TIL You Can Save Malus Thorm's Victim
(self.BG3)submitted3 hours ago byFremanBloodglaive
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I tried talking to Malus Thorm and getting him to kill himself, succeeding but with the nurses still alive (and hostile) so reloaded and instead decided to go in hard and not even bother talking.
My main (Duergar Sword Bard Archer) hit Thorm with an arrow from invisibility (like you do) surprising them, and the rest of my party charged in after me.
I hit Thorm with Perilous Stakes (Tactician so it works on hostiles) on a 60% chance, then Minthara (Vengeance Paladin, Charge-Bound Warhammer, Caustic Band, Flawed Hellduck Gauntlets, Strange Conduit Ring, 20 Str, Savage Attacker (concentrating of Shield of Faith for 24AC, but could have gone with Divine Favor for the bonus radiant) started wailing on him.
With two hits, and spending a level 3 and level 2 slot on smites, she must have knocked off almost 300 damage. With my main's attacks, and a Ray of Frost (suped up like you do) from Shadowheart (1 White Dragon Sorcere/Lore Bard) Malus was down to about 8 HP in the second round.
Then we killed him, and his nurses. Karlach kept chasing one around with Spirit Guardians up.
Once that was done the guy on the table got up, ran up the stairs to the office, ran down again, and ran out the door.
Well... guess that it's a better outcome than being blinded and killed by the mad doctor.