg|Concept model by Nikolai Chugunov
Nikolai-chugunov-malus-thorm-nikolai-chugunov-tex-02a.jpg|Concept model by Nikolai Chugunov
Tan-burci-surgeon-concept.jpg|Concept art by Tan Bur-Ci
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Related literature ==
== Notes ==
* {{MdRarityItem|Surgery and Physiology: A Sharran's Primer}}
{{notebegin}}
* {{MdRarityItem|URGENT: Request for Supplies}}, [[Anna Lidwin|Sister Lidwin]] avails a Baldur's Gate surgeon of Malus's descent into madness under Shar
* If carrying the {{SmRarityItem|Sentient Amulet}} after dealing with Malus, regardless of directly fighting him or killing him with checks, the Monk's manifestation comments on it: ''Hehehehe - a horrific display. There is no red deeper than a Sharran's blood.''
 
* Malus, compared to the other Thorms, does not have {{SAI|Immune to Control Undead}}, meaning an Oathbreaker Paladin can control him with {{SAI|Control Undead}}.{{verify}}
=== Notes by Malus Thorm ===
{{noteend}}
 
* {{MdRarityItem|Reithwin Necrology}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Surgeon's Memorandum}}
 
=== Books by Malus Thorm ===
*{{MdRarityItem|Surgeon's Research Notes}}


== References ==
== References ==
{{notebegin}}
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
{{reflist|text}}
{{noteend}}


== External links ==
== External links ==

Latest revision as of 06:40, 8 December 2024

Overview Combat

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.

Portrait Malus Thorm.png
“
The objective of the scalpel, sisters, is to soothe, for a scalpel, indeed, is an extension of Shar.
„
— Malus Thorm instructing the Undead Nurses in their "medical practice."

Overview[edit | edit source]

Background[edit | edit source]

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 Justiciars of Ketheric Thorm 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.[2][3]

Quests[edit | edit source]

He plays the role of obstacle in the quest Wake up Art Cullagh Wake up Art Cullagh, holding the quest item the Battered Lute.

Involvement[edit | edit source]

Arriving at the House of Healing and gaining entry to the surgery theatre, Malus is busy educating his undead nurses on a poor 'patient'. While cordial at first seeing the talking party members as a new students, preaching his view of Absence being the way to understanding Shar. After mutilating the 'patient' he urges to do the same to the party. Beyond attacking, there are a mix of Skill Checks that can be done instead:

  • [INVESTIGATION] Examine the sisters and their implements. (DC 14)
    • Their blades are uneven. Efficient surgery will require further training.
  • [ROGUE] [INVESTIGATION] Cast your gaze over the blades of the sisters. (DC 14 Advantage Icon.png)
    • Your blades are in an atrocious condition - no way you'd make a clean cut with those.
  • [RELIGION] Recall what you know of Shar's teachings. (DC 14)
  • [CLERIC] [RELIGION] Recall what you know of Shar's blasphemous teachings. (DC 14 Advantage Icon.png) (non-Shar Cleric)
  • [PERSUASION] The sisters aren't ready. They'll make me sick instead of curing me. (DC 16)

If any of these checks are successful, Malus asks how to train the nurses properly, leading to two differing Persuasion checks:

  • [FIGHTER] [PERSUASION] Sparring is vital to progress. Have them practice on each other. (DC 21 Advantage Icon.png)
  • [ROGUE] [PERSUASION] Practice - that's how I got good with a blade. They should spar each other. (DC 21 Advantage Icon.png)
  • [WIZARD] [PERSUASION] In my years of study, I have found no better teacher than example. Perhaps you could volunteer? (DC 21 Advantage Icon.png)
  • [MONK] [PERSUASION] When the fist trembles, sometimes another is needed to steady it. A good master would volunteer themselves. (DC 21 Advantage Icon.png)
  • [BARD] [PERSUASION] I take joy in performing with a master of my craft - I'm sure the sisters are the same. Why don't you volunteer? (DC 21 Advantage Icon.png)
  • [PERSUASION] They need a better subject to practise on first. Not a student, but a master. (DC 21)

If the party read the Surgery and Physiology: A Sharran's Primer book in the room behind Malus, two additional options are available, 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 presses to tend to the party next. He can be attacked, proving much easier to defeat without the support of his nurses. Alternatively, he can be convinced to kill himself:

  • [BARD] [PERSUASION] I am not worthy! Please, show me how a master works - I would be honoured. (DC 21 Advantage Icon.png)
  • [CLERIC] [DECEPTION] You do me an honour, but I am not worthy. Show me the way of Shar - I beg of you. (DC 21 Advantage Icon.png)
  • [FIGHTER] [DECEPTION] I am but a fumbling squire before a master swordsman. Please, demonstrate so that I might learn.. (DC 21 Advantage Icon.png)
  • [WIZARD] [SORCERER] [DECEPTION] My magic has blinded me - I see now that Shar is the only path. Show me how - I beg of you. (DC 21 Advantage Icon.png)
  • [DRUID] [DECEPTION] I sought purpose in the natural world - I see now that Shar is the only path. Show me how - I beg of you. (DC 21 Advantage Icon.png)
  • [PERSUASION] I would rather acquaint myself - if you show me how. (DC 21)

Awed by the party's diligence, Malus happily makes an example of himself, stabbing and killing himself through the eye.

Combat[edit | edit source]

Main article: Malus Thorm/Combat

Notable loot[edit | edit source]

Related literature[edit | edit source]

Written by Malus Thorm[edit | edit source]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Model

    Model

  • Concept model by Nikolai Chugunov

    Concept model by Nikolai Chugunov

  • Concept art by Tan Bur-Ci

    Concept art by Tan Bur-Ci

Notes[edit | edit source]

  • If carrying the Sentient Amulet after dealing with Malus, regardless of directly fighting him or killing him with checks, the Monk's manifestation comments on it: Hehehehe - a horrific display. There is no red deeper than a Sharran's blood.
  • Malus, compared to the other Thorms, does not have Immune to Control Undead Immune to Control Undead, meaning an Oathbreaker Paladin can control him with Control Undead Control Undead.[Needs Verification]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Tissue and Organ Register by Malus Thorm
  2. ↑ Patients' Registry
  3. ↑ URGENT: Request for Supplies by Sister Anna Lidwin Anna Lidwin

External links[edit | edit source]

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