The last two fall down, following the others into oblivion. The only movement that remains is the twitching of the old man's body, still convulsing as if he lived, even though such a frail person couldn't possibly have survived the blows just taken.
Suddenly, the old man's body breaks, lifted by a strange, unknown force! The skin's tore down, exposing meager muscles and old bones. The mouth opens, and the eyes disappear as if eaten by their orbits! A colorless tendril, stained by blood and filled with digested viscera, jolts out of the corpse, trying to reach out for Marius! It's soon followed by another tendril, and another, revealing the horror that the old body lodged: a massive ooze's released, and it charges against the monk, wetness grabbing his limbs as it goes! Pieces of bones and flesh fly around as the soft mass twists into a raging devourer.
[So, yes, he WAS dead... But the thing inside... Not quite so! And now it attacks! It's trying to grapple Marius, and it scored the attack. All normal defenses are applicable. Just roll for perception, everyone, so counter-measures and initiative actions can be taken before the attack, as usual.]
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