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Is it fine if a player tries to assault me because they didn't like how I solved a failed scene (oneshot with friends, first time playing together)
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tldr: A player didn't like I solved diplomatically a failed stealth check at an inn while trying to steal the BBEG's documents there (present party had agreed with my plan, this one joined us after the scene was basically over), and was yelling at me "to explain myself what I was doing" while insulting me and tried to drag me away somewhere (??) after I left the inn, instead of listening to me and only stopped after the GM's intervention, when they finally actualy listened to what I was saying and agreed with me (but still blamed me for their outbust when I told them it wasn't fine later, saying they "had" to yell at me and they'd do it again).
I usually don't play tabletop rpgs anymore, but a friend was doing playtesting oneshot for his system, so I volunteered to help him out and signed up my group of friends, with whom I've been playing once a week just casual party PC games for a year now, so I was sure the group should be fine (and I knew two players incl.the "problem player" for longer).
Now, me and the problem player played RPGs before, another did a few, and the other two were complete newbies, so we helped them make characters.
During the game, where we didn't discuss anything about pvp or not touching/stealing/attacking other players beforehand (and I assumed it wouldn't be an issue, so I didn't bring it up), one player got angry how I solved one scene, where I was trying to sneak into a place at the inn to steal BBEG's documents, while two party members made a diversion, so I could sneak by unnoticed. But we all failed skill checks, and I had 3x failed in a row, incl. 2x persuasion checks to prevent from being arrested when spotted. Now, the problem player was in another scene, just listening in to what's happening, by the way. So I decide to solve things diplomatically, instead of attacking the guards or running away, i cast a spell that makes it appear as if the city's worshipped god appeared and tells everyone that I am indeed telling the truth, and am there to solve the problem with the undead, and everyone should help me as much as they can.
People in the inn either believed me or were neutral or confused, although one servant ran to get the BBEG, who was the city's lord, and the guards let me go. Now at this point, where I'm making speech to the whole inn, about being there to solve the issue with the undead and that their god trusts me, and being done with it basically, the GM says the other team has arrived (problem player +1), and the player immediatelly starts freaking out, and asking the two diversion players what's going on.
They decide to instead pretend to be drunk and don't really say anything, as the player is yelling and being very aggressive, even shaking one of them to answer her, so I repeat my speech I had to the village, so the player would get the hint, that it's all fine (they knew OOC everything), the GM even confirms what I said as an NPC. And instead this player starts acting as if I'm crazy, telling the villagers that and trying to play off the whole scene as if I was mad and drag me away, but I don't let them do it, instead I finish my speech and then ask one villager to come with us to ask some questions. He complies and I head out with him and the rest of the team out of the inn. I quickly tell the problem player I'll explain everything, let me just question this person quicky in an alley or to ask the other two players, but the pp keeps yelling over me, demanding to know hwat happened and "wtf was that" kind of comments, and saying they're trying to drag me somewhere away (not sure where??), until the GM intervenes and says they should let me finish the questioning (and whenever I tried to explain, they just ignored it and kept repeating what they were saying, so I focused on the NPC instead).
After finishing the questions, I let the NPC go, and when I try to explain to hte player what happened at the inn, cause the others are trying not to take any part, since pp keeps screaming they're trying to drag me away somewhere and to "explain myself" and even start rolling for it, and treating me the whole time, from when they entered the inn, as if I was some kind of an idiot and did something very bad. It was really terrible, and they were constantly ignoring me answering them, until the GM, soon after they said they rolled (and scored high) to try to grab me and "drag me away" somewhere, asked both of us what we're trying to accomplish, then they said what they want to do (drag me away somewhere), I said I'm trying to explain and say we should make a run for it (since by that time, I thought it's the best, before they psyched me out with the yelling I had planned on staying to talk to the BBEG.) Then they finally listen to what I'm saying, agree with me and decide not to drag me and instead we make a run for it.
And after the game, the GM said when I asked him, that I still could've succesfully negotiated with the BBEG if I talked to him as that was antoher way to solve the problem (depending on what I said and how I rolled, of course), so the situation really was neutral or slightly to my advantage back at the inn, and it was fine, so there was no need for the other player to yell at me like that.
And when I tried to talk to them about it later and said I didn't like the way they acted towards me back then (and that was the second time they got angry at me about something that was unwarranted in the game), they tried to blame everything on me, saying it was my fault they "had to" yell at me like that because of "I ruined the our reputation with the city (the GM said it was still fine, it was only cause we ran away and he spread rumours about us during that time, so that's not true, and they know it as they were there during the after game talk and keep ignoring it when I repeat what the GM said)", and said they would still do it the same way again. THe GM, when I asked him about it later, as we had a really long session (until one am), said he doesn't want to discuss it and the oneshot is over for him, and the one player I asked said he doesn't want to discuss it (it's one of the two failed distraction guys), and there's no point asking the other two (one avoids conflict, the other is dating the player).
Does anyone here think it's not fine, esp. when the player acts as if they did nothing wrong and tries to shift all blame on me, and even uses personal attacks instead of logical argumetns when I reached out to talk to them about it? And they're my friend, so I was surprised they acted that way, since normally they're fine.
What would you do in my case, esp. as now I feel it'd be hard to pretend nothing happened and move on, since they didn't even apologize to me and instead tried to act as if I did something wrong and they "had" to yell and me and treat me like that. Even though it's just a game! and we won in the end anyway (and some of my actions helped secure a very good end).