I have to say, raiding in FF1 was much more amusing than in 2/3. Just because of how overpowered the PC was.
I remember in TLC in the last city (the snow-covered one) I was donned in only my underwear and a stick, and I beat the bloody hell out of every guard and civilian. It was hysterical. Using berserk just smacks the guards to the ground for little to no damage, but they can't get up long enough to hurt out intrepid hero~! Bwahahahahahhahahahaha!
Also I once got every bandit in the bandit camp to join me, I had I think... 2 hired bodyguards, my summon, and my maxed out sword spell. I raided oakvale. My xbox in a desperate attempt to keep up lagged for 3minutes, when it finally stopped lagging corpses lined the streets. These corpses belonged to woman and civilian men, many a guard but mostly all my bandit buddies, who were brutally slaughtered.
Ahh I love Fable 1....