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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ulorian - Agent of Chaos" data-source="post: 1562590" data-attributes="member: 16668">I'm not sure the barbarian's player is doing this to be cruel. Maybe he's just playing in character, and you're not picking up on it. Maybe this is how he imagines warrior training happens in his culture. Maybe this is what passes for courtship in his culture.I wouldn't be so quick to slap down his character, especially as it doesn't seem like you've approached him and had a frank discussion about this. You 'dropping hints' is not an open dialogue, especially when your hints have the elven princess pretending to enjoy her treatment, which communicates to the barbarian that what he's doing is acceptable to her. Her reaction is completely unrealistic. It's not like she is the prisoner of the PCs and has to obey their every whim. She is under DM control; by having her participate in the training (and act like she's enjoying it!??!?!), you are telling the PCs that they are doing nothing wrong, because they think she is doing this of her own free will. Basically, you are planning on punishing the party for a mistake you are making.</blockquote>