Thread:Flamebiplane/@comment-28718853-20190629234316/@comment-27950421-20190729163055

I can see people being frightened, that was the point after all, but this mass hysteria thing. I imagine the reaction would be "HOLY SHIT WHAT WAS THAT!?!" Followed by "Timmy! Go find out what that was!" It seems like the townsfolk wouldn't know what to do. Especially since nothing big is happening immediately afterwards.

And the from trained guards. Freezing up and not knowing what to do is one thing, but bolting like a bunch of scared dear isn't something that soldiers, would be trained to deal with magic and would know that extremely powerful magic useres exist, would do. I imagine it would cow them and leave them looking to the chief for some kind of order as to what to do next but running away like that when they massive amount of power isn't being directed at them seems like something only the most cowardly members would do. This would basically strong arm the chief into accepting that he can't make this guy do anything.