Thisobald Thorm

Thisobald Thorm is a unique intelligent Undead, the master brewer of the The Waning Moon. He is the son of Ketheric Thorm.^[1]

“

Go on. Drink, make it drank, be drunk. You and I both, to our good health.

„

— Thisobald Thorm offering a drink to an adventurer.

Involvement

Thisobald stands near the bar in The Waning Moon. When approached, the closest party member will sit down at the bar. Thisobald will tend the bar, and insist that the party member sitting at the bar drink with him, and is docile unless refused, wherein he will immediately attack. After accepting, a variety of Ability Saves and Skill Checks must be succeeded. The ultimate goal is to "outdrink" him so he will burst through over-indulgence.^[2]

Taking each opportunity to use Sleight of Hand to pretend to drink, and succeeding on all of them, grants Inspiration to a character with the Charlatan background, while actually drinking and succeeding on the saving throw grants it to a character with the Outlander background. Defeating Thisobald through conversation options (whether actually drinking or not) grants Inspiration to a character with the Haunted One background.

Drinking with Thisobald

There are three phases to each round of drinking, which are the Drinking phase, Story phase, and Questions phase. In the drinking phase, the party member can choose to either drink the brew and pass a Constitution Saving Throw or avoid drinking entirely by passing a Sleight of Hand check. If failing the Constitution Saving Throw, the party member will immediately become drunk and have a Disadvantage on all the following saving throws. If failing the Sleight of Hand check, he will notice the fraud and become hostile.

Clerics have a unique option to pray to their deity for assistance, which grants advantage on the Constitution saving throws.

After successfully drinking (DC 14) or faking (DC 18), he will ask to tell a story, which is based on the events of the party's journey up to this point. Each story requires a Performance check. After failing the Performance check, there will one final chance by Thisobald to weave a better story, this time using Deception (DC 18). Refusing to tell a story or failing the Deception check results in Thisobald becoming hostile.

Succeeding in either circumstance, it will be possible to ask Thisobald several questions pertaining to himself and Ketheric Thorm.

A second round of drinking begins, this time requiring Constitution (DC 16) or Sleight of Hand (DC 18) to succeed. He will then request to tell him more stories, this time involving blood spill. Each of these stories require a Performance check. The more the party explored and completed, the more choices are available.

The final round of drinking requires Constitution (DC 18) or Sleight of Hand (DC 21) to succeed. There is no need to tell stories or ask questions. ^[3]

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

Party member: From aboard a mind flayer vessel, I've witnessed the Hells themselves. (DC 21)
Party member: I gazed upon nature's bounties in a verdant grove of druids. (DC 18)
Party member: I've seen the goblins' vile rituals with my own eyes. (DC 18)
Party member: A silver-tongued devil bade me feast in his lavishly appointed banquet hall. (DC 18)
Party member: I ascended a great tower infused with the most powerful of magic. (DC 16)
Party member: I explored a lost fortress buried deep in the Underdark's bowels. (DC 16)
Party member: 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)
- Party member: Who placed the curse on this land?
  - Thisobald: Father Ketheric created. Father Ketheric sustains.
- Party member: 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):)

Party member: I ripped apart winged Imps spawned from the fires of Avernus. (DC 21)
Party member: An owlbear mother lunged at me. I slaughtered it in reply. (DC 18)
Party member: I conquered infamous hobgoblin Dror Ragzlin and his minions. (DC 18)
Party member: I slayed a hideous, pustule-ridden hag. She died a gruesome death. (DC 16)
Party member: I challenged a daunting Phase Spider. Its corpse is all that remains. (DC 16)
Party member: A Bulette made me its prey, but proved no match for me. (DC 16)
Party member: A towering creature rose from molten lava. I felled it with great wit and might. (DC 16)
Party member: I bested an inquisitor - a dreaded champion of the Lich Queen, Vlaakith. (DC 16)
- (He reveals the following Information on the second drink)
- Party member: How do the Thorms sustain the shadows?
  - Thisobald: The spirit of the land.
- Party member: What can you tell me about Ketheric?
  - Thisobald: Father. Father is father. Eternal, invincible, forever, except not.
- Party member: 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.

(There is no need to tell another story after the third drink, and there won't be any questions to ask anymore. 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! Father said, ordered, commanded. Don't say it, don't say it! The cage. "Her" cage. 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

Loot

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

Worn Key

Gallery

Dead
Model
Render by Nikolai Chugunov
Render by Nikolai Chugunov

Related literature

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.
↑ It is sometimes possible to tell Thisobald that the party killed the Mother Owlbear even if you didn't. This line seems to also be available if you talked the owlbear down using Speak with Animals and it died later on its own.

External links

Thisobald Thorm on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

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[1] 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".

[2] 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.

[3] It is sometimes possible to tell Thisobald that the party killed the Mother Owlbear even if you didn't. This line seems to also be available if you talked the owlbear down using Speak with Animals and it died later on its own.

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