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{{Infobox character
{{PageSeo
| title = Malus Thorm
| description = Malus Thorm is an undead surgeon in Baldur's Gate 3, able to be fought at the House of Healing.
| image = Malus Thorm.png
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{{Infobox creature
| name = Malus Thorm
| name = Malus Thorm
| image = Malus Thorm.png
| identity = Male
| voice = Sean Baker
| image =
| titles = Shar's Scalpel  
<gallery>
| family = [[Ketheric Thorm]] (nephew){{cite text|Tissue and Organ Register|Malus Thorm}}<br>[[Isobel]] (grandniece)
Malus Thorm.png|Portrait
</gallery>
| va = Sean Baker
| title = Shar's Scalpel  
| 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 [[elf]]
| race = [[Undead]], former [[Elf]]
| level = 7
| size = [[Medium]]
 
| type = [[Undead]]
| modules =
{{Infobox statistics
| child = yes
| size = Medium
| type = Undead
| armour_class = 18
| hit_points = 276
| hit_points_tactician = 358
| movement_speed_meters = 9
| movement_speed_feet = 30
| weight_kg = 100
| weight_lb =
| hiddenlevel = 7
| str = 14
| dex = 18
| con = 14
| int = 14
| wis = 16
| cha = 8
| wis_save_proficiency = Proficient
| dex_save_proficiency = Proficient
| resistant1 = Piercing
| resistant2 = Bludgeoning
| resistant3 = Slashing
| resistant4 = Fire
 
| feature1_name = Legendary Action: Wail of Loss
| feature1_description = Spend a legendary action to make your assistants cast Wail of Loss
| feature1_mode = Honour
| feature2_name = Magic Resistance
| feature2_description = Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
| feature3_name = Multiattack: Wounded (Malus Thorm)
| feature3_description = Can Multiattack if your hit points are at 40% or less.
| feature4_name = Opportunity Attack
| feature4_description = Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
| feature5_name = Turn Resistance
| feature5_description = Advantage on saving throws against being turned.
}}
}}
}}
'''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."}}


{{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 ==


== 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 ===
He plays the role of obstacle in the quest [[Wake up Art Cullagh]], holding the quest item the [[Battered Lute]].
He plays the role of obstacle in the quest {{Quest|Wake up Art Cullagh}}, holding the quest item the {{SmRarityItem|Battered Lute}}.


== Involvement ==
== Involvement ==
{{Spoiler warning|act=2}}
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:
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 will lead to you pointing out the nurses aren't skilled enough for surgery.
* {{Dialogue option|''Examine the sisters and their implements.''|roll=Investigation|dc=14}}
*A DC 14 [[Religion]] check will let you use the ways of Shar to counter '''Malus''' own views.
** {{Dialogue option|Their blades are uneven. Efficient surgery will require further training.}}
*A DC 16 [[Persuasion]] check will suggest the nurses aren't ready and just make you sick instead of 'curing' you.
* {{Dialogue option|''Cast your gaze over the blades of the sisters.''|tags=Rogue|roll=Investgiation|dc=14|advantage=y}}
** {{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 DC 21 Persuasion checks.
If any of these checks are successful, '''Malus''' asks 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.
*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''':
* {{Dialogue option|Sparring is vital to progress. Have them practice on each other.|tags=Fighter|roll=Persuasion|dc=21|advantage=y}}
* [INTIMIDATION] I have read your treatise. Initiate the final lesson, or die by my hand. (DC 18)
* {{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}}
* [PERSUASION] ‘Only with sacrifice is mastery gained.’ For the sisters to learn, you must submit. (DC 18)
* {{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 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 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 final DC 21 [[Persuasion]] check, requesting that Malus perform the procedure on you
* {{Dialogue option|I have read your treatise. Initiate the final lesson, or die by my hand.|roll=Intimidation|dc=18}}
* DC 21 [[Deception]] check with advantage for [[Sorcerer]] or [[Cleric]], asking that Malus bless you 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 your 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|name=Claws|image name=Generic Physical.webp
|* Lash out with deadly claws, dealing {{DamageText|2d4+4|Slashing}} damage.
{{action}}
}}


