Thisobald Thorm/Combat

Overview

Combat

This page focuses on Thisobald's behaviour during his combat encounter. Thisobald can be fought at The Waning Moon, where he is joined by four undead patrons.

Attacks and abilities

 Acidic Regurgitation ()

Damage: 10~52

6d8 + 4⁠Acid

A sip from the Brewer's special booze causes him to vomit acid, covering creatures and creating an acid puddle.

 CON Save

 Range: 4 m / 13 ft

⁠Recharge: Per turn

 Concussive Smash ()   –   Brewing Ladle

Damage: 6~13

1d8 + 5⁠Bludgeoning

Hit an enemy with all your might to deal damage and possibly  Daze them.

 CON Save

 Range: Normal weapon range

⁠Recharge: Short rest

 Electrified Regurgitation ()

Damage: 10~52

6d8 + 4⁠Lightning

A sip from the Brewer's special booze causes him to vomit an electrified fluid that can  Stun those it hits.

 CON Save

 Range: 4 m / 13 ft

⁠Recharge: Per turn

 Fiery Regurgitation ()

Damage: 10~64

6d10 + 4⁠Fire

A sip from the Brewer's special booze causes him to vomit fire.

 CON Save

 Range: 4 m / 13 ft

⁠Recharge: Per turn

 Icy Regurgitation ()

Damage: 10~64

6d10 + 4⁠Cold

A sip from the Brewer's special booze causes him to vomit ice that can  Chill those it hits.

 CON Save

 Range: 4 m / 13 ft

⁠Recharge: Per turn

 Ladle Sweet Anguish ()

Damage: 5~10

1d6 + 4⁠Bludgeoning

The Brewer slams his foes with his enormous ladle.

⁠Recharge: Per turn

 Main Hand Attack ()   –   Brewing Ladle

Damage: 6~13

1d8 + 5⁠Bludgeoning

Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

 Roaring Belch ()

Damage: 7~34

3d10 + 4⁠Bludgeoning

Let out a colossal burp and possibly push nearby objects and creatures back 5 m / 17 ft.

On a successful Constitution Saving Throw, target still takes half damage.

 CON Save

 Range: Self

⁠Recharge: Per turn

 Rotting Regurgitation ()

Damage: 12~84

8d10 + 4⁠Necrotic

A sip from the Brewer's special booze causes him to vomit a necrotic fluid.

 CON Save

 Range: 4 m / 13 ft

⁠Recharge: Per turn

 Venomous Regurgitation ()

Damage: 10~52

6d8 + 4⁠Poison

A sip from the Brewer's special booze causes him to vomit a toxic fluid that can  Poison those it hits.

 CON Save

 Range: 4 m /  ft

⁠Recharge: Per turn

Honour mode

 Overflowing Brew

Thisobald's unstable brew overflows, dealing 6d6 damage of the corresponding damage type to surrounding enemies and empowering his allies.

⁠Recharge: Per turn

Allies

•  Blighted Actor
•  Blighted Barman
•  Blighted Patron
•  Blighted Troubador

Conditions

Intoxication

Initially:

•  Numb - Grants Immunity to Piercing, Slashing, and Bludgeoning damage.

After regurgitating, Thisobald Thorm becomes more drunk:

•  Moderately Inebriated - Gained after regurgitating the first time
•  Profoundly Intoxicated - Gained after regurgitating the second time
•  Blacked Out - Replaces Numb after Thisobald regurgitates three times.
•  Recovering - Replaces Blacked Out and lasts for 1 turn. At the end of the turn, reapplies Numb to Thisobald Thorm and the cycle begins again.

Reflux

After receiving damage (except for ⁠Psychic or ⁠Force), Thisobald Thorm receives:

•  Gaseous Reflux - Thisobald begins with this condition, but also receives it after being hit with ⁠Slashing, ⁠Piercing, or ⁠Bludgeoning damage if hit with no elemental damage after a regurgitation. This is replaced by the following after being hit with elemental damage:
  •  Burning Reflux - After being hit with ⁠Fire or ⁠Radiant damage
  •  Acid Reflux - After being hit with ⁠Acid damage
  •  Cold Reflux After being hit with ⁠Cold damage
  •  Electrified Reflux After being hit with ⁠Lightning or ⁠Thunder damage
  •  Toxic Reflux After being hit with ⁠Poison damage
  •  Rotten Reflux - After dealing two different types of damage in the same round, or ⁠Necrotic damage

Tactician

 Legendary Resistance: Incapacitation

• You have a +10 bonus to your next Saving Throw against an incapacitating condition. You can use this 3 times.

Encounter details

Thisobald begins combat with the  Numb condition, making him immune to ⁠Slashing, ⁠Piercing, and ⁠Bludgeoning damage. He will become progressively more drunk ( Moderately Inebriated and  Profoundly Intoxicated) as he uses more of his regurgitation attacks until he becomes  Blacked Out after the third attack. This condition gives him -5 AC and makes him vulnerable to all types of damage.

Occassionally, after using his regurgitation attack he may summon one of five elemental hallucinations that look like imps:

•  Acid Hallucination
•  Cold Hallucination
•  Fire Hallucination
•  Lightning Hallucination
•  Poison Hallucination

These hallucinations are not dangerous, and even provide resistance to their element to your party if they are close enough.

Tactics

The key to defeating Thisobald is to force him to become  Blacked Out. This generally involves allowing a party member or summoned creature to tank three of his high-damage regurgitation attacks while the rest of the party maintains a healthy distance. Disposable summons such as  Find Familiar or  Conjure Minor Elemental are perfect for this job.

Once Thisobald has  Blacked Out, the party should unload all of their highest damaging attacks on him at once, likely killing him in one turn due to his vulnerability to all damage.

The four Blighted zombies will slowly approach the party after the fight begins and can be safely dispatched with ranged attacks before they have much of a chance to do anything.