Veloria D'von (above) is wrong about guards not helping you kill a mad man. I had 2 on me, ran up to a guard, and he clobbered those 2 bozo water droppers like they were armadillos....thus if you have a mad man on you, just relax...dont panic, and just run to a guard, and you will be fine.
I ran to the guards with a madman kicking the living sheets out of me, and the guards just watched (like my old P.E. teacher) as I died beneath a hail of blows. Scum. Sub-human scum.
Regards, Zenjem Sidey Octavedoctor, 23rd Bard of Quellious.
I've noticed these also seem to have classes. Some attack with "Madman strikes you for x damage", meaning those are monks, and some cast ignite, whirling wind and burst of fire, meaning those are druids. Possibly some other classes, I dunno. Though for some reason, the druid madman attacked me, and wouldn't attack anyone else, even though a level 19 was hitting it. The madmen might have something against their own classes....