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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 1694384" data-attributes="member: 892">I'm meaner to your barber.  I'd say a pc is always alert no matter what, unless he is asleep etc.  So I would first check to see if the barber gets surprise (I would go barber bluff vs. pc sense motive).  If not, they start rolling for initiative.  If so, the barber gets a surprise round, in which the barber may attack the pc (at -4 th for using an improvise weapon) and the pc loses his dex. bonus and dodge bonus(es) to AC (unless the PC is a rogue or barbarian with uncanny dodge).  If the barber misses, too bad.  If the barber hits, then the barber does the damage of that weapon (1d4?) plus sneak attack damage if the barber was a rogue, plus chance for death attack if the barber was an assassin.  Note: The pc might have had to remove his armour to get a shave, so could lose armor bonus to AC.In short, barbers can't easily kill high-level pcs (great for killing 1st level commoners, though).  But then, since high level pcs can jump off the top of a 20 story building, hit the ground, get up, dust themselves off, and walk away, this should not be surprising.Turn it around: Do you want PC's to pose as barbers and kill NPCs too easily?</blockquote>