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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5426321" data-attributes="member: 22424">IRL? It would never actually arise - I respect people enough to call them by the names they wish to be called by. So, the issue would never arise.However, if anything of the sort did arise, my first instinct would be to extricate myself from the situation (which probably means backing down). I would then leave, and never again associate with the person (in the gaming group, it would be an &quot;it's them or me&quot; ultimatum). And I would also call the police to report the assault and threats, for good measure.In-game?It depends on my character. Most likely, I'd explain to the DM that, no, his character did not just put a knife to my character's throat, at the very least without some sort of initiative and/or attack roll. (And if the DM then lets it stand without a roll, then I would actually walk from the game over that.)Also, if the character I'm playing is enough of a jerk to be calling someone by a name they hate, and is hanging around a person unbalanced enough to pull a knife over it, then my character is probably sufficiently morally ambiguous that he'd respond by knifing Chase while he sleeps, or slipping poison in his ale, or otherwise exacting a painful and fatal revenge.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5426321, member: 22424"] IRL? It would never actually arise - I respect people enough to call them by the names they wish to be called by. So, the issue would never arise. However, if anything of the sort [i]did[/i] arise, my first instinct would be to extricate myself from the situation (which probably means backing down). I would then leave, and never again associate with the person (in the gaming group, it would be an "it's them or me" ultimatum). And I would also call the police to report the assault and threats, for good measure. In-game? It depends on my character. Most likely, I'd explain to the DM that, no, his character did not just put a knife to my character's throat, at the very least without some sort of initiative and/or attack roll. (And if the DM then lets it stand without a roll, then I would actually walk from the game over that.) Also, if the character I'm playing is enough of a jerk to be calling someone by a name they hate, and is hanging around a person unbalanced enough to pull a knife over it, then my character is probably sufficiently morally ambiguous that he'd respond by knifing Chase while he sleeps, or slipping poison in his ale, or otherwise exacting a painful and fatal revenge. [/QUOTE]

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