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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: | 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 [[Difficulty Class|DC]] 14 [[Investigation]] check will lead to you pointing out the nurses aren't skilled enough for surgery. | ||
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*A DC 16 [[Persuasion]] check will suggest the nurses aren't ready and just make you sick instead of 'curing' you. | *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 | If any of these checks are successful, '''Malus''' will ask how to train the nurses properly, leading to two differing Persuasion checks. | ||
*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 [[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. | ||
*Convince '''Malus''' to have the Sisters test their skills against each other, leading to a bloody brawl between them. | *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''': | 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''': | ||
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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: | 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 | * A final DC 21 [[Persuasion]] check, requesting that Malus perform the procedure on you | ||
* DC 21 [[Deception]] check with advantage for [[Sorcerer]], [[Cleric]], or [[Druid]] asking that Malus bless you with the blinding procedure | * 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. | Awed by your diligence, '''Malus''' will happily make an example of himself, stabbing and killing himself through the eye. | ||
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=== Attacks and abilities === | === Attacks and abilities === | ||
{{Feature box| | {{Feature box|Claws (Malus Thorm)}} | ||
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{{Feature box| | {{Feature box|Request Surgical Instrument}} | ||
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{{ | {{Feature box|Bloody Bonesaw}} | ||
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{{ | {{Feature box|This Won't Hurt A Bit}} | ||
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{{ | {{Feature box|Terror Trepan}} | ||
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{{ | {{Feature box|Lethal Leech}} | ||
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{{ | {{Feature box|Lovely Assistant}} | ||
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=== Notable loot === | === Notable loot === |