{{Feature box|name=Request Surgical Instrument|image name=Generic Utility.webp
* {{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}}
|* Request a tool for advanced surgery.
* {{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}}
{{action|bonus}}
* {{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}}
* {{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}}
* {{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}}
* {{Dialogue option|I would rather acquaint myself - if you show me how.|roll=Persuasion|dc=21}}


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


* {{Cond|Instrument of Loss: Bonesaw}} - {{SAI|Bloody Bonesaw}}
== Combat ==
* {{Cond|Instrument of Loss: Syringe}} - {{SAI|This Won't Hurt A Bit}}
{{Main|Malus Thorm/Combat}}
* {{Cond|Instrument of Loss: Trepan}} - {{SAI|Terror Trepan}}
* {{Cond|Instrument of Loss: Leech}} - {{SAI|Lethal Leech}}
}}


{{feature box|name=Bloody Bonesaw|image name=Generic Physical.webp
=== Notable loot ===
|* Hack at a target, dealing {{DamageText|8d8 + Dexterity Modifier|Slashing}} damage, and possibly {{Cond|Slowed|Slow}} it.
*{{RarityItem|Battered Lute}}
{{Action}}
*{{RarityItem|Surgeon's Subjugation Amulet}}
}}


{{feature box|name=This Won't Hurt A Bit|image name=Generic Physical.webp
== Related literature ==
|* Jab a foe with a syringe, dealing {{DamageText|8d8 + Dexterity Modifier|Piercing}} damage, and {{Cond|Poisoned|Poison}} them.
* {{MdRarityItem|URGENT: Request for Supplies}}, [[Anna Lidwin|Sister Lidwin]] advises a Baldur's Gate surgeon of Malus's descent into madness under Shar
{{Action}}
}}
 
{{feature box|name=Terror Trepan|image name=Generic Physical.webp
|* Bore into a foe's brain, dealing {{DamageText|8d8 + Dexterity Modifier|Piercing}} damage and {{Cond|Frightened|Frighten}} them.
{{Action}}
}}


{{feature box|name=Lethal Leech|image name=Generic Physical.webp
=== Written by Malus Thorm ===
|* Suckle a foe with hundreds of piercing teetch, dealing {{DamageText|8d8 + Dexterity Modifier|Piercing}} damage, making them {{Cond|Bleeding|Bleed}}.
* {{MdRarityItem|Blood Bank Log}}
{{Action}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Notice (Malus Thorm)}}
}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Reithwin Necrology}}
 
* {{MdRarityItem|Surgeon's Memorandum}}
{{feature box|name=Lovely Assistant|image name=Animate Dead Zombie Icon.png
* {{MdRarityItem|Surgeon's Research Notes}}
|* The Surgeon reanimates the corpse of one of his nurses.
* {{MdRarityItem|Surgery and Physiology: A Sharran's Primer}}
{{Action|bonus}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Tissue and Organ Register}}
}}
 
=== Notable loot ===
*{{RarityItem|Surgeon's Subjugation Amulet}}
*{{RarityItem|Battered Lute}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery heights="300px">
<gallery heights="300px">
Nikolai-chugunov-malus-thorm-nikolai-chugunov-tex-02a.jpg|Concept model by Nikolai Chugunov.
Malus Alt Model.png|Model
Malus Alt Model.png|Model.
Nikolai-chugunov-malus-thorm-nikolai-chugunov-tex-02a.jpg|Concept model by Nikolai Chugunov
Malus Model.png|Malus' in-game model.
Tan-burci-surgeon-concept.jpg|Concept art by Tan Bur-Ci
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Related literature ==
== Notes ==
* {{MdRarityItem|Surgery and Physiology: A Sharran's Primer}} - Malus Thorm.
{{notebegin}}
* 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}}
{{noteend}}


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{FRWiki|Malus Thorm|long}}
* {{FRWiki|Malus Thorm|long}}
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Latest revision as of 14:47, 25 November 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] [INVESTGIATION] 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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