I'm struggling to deal with a minor situation one of my players threw at me. One of my players is playing an Ulfen ex-slave. Another player is playing a gnome from Mwangi and attempted to influence Shavikah. She rolled poorly and Shivakah's response was "Gnomes were too much trouble as slaves and are too much trouble on the ship." The ex-slave heard this and punched Shavikah. She then won initiative and got to act in the surprise round and first round before Shavikah and knocked Shavikah out. Since the fight was so quick, nobody else had time to respond or get involved. Cog, Sandara, Maheem, and the gnome were the only ones close enough to witness what happened. Sandara is already friendly, but Maheem and Cog are both unfriendly. I gave her a bonus to try to intimidate Cog, but she rolled pretty poorly. I'm not sure what response I should have. I'd like to continue the bonus to Cog for a day, but I'm wondering if having Shavikah join Narwhale and the anti-party is enough of a response.
