Owl cultist

Distraught melody

- Moments before the end. The Owl cultist is a hostile enemy encountered in the Fear & Hunger 2: Termina.

Encounter
They can be found in Deep Woods while hidding under the camouflaged foliage grounds. If they spot the player, they will reveal themselves and start shooting darts on the victim, causing the poison debuff and the reverse controls.

Combat
Despite being capable of using weak attacks like poisoning darts, the player should not understimate his abilities. If the party doesn't eliminate it soon enough before the next turn, the Owl will begin to play the flute and it will summon the Owl sprite, the strong variant of the enemy.

The major threat comes from the pecking attack from the Owl sprite due the instant kill effect by the decaptation on the protagonist character, although it is possible to dodge it if the player succeeds on the coin flip check.

Strategy
Apparently Black Kalev instantly kills them, no matter how much damage he deal, so it's an easy strategy to clear Hidden Forrest of them.

They always target the protagonist with Owl Sprite, killing him instantly if coin toss was unsuccessful. But knowing this, it is easy to just defend with main character every turn other than first turn. If you have any other characters in party, they can finish cultist fairly quick.