Was enjoying my first game of Caves of Qud. After killing some stuff heading north, I wandered into an area that had a few heretic-zealots. I killed one after a short battle that almost killed me (having also been ambushed by an insect thing right after). The only other heretic-zealot that I saw was a good distance away and injured from fighting off it's own insect things. So I make my way over to find out directly to my north there's another heretic-zealot in perfect condition (I'm 75% hp by this point, having stepped back and forth to heal for a moment), and what I can only assume is a legendary insect thing, because it's purple and it hates me. So I make a run for it, as I'm on the edge of the map. One step into the south, and I greet an old area with some flies that had been fluttering around. "Okay," I think, "I'll just walk around a bit, heal, and see if I can hit-and-run them." So I take a step and get acquainted with how CoQ actually handles areas.
BAM! You are stunned. You also have 7 hp now. And all of those guys are now with you. So I run, safely making it one step ahead of them. Then I run into a cliff that limits my step-ahead movement, get hit again. I'm around 5 hp. Keep running, although not actually having that run skill so it's more like I'm fleeing at a casual pace. Apparently, they can't do anything but chase after me at a casual pace, so it evens out. For some reason I start making a decent gap as I make it to the next area with trees. I see a projectile fire from the rear of the group, and despite it clearly looking like it missed, it hits. Stunned! Stunned again! Stunned yet again! You died.
Damn Heretic-Zealots. Where's the Inquisition when you need them...