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Malus Thorm
Malus Thorm
Level 7
Voiced by	Sean Baker
Information
Title	Shar's Scalpel
Race	Undead elf
Hometown	Reithwin Town
Family	Ketheric Thorm (nephew); Isobel (grandniece)
Stats
Size	Medium
Type	Undead
Armour Class	18
Hit points	276 (Balanced); 358 (Tactician);
Movement speed	9 m (30 ft)
Weight	100 kg ( lb)
Initiative	+4
Ability scores
STR
STR	STR
Proficiency bonus	+3
Saving throws	Str +2; Dex +7; Con +2; Int +2; Wis +6; Cha -1;
Resistances
Resistant	Piercing, Bludgeoning, Slashing, Fire
Features
Legendary Action: Wail of Loss; Honour	Spend a legendary action to make your assistants cast Wail of Loss
Magic Resistance;	Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Multiattack: Wounded (Malus Thorm);	Can Multiattack if your hit points are at 40% or less.
Opportunity Attack;	Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Turn Resistance;	Advantage on saving throws against being turned.

Revision as of 12:00, 25 January 2024

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.

“	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

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 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.^{[text 2]}^{[text 3]}

Quests

He plays the role of obstacle in the quest Wake up Art Cullagh, holding the quest item the Battered Lute.

Involvement

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 Checks that can be done instead:

A DC 14 Investigation check will lead to you pointing out the nurses aren't skilled enough for surgery.
A DC 14 Religion check will let you use the ways of Shar to counter Malus own views.
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 DC 21 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:

[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 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
DC 21 Deception check with advantage for Sorcerer or Cleric, 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.

Combat

Attacks and abilities

[[* Lash out with deadly claws, dealing 2d4+4Slashing damage. Action ]]

Notable loot

Gallery

$Concept model by Nikolai Chugunov.$

Concept model by Nikolai Chugunov.
Model.
Malus' in-game model.

Related literature

Surgery and Physiology: A Sharran's Primer - Malus Thorm.

References

↑ Tissue and Organ Register – Malus Thorm
↑ Patients' Registry
↑ URGENT: Request for Supplies – Sister Anna Lidwin

