Yeah. I thought about how things might have gone differently had I attacked the cultist first, but there is no guarantee that I could have killed him in the first round with a fireball or stopped him with a hold person. I mean, I did not even destroy any zombies in the first round, and they are not as tough.
Anyway, I have quite a few possible backup characters already planned out that I have made over the months. Including but not limited too: A changeling savage fighter who had been a gladiator, a nagaji fighter who uses the snake style, a dwarven merchant transmuter from Janderhoff, a know-it-all half-elf investigator rogue, and a half-orc cleric of Abadar who is a sort of chaplain to Korvosa's guardsman (probably the most likely one if I need to take the healing niche again). Also a Chelaxian architect human transmuter, a Tian human conjurer, a channeling master half-elf cleric of Irori, a halfling sailor cleric of Gozreh, a gnome internal alchemist with an insect theme, and a sinister dhampir cleric of Mahathallah who would be good at commanding enemy undead.
Okay. Maybe got a bit carried away there, hehehe...