Thisobald Thorm

Wretched Distiller
Thisobald Thorm
Stats
Level 6
STR 18 (+4) DEX 14 (+2) CON 16 (+3) INT 10 WIS 16 (+3) CHA 6 (-2)
Race	Undead, formerly an elf
Type	Undead
HP	288; 374TTactician
AC	16
Movement Speed	9m / 30ft
Size	Large
Weight	600kg / ?lbs
Proficiency Bonus	+3
Initiative	+2
Passive features
Darkvision  Extra Attack  Immune To Control Undead  Legendary Action: Overflowing BrewHHonour  Opportunity Attack  Turn Resistance
Character information
Location	The Waning Moon
Faction	Cult of the Absolute
Family	Ketheric Thorm Malus Thorm Gerringothe Thorm
Model

Overview

Combat

“	Go on. Drink, make it drank, be drunk. You and I both, to our good health.	„
	— Thisobald offering a drink to an adventurer.

Thisobald Thorm is a unique intelligent Undead, the master brewer of the The Waning Moon. He is the son of Ketheric Thorm.

He stands near the bar in The Waning Moon and upon getting close a dialogue with him will automatically start. The currently played character will seat themselves at the bar and he will offer them a drink and ask them to tell a story.

Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic

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The party can speak with Thisobald at the Waning Moon to learn more about Ketheric's secrets. After drinking three times, Thisobald will start ranting.

When approached, the closest party member will sit down at the bar. Thisobald will tend the bar, and insist that you drink with him, and is docile unless refused, wherein he will immediately attack. Should you accept, you must succeed on a variety of Ability Saves and Skill Checks. The ultimate goal is to "outdrink" him so he may perhaps burst through over-indulgence.

There are three phases to each round of drinking, which is the Drinking phase, the Story phase and the Questions phase. While drinking, you can choose to either drink the brew by passing a Constitution Saving Throw, or to avoid drinking entirely by using Sleight of Hand. Should you fail a Constitution Saving Throw if you choose to drink, you will immediately become drunk, and have Disadvantage on all the following saving throws, which is not ideal for this interaction if you do not wish to, or are not prepared for a fight. If you choose to use Sleight of Hand, the consequences for failure, however, are more dire, as he will notice you are not drinking, and will attack.

After successfully drinking, he will then ask you to tell a story, which is based on what actions you have taken up to this point. Each story requires a Performance skill check. Should you fail a Performance check to tell a story, you will be given one final chance by Thisobald to weave a better story, this time using Deception. Should you fail again, he becomes hostile.

If you succeed in either circumstance, you will be able to ask Thisobald several questions pertaining to himself, and Ketheric Thorm.

After drinking, or faking it, he will then request that you tell him a story. Each of these require Performance skill checks, and you will very likely always have a great number to choose from depending on what major events you have encountered. Some examples are the following, and often come from the events of Act One. The more you explored and completed in the previous Act, the more choices are available.

(The following stories can be told during the first drink (Not all listed))

• Player: From aboard a mind flayer vessel, I witnessed the Hells themselves.
• Player: I gazed upon nature's bounties in a verdant grove of druids.
• Player: I've seen the goblins' vile rituals with my own eyes.
• Player: A silver-tongued devil bade me feast in his lavishly appointed banquet hall.
• Player: I ascended a great tower infused with the most powerful of magic.
• Player: I explored a lost fortress buried deep in the Underdark's bowels.
• Player: [WARLOCK] I made a deal with a creature of purest sin, and took its power as my own.
• (He reveals the following Information on the first drink)
  • Player: Who placed the curse on this land?
    • Thisobald: Father Ketheric created. Father Ketheric sustains.
  • Player: How did you become... What you are now?
    • Thisobald: Father Ketheric's laughter. Not joy, not ever-never. Only laughter.
    • (The following stories can be told during the second drink (Not all listed))
      • Player: I ripped apart winged Imps spawned from the fires of Avernus.
      • Player: An owlbear mother lunged at me. I slaughtered it in reply.
      • Player: I conquered infamous hobgoblin Dror Ragzlin and his minions.
      • Player: I slayed a hideous, pustule-ridden hag. She died a gruesome death.
      • Player: I challenged a daunting Phase Spider. Its corpse is all that remains.
      • Player: A Bulette made me its prey, but proved no match for me.
      • Player: A towering creature rose from molten lava. I felled it with great wit and might.
      • Player: I bested an inquisitor - a dreaded champion of the Lich Queen, Vlaakith.
      • (He reveals the following Information on the second drink)
      • Player: How do the Thorms sustain the shadows?
        • Thisobald: The spirit of the land.
      • Player: What can you tell me about Ketheric?
        • Thisobald: Father. Father is father. Eternal, invincible, forever, except not.
      • Player: What do you mean? How can I defeat Ketheric?
        • Thisobald: No. You must not, can not, will not mention her. The customer is always right, but also wrong.
        • (Once you complete the third drink, you will not need to tell another story, and will not be able to ask more questions. Before his stomach bursts open, killing him, he will say one final thing, adding one more piece to the puzzle)
          • Thisobald: I - I know you. I knew, I know, I am knowing. You want father's personal mysterious - (secret) - secret. No, not, never! Talk and... perish, die, buried. Buried in Thorm tomb. Father told me. I can't perish - no, nay, neither. Too strong, too...
          • (End of dialogue)

Combat

If the player fails to outdrink Thisobald, or chooses to fight him, Thisobald and all accompanying Undead in the Waning Moon will turn hostile.

Thisobald is immune to Slashing, Piercing, Bludgeoning and Thunder damage. Parties without elemental attacks will find it difficult to damage Thisobald.

However, upon being hit with an elemental attack, Thisobald's Reflux ability will adopt the element and retain it until his next turn, i. e. using Fire damage gives him Fire Reflux. There are some exceptions to this.

Radiant ➤ Fire

Psychic ➤ No Change

Thunder ➤ Lightning

Attacking him with two different elements before his next turn, or using Necrotic damage against him turns the brew Rotten, resulting in Necrotic Reflux.

When Thisobald is imbued with elemental Reflux, he will use it to damage a cone shaped area in front of him, with the respective Reflux damage type, about the size of a dragonborn's breath attack, and creates an elemental ground surface, i.e. ice, acid.

Every time Thisobald uses Reflux, he becomes more Inebriated, a condition that gives him Disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws. After using Reflux three times, Thisobald is Knocked Out for one turn. While Knocked Out, he is vulnerable to Slashing, Piercing, Bludgeoning and Thunder damage, his AC is reduced by 5 and he is incapacitated.

Loot

Thisobald will drop several bottles of alcohol and some alchemical ingredients.

• Worn Key

Related literature

• The Waning Moon: Consignments

Written by Thisobald Thorm

• Research Notes (Waning Moon)

Notes

• Thisobald's kinship with Ketheric is not quite clear. Though Thisobald refers to Ketheric as "father", neither Ketheric nor Isobel ever acknowledge him in dialogue or otherwise. Given that Ketheric and Balthazar have desecrated the Thorm mausoleum and resurrected Isobel, it's possible that Thisobald is another resurrected relative and refers to Ketheric as father not in the familial sense, but as a religious leader or perhaps even "creator".
• While he mostly has the general shape of a humanoid - albeit extremely bloated - Thisobald Thorm has four legs and a tail, akin to a centaur. It is unknown whether this deformity occurred before his transformation as an undead, or afterwards.

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External links

• Thisobald Thorm on the Forgotten Realms Wiki