Rene C. Corman (The Cannon Museum)

For the fight in the Zombie Slayer path, see here.

Rene C. Corman
Monster ID	1009
Locations	The Cannon Museum during A Skeleton Invasion!, after fighting 100 skeletons
Hit Points	500
Attack	500
Defense	500
Initiative	Indeterminate
Meat	None
Phylum	Indeterminate
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	Indeterminate
Drops	Stabonic scroll
Manuel Entry
refreshedit data

 You're fighting Rene C. Corman

You push through the crowd of skeletons to the center of the action, which, as it turns out, is... the Knott Yeti Habitat?

Before you can fully explore the extent to which you're perplexed by this, you notice a cloaked figure stalking the grounds of the Habitat as though desperately searching for something.

You clear your throat loudly, and the figure turns around.

"Bigg." you say. "I should have recognized your foul stench when I first got here. Though, to be fair, this Habitat has a foul enough stench on its own that I'm not surprised I didn't."

"Pathetic Adventurer," he snarls, "are you really so naive? There is no Bigg. There never was a Bigg. Allow me to introduce myself -- I am Rene C. Corman, dread necromancer, Lord of the Undead, Discoverer of the Ancient Stabonic Manuscripts, Follower of..."

"This list of honorifics was boring before it even started," you retort. "Time for you to meet your maker."

Hit Message(s):

He chants an ancient necromantic ritual, then stabs you in the <neck> with his pocketknife. I guess the ancient necromantic ritual was just for fun. Ooh! Ugh! Ouch! Ow! Ow! Oof!

He raises his hands in the air, and a skeleton bursts through the floor beneath you and hits you in the crotch. Oof! Argh! Oof! Ouch! Argh! Oof!

He waggles his fingers, and a nearby skeleton walks over and punches you in the <neck>. Ow! Argh! Ow! Argh! Ouch! Eek!

Tendrils of dark energy emerge from his cloak, wrap around your <neck>, and squeeze. Ouch! Argh! Oof! Ooh! Argh! Oof!

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After Combat

Upon defeat:

Corman crumples at your feet, and begins to laugh.

"It's too late, Adventurer... I've already got what I came for..."

The ground begins to rumble and crack.

"See you... soon..." he says, as he vanishes into the earth, taking his entire army of skeletons with him.

You survey the damage to the museum. It's what you might describe as "total." Even Cerulean and Periwinkle are gone...

As you're leaving, you notice something on the ground -- a scroll of ancient necromantic rituals! Corman must've dropped it...

You acquire an item: Stabonic scroll

Notes

• If you choose to run away, you will see this message:

You run away, like a sissy little coward.

Corman looms over you as you slump to the floor. The ground begins to rumble and crack as he laughs.

"See you... soon..." he says, as he vanishes into the earth, taking his entire army of skeletons with him.

You survey the damage to the museum. It's what you might describe as "total." Even Cerulean and Periwinkle are gone...

As you're leaving, you notice something on the ground -- a scroll of ancient necromantic rituals! Corman must've dropped it...

You acquire an item: Stabonic scroll

• If you lose, you will see this message:

Corman looms over you as you slump to the floor. The ground begins to rumble and crack as he laughs.

"See you... soon..." he says, as he vanishes into the earth, taking his entire army of skeletons with him.

You survey the damage to the museum. It's what you might describe as "total." Even Cerulean and Periwinkle are gone...

As you're leaving, you notice something on the ground -- a scroll of ancient necromantic rituals! Corman must've dropped it...

You acquire an item: Stabonic scroll

You lose. You slink away, dejected and defeated.

References

• This guy's name is an anagram of "Necromancer".
• Cerulean and Periwinkle were the pair of Knott Yetis from the Knott Yeti Habitat.
• "I should have recognized your foul stench..." is, once again, a reference to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, a reference made in a number of other places in the game.
• The "Stabonic" references may be a call-out to Andrew Koenig's "Growing Pains" character 'Richard Milhous "Boner" Stabone.'
• The name is similar to the "King of the B Movies" Roger Corman, who was no stranger to horror films, as well as being an anagram of "necromancer."