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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8472428" data-attributes="member: 6779196">Alright, so it seems like the heart of your question here is how to resolve the dwarf NPC picking a verbal fight with your character. It’s difficult for me to figure out how exactly I would execute this, because I don’t know the context of why this fight is happening in the first place - did you insult the dwarf somehow? Is this an encounter I’ve specifically set up as DM? I don’t know, there’s different ways I might handle this. But ok, let’s assume this is part of a planned encounter - maybe the dwarf is part of a local gang you’ve been causing trouble for. I would describe the dwarf’s action in terms of goal and approach. So, the dwarf wants to… What, get you to leave the tavern? Sure, let’s go with that. I’d  tell you that the dwarf makes it clear that he and his friends want you to leave, and you can do it the easy way or the hard way. He puts his hand on the axe at his belt as he does so - not drawing it yet, but ready for if a fight starts. His companions follow suit. What do you do?That’s a reasonable example of how an interaction like this might go down at my table. Note that I’m just following the basic pattern of play, describing the environment and then letting you describe what your character does in response.I actually addressed this one earlier in the thread. The PCs haven’t given me enough information to resolve this action. They said they try to "[intimadate] the breeder into taking the 2gp,” which tells me their goal (to get the breeder to give them the dog for 2gp), and that they think proficiency in the intimidation skill will help them in achieving that goal. They have not said what their characters are doing to try and achieve that goal, to which they think the intimidation proficiency might apply. So my response would be something along the lines of “I’m hearing that you want to coerce him into giving you the dog for 2gp, and that you think your intimidation proficiency would be applicable. What are your characters doing to try and get him to do that?”</blockquote>

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