Don't mean any offense. The few E groups I've played in, the GM's pretty much went by initiative. I thought that it was better to try to talk things out, but it went out of Lantis's hands with the first smack.<br/><br/>As for withdrawing... it's going to look like, to an NPC, that he ran for it, not running to get something he shouldn't have anyway.<br/><br/>Showing the pistol and the change displayed that at least some of the group has their equipment back and that changes the equasion. A weapon shown, whatever the reason, is as likely as not to get a weapon pulled in response.<br/><br/>I don't disagree with the decision and in all honesty, the group really isn't working together yet. ;)<br/><br/>*shrugs* I'll let our God On Duty (Game Master On Duty) sort it out. I'm totally confused at this point.