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Sure, they were under stress. But the PC didn't just wail on the guard: Show respect, or face him in a duel. The guard still refuses to show respect, and chooses the duel. I'd say that's a strange decision for even a stressed out sword jockey. Why couldn't he just say, "Yeah, I'm sorry, I'll...

Call a woman a bitch, and if she's offended, her rep goes down .. yup, sounds like a fantasy world to me alright :cool:

There's a saving throw involved in Misdirection, so eventually you'd get it right. And most bad guys don't rely on even that in published adventures. Just saying that good dudes aren't limited to reactive actions. Just detect evil around a town, select the most high-ranking / suspicious / high...

WizarDru, you can see things quite well from both sides. Ever thought about a career in marriage counseling? :cool:

If following orders was so important, why did they subsequently abandon the defense of the keep, and opted for hiding in the basements? I wonder what would've happened if the PCs were defending the keep, and the original lords return .. in wind walk form. I guess it would be okay to wail on...

Hmm .. the player should remember this explanation if the lords start trouble when they got back: "You attacked my captain?!" "Well, you know, we thought he was dominated by a vampire, he was attacking our cleric and all, and surely nobody would be hostile towards a lord without mental...

This is probably the most common party 'paradigm' I've seen. Motivation for tolerating each others company seems to be that each belongs to the most prestigious club in the campaign world: the PC club (and this had nothing to do with political correctness), and the motivation for adventuring...

Nah, these NPC types usually stick together when it comes to being dicks towards PCs :\

Detect Evil, ping, wail on the bad guy. Let gods sort it out. Rinse. Repeat.

It doesn't make any sense that a commoner ordered to defend a keep would think it wise to give lip and backtalk to a lord. It's even in the vested interest of the noble class to have all commoners respect all nobles. And in some cultures this was just so.

It depends on what is agreed. Duels could be to first blood, serious injury or death. And I don't mean this was a trial by combat - I mean that the guard had the options of refusing the duel which amounts to an apology, or duel and lose which also amounts to an apology (or duel and win, which...

So losing a duel is now advantageous? He lost, so he's in the wrong - losing was his apology for his insolent actions towards the priestess. In that case the PCs were 100% right in usurping command - the guard was looking out for a tyrants interests. I don't think anyone would consider a...

That's probably the sensible action - in a battle against vampires it might not be a good idea to spend your shots fighting duels (on the PCs or NPCs part). That might've been stupid, but it's still within the PCs right. Now, PCs do stupid things all the time. This might've been one. A duel to...

So, if it's not your local noble, the assumption would be that you're free and clear to talk back and give lip? Somehow that makes the whole 'lord' title a bit meaningless. And that's without considering the fact that it was a duel, and not a punishment. I would've preferred straight up...

My character will be a Point of Bling! Damn this magic items will be rare .. I'll just need to collect them more greedily and scam my adventuring companions, I guess ;)

Do you think it would ever be right for a noble to defend his honor / his mistress honor in a duel in case someone of lower background gives him lip? It was expected in the ye medieval times, but your D&D might be modelled after something else. How would you have a noble resolve a situation of...

So the lords would not respect the PCs lordhood, and would take the word of a commoner over the word of a lord, huh? I consider that a bit strange, since the PCs are defending the other lords keep, to which end the commoner was after the incident doing nothing. Actually, he was shirking his...

I don't think there's any big issue here, of tyrantism or anything else. A low level NPC tried to punk a high level PC, and a lord to boot, and got called on it. You can't let these NPC types walk all over you, it sets a bad precedent. And if you think this advice is harsh, just think about how...

I'm puzzled at this. Why not go for the victory? Or if you do, make it look like a suicide.

That sends completely wrong message, and the precedent it sets would be bad for adventuring business everywhere. You don't want the freewheeling adventuring business be bogged down by laws and rules. Think Blackwater, not the Police Department.