Unless he had a tank my chances are still greater against that stranger than the polar bear. Polar bears are ridiculously dangerous so I'd take my chances against a guy with a gun rather than a polar bear. If we're going the fantasy route it's unlikely he'd have any weapon that made him more dangerous than a dragon
Of course, didn't say otherwise neither. But there's a difference between waiting out in the open and waiting in the trench or inside your home.
If a villager saw a dragon flying towards his village I'd think the normal response would be fear/worry and then not stand around waiting but rather go inside and hope it just passes by. Even if he know everything there is to know about dragons, down to how many scales every single type of dragon has. If he doesn't know much about dragons beyond "big/dangerous" then I'd say the reaction to hide would be even more understandable.
Only exception would be if the village has frequent visits by a Metallic Dragon that lived in the area or something. So they were used to big dragons flying in.
Didn't say they were, just pointing out that identifying flying things at a distance is harder than one might think.
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u/rotten_kitty DM (Dungeon Memelord) Dec 21 '23
If the person has a weapon, you realistically stand no chance either way, yet noone turns and flees from a kitchen.
So... They'd wait and see? You're aware waiting doesn't mean idle animations right? You can wait cautiously.
Yeah, friendly fire happened, so did trench foot and engine malfunctions but none of those are ideal military tactics.