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{{CharacterInfo

|name = Malus Thorm

|image=[[File:Malus Thorm.png|350px]]

|STR=14

|DEX=18

|CON=14

|INT=14

|WIS=16

|HP=276; 358{{tactician}}

|AC=18

|location = [[House of Healing]]

|allies =

|alt-image = [[File:Malus Model.png|350px]]

{{PAS|Legendary Action: Wail of Loss|honour=1}}

'''Malus''' is a unique intelligent Undead, the 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."}}

In life, he 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.

He plays a role in the quest [[Wake up Art Cullagh]], being an obstacle, holding the [[Battered Lute]] which is a clue for that quest. 

{{SpoilerBox|Arriving at the [[House of Healing]] and gaining entry to the surgery theater, '''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 [[Investigation]] of [[Difficulty Class|DC]] 14 will lead to you pointing out the nurses aren't skilled enough for surgery.

*A [[Religion]] of [[Difficulty Class|DC]] 14 will let you use the ways of Shar to counter '''Malus''' own views.

*A [[Persuasion]] of [[Difficulty Class|DC]] 16 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 with a [[Difficulty Class|DC]] 21.

*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.

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 [[Difficulty Class|DC]] 18, and both of which result in '''Malus''' being killed by his nurses:

If the nurses were convinced to fight each other, the mad surgeon will press to tend to you next. He can be attacked, being much easier without his group of nurses supporting him. However, a final [[Persuasion]] check can be done at [[Difficulty Class|DC]] 21, telling him you wish to do the procedure on yourself. Awed by your diligence, he will happily make an example of himself, stabbing and killing himself through the eye.}}

== Attacks and abilities ==

=== {{SAI|Claws (Class Action)|Claws|w=40}} ===

* Lash out with deadly claws, dealing {{DamageText|2d4+4|Slashing}} damage.

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=== {{SAI|Request Surgical Instrument|w=40}} ===

* {{action|bonus}}

Grants {{Cond|Surgeon's Chosen}} onto one of the undead nurses, having them lend a unique Instrument of Loss for him, allow Malus to perform powerful and debilitating attacks. The surgical tools are the following:

* {{Cond|Instrument of Loss: Bonesaw}} - {{SAI|Bloody Bonesaw}}

* {{Cond|Instrument of Loss: Syringe}} - {{SAI|This Won't Hurt A Bit}}

* {{Cond|Instrument of Loss: Leech}} - {{SAI|Lethal Leech}}

==== {{SAI|Bloody Bonesaw|w=40}} ====

* {{Action}}

==== {{SAI|This Won't Hurt A Bit|w=40}} ====

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==== {{SAI|Terror Trepan|w=40}} ====

* {{Action}}

==== {{SAI|Lethal Leech|w=40}} ====

 

 

== Notable loot ==

Nikolai-chugunov-malus-thorm-nikolai-chugunov-tex-02a.jpg|Concept model by Nikolai Chugunov

Malus Alt Model.png|Model