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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Humanophile" data-source="post: 412966" data-attributes="member: 1049">Depends on how good the guards are...Realistically, they probably wouldn't exert themselves to say "oh, no, this one was just rude but he didn't actually try to hurt us", especially if they're the kinds of people to ask for bribes.  And assultinging a lawman with a deadly weapon should bring the death penalty, especially in a frontier town.Having said that, I like to not kill players who try to play less than lethal in their fights with nonevil foes.  I'd let both dying parties make stabilization checks, with the guard recieving help from the other guard.  After that, lippy boy is tied up and stripped of his gear.  If the other PC seems to be coming around, he is too.  Throw both of them into seperate cells, have a magistrate hear everyone's story, and have the attacking PC killed.  (Although I do agree with Agback.  Let the body remain semi-accessable, if it's not given directly over to his companions to save the town the trouble of burying him.  If the party can ressurect him and they want to, go for it.)Lippy boy should probably be heavily fined (up to leaving him with just one weapon) and/or jailed for a period, but people in D&D worlds should understand how adventurers can be extremely loyal to their companions, and accept that it's a double edged sword.  The same loyalty that can have him back up a complete idiot can also make him a shining citizen if he's teamed up with good people, especially if he shows restraint when he disagrees with a partymate.  So a clear and solid punishment should be in order, but it should stop short of death or exile, at least on a first offense, considering that no real use of deadly force was made.</blockquote>

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