DM of the Rings Remastered LXXVI: Our Once and Future Party Leader
It’s always amusing when the in-game party leader is a different person from the out-of-game leader. The most articulate player - or the one with the most decisive personality - is usually not the same person as the one with the high in-game charisma score.
I’d often have NPC’s assume things about the party leadership and see how the players handled it. I’d have NPC’s walk right past the party leader and start talking to the guy at the back of the formation as if he was in charge. This was always good for a laugh.
-Shamus, Friday Mar 16, 2007
It’s a bit funