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Message: <blockquote data-quote="grimwell" data-source="post: 338791" data-attributes="member: 3694">The insult by the first character could come from someone of most any alignment who's in the mood to be a bit showy and competetive. Snobs and chaos lovers might do it first, but anyone with a little pride could say that.The trip action is a bit of chaos. More ordered individuals would not do it save for in their most rash moments. It increases the danger and threat level to a friend so most people who are lawful would not do it, unless they were LE and were hoping to actually harm the friend.As a DM, it's a part of the game. PC's being competetive, bickering, and reveling in their differences can be a great thing. Or a terrible thing. Depends on the balance you strike. I would not consider this a critical junciton though, unless they were doing this in every fight (and even then, the combat could kill them both and take care of the problem).If your players are fighting each other, even just verbally, it's time to stop the game for a few minutes and get things under control. If it's just their characters, it can often be part of the fun.</blockquote>