External links

Malus Thorm on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

[1] Tissue and Organ Register – Malus Thorm

[2] Patients' Registry

[3] URGENT: Request for Supplies – Sister Anna Lidwin

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-{{CharacterInfo
+{{Infobox character
-|title =Shar's Scalpel
+| name = Malus Thorm
-|name = Malus Thorm
+| image = Malus Thorm.png
-|image=[[File:Malus Thorm.png|350px]]
+| voice = Sean Baker
-|STR=14
+| titles = Shar's Scalpel
-|DEX=18
+| family = [[Ketheric Thorm]] (nephew){{cite text|Tissue and Organ Register|Malus Thorm}}<br>[[Isobel]] (grandniece)
-|CON=14
+| hometown = [[Reithwin Town]]
-|INT=14
+| race = Undead [[elf]]
-|WIS=16
+| level = 7
-|CHA=8
-|level=7
+| modules =
-|race=Undead, formerly an elf.
+{{Infobox statistics
-|type=Undead
+| child = yes
-|HP=276; 358{{tactician}}
+| size = Medium
-|AC=18
+| type = Undead
-|speed=9m / 30ft
+| armour_class = 18
-|size=Medium
+| hit_points = 276
-|weight=100kg
+| hit_points_tactician = 358
-|proficiency=3
+| movement_speed_meters = 9
-|initiative=+4
+| movement_speed_feet = 30
-|background=
+| weight_kg = 100
-|location = [[House of Healing]]
+| weight_lb =
-|allies =
+| hiddenlevel = 7
-|enemies =
+| str = 14
-|va = Sean Baker
+| dex = 18
-|alt-name = Model
+| con = 14
-|alt-image = [[File:Malus Model.png|350px]]
+| int = 14
-|piercing=Resistant|bludgeoning=Resistant|slashing=Resistant|fire=Double|wis save=Proficient|dex save=Proficient
+| wis = 16
-|passive=
+| cha = 8
-{{PAS|Legendary Action: Wail of Loss|honour=1}}
+| wis_save_proficiency = Proficient
-{{PAS|Magic Resistance}}{{PAS|Multiattack: Wounded (Malus Thorm) (Passive Feature)|Multiattack: Wounded}}{{PAS|Opportunity Attack}}{{PAS|Turn Resistance}}
+| 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 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.<ref>''[[Patients' Registry]]''</ref><ref>[[URGENT: Request for Supplies|''URGENT: Request for Supplies'']]</ref>
+== Overview ==
+=== 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}}
-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.
+=== Quests ===
+He plays the role of obstacle in the quest [[Wake up Art Cullagh]], holding the quest item the [[Battered Lute]].
-{{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:
+== Involvement ==
+{{Spoiler warning|act=2}}
+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 [[Investigation]] of [[Difficulty Class|DC]] 14 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.
-*A [[Religion]] of [[Difficulty Class|DC]] 14 will let you use the ways of Shar to counter '''Malus''' own views.
+*A DC 14 [[Religion]] check 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.
+*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 [[Persuasion]] checks with a [[Difficulty Class|DC]] 21.
+If any of these checks are successful, '''Malus''' will ask how to train the nurses properly, leading to two differing DC 21 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 [[Difficulty Class|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''':
 * [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 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 [[Persuasion]] ([[Difficulty Class|DC]] 21) check, requesting that Malus perform the procedure on you
+* A final DC 21 [[Persuasion]] check, requesting that Malus perform the procedure on you
-* [[Deception]] ([[Difficulty Class|DC]] 21) with advantage for [[Sorcerer]] or [[Cleric]], asking that Malus bless you with the blinding procedure
+* DC 21 [[Deception]] check with advantage for [[Sorcerer]] or [[Cleric]], 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.
-== Attacks and abilities ==
+== Combat ==
+=== Attacks and abilities ===
-=== {{SAI|Claws (Class Action)|Claws|w=40}} ===
+{{Feature box|name=Claws|image name=Generic Physical.webp
-* Lash out with deadly claws, dealing {{DamageText|2d4+4|Slashing}} damage.
+|* Lash out with deadly claws, dealing {{DamageText|2d4+4|Slashing}} damage.
-* {{action}}
+{{action}}
+}}
-=== {{SAI|Request Surgical Instrument|w=40}} ===
+{{Feature box|name=Request Surgical Instrument|image name=Generic Utility.webp
-* Request a tool for advanced surgery.
+|* Request a tool for advanced surgery.
-* {{action|bonus}}
+{{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:
@@ Line 75: / Line 97: @@
 * {{Cond|Instrument of Loss: Trepan}} - {{SAI|Terror Trepan}}
 * {{Cond|Instrument of Loss: Leech}} - {{SAI|Lethal Leech}}
+}}
-==== {{SAI|Bloody Bonesaw|w=40}} ====
+{{feature box|name=Bloody Bonesaw|image name=Generic Physical.webp
-* Hack at a target, dealing {{DamageText|8d8 + Dexterity Modifier|Slashing}} damage, and possibly {{Cond|Slowed|Slow}} it.
+|* Hack at a target, dealing {{DamageText|8d8 + Dexterity Modifier|Slashing}} damage, and possibly {{Cond|Slowed|Slow}} it.
-* {{Action}}
+{{Action}}
+}}
-==== {{SAI|This Won't Hurt A Bit|w=40}} ====
+{{feature box|name=This Won't Hurt A Bit|image name=Generic Physical.webp
-* Jab a foe with a syringe, dealing {{DamageText|8d8 + Dexterity Modifier|Piercing}} damage, and {{Cond|Poisoned|Poison}} them.
+|* Jab a foe with a syringe, dealing {{DamageText|8d8 + Dexterity Modifier|Piercing}} damage, and {{Cond|Poisoned|Poison}} them.
-* {{Action}}
+{{Action}}
+}}
-==== {{SAI|Terror Trepan|w=40}} ====
+{{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.
+|* Bore into a foe's brain, dealing {{DamageText|8d8 + Dexterity Modifier|Piercing}} damage and {{Cond|Frightened|Frighten}} them.
-* {{Action}}
+{{Action}}
+}}
-==== {{SAI|Lethal Leech|w=40}} ====
+{{feature box|name=Lethal Leech|image name=Generic Physical.webp
-* Suckle a foe with hundreds of piercing teetch, dealing {{DamageText|8d8 + Dexterity Modifier|Piercing}} damage, making them {{Cond|Bleeding|Bleed}}.
+|* Suckle a foe with hundreds of piercing teetch, dealing {{DamageText|8d8 + Dexterity Modifier|Piercing}} damage, making them {{Cond|Bleeding|Bleed}}.
-* {{Action}}
+{{Action}}
+}}
-==== {{SAI|Lovely Assistant|w=40}} ====
+{{feature box|name=Lovely Assistant|image name=Generic Physical.webp
-* The Surgeon reanimates the corpse of one of his nurses.
+|* The Surgeon reanimates the corpse of one of his nurses.
-* {{Action|bonus}}
+{{Action|bonus}}
+}}
-== Notable loot ==
+=== Notable loot ===
 *{{RarityItem|Surgeon's Subjugation Amulet}}
 *{{RarityItem|Battered Lute}}
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 ==Gallery==
 <gallery heights="300px">
-Nikolai-chugunov-malus-thorm-nikolai-chugunov-tex-02a.jpg|Concept model by Nikolai Chugunov
+Nikolai-chugunov-malus-thorm-nikolai-chugunov-tex-02a.jpg|Concept model by Nikolai Chugunov.
-Malus Alt Model.png|Model
+Malus Alt Model.png|Model.
+Malus Model.png|Malus' in-game model.
 </gallery>
@@ Line 111: / Line 140: @@
 == References ==
 {{reflist}}
+{{reflist|text}}
 == External links ==
 * {{FRWiki|Malus Thorm|long}}
 {{NavShadowCursedLands}}

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