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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 155660" data-attributes="member: 2525">To all you folks thinking that this Halfling &quot;got what he asked for&quot;, I think you are missing the point.Let's assume the halfling WAS looking to provoke a cinematic bar fight scene by doing something to intentionally anger the patrons of the bar...It's perfectly within the cinematic bar scene to go forward with a fight, and not just get &quot;thrown out&quot; without putting up a defense.&nbsp; Look at one of the best scenes in the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.&nbsp; Here you have a slight woman enter an Inn and do minor things concerning the ordering of food that she apparently thinks will provoke a fight.&nbsp; The other patrons respond to this slight, apparently defenseless woman (much like a short halfling) and attack her.&nbsp; She proceeds to kick their asses in one of the best scenes in the movie.This scene with the halfling could have gone the &quot;kick out of the bar&quot; way or the &quot;kick their asses&quot; way, and both would have been cinematic, and both entertaining.&nbsp; It should have been up to both the players and the DM to decide how this played out.&nbsp; It should not have simply been decided by the DM.&nbsp; It isn't an interactive game at that point, it's a storytelling hour for the DM.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 155660, member: 2525"] To all you folks thinking that this Halfling "got what he asked for", I think you are missing the point. Let's assume the halfling WAS looking to provoke a cinematic bar fight scene by doing something to intentionally anger the patrons of the bar... It's perfectly within the cinematic bar scene to go forward with a fight, and not just get "thrown out" without putting up a defense. Look at one of the best scenes in the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Here you have a slight woman enter an Inn and do minor things concerning the ordering of food that she apparently thinks will provoke a fight. The other patrons respond to this slight, apparently defenseless woman (much like a short halfling) and attack her. She proceeds to kick their asses in one of the best scenes in the movie. This scene with the halfling could have gone the "kick out of the bar" way or the "kick their asses" way, and both would have been cinematic, and both entertaining. It should have been up to both the players and the DM to decide how this played out. It should not have simply been decided by the DM. It isn't an interactive game at that point, it's a storytelling hour for the DM. [/QUOTE]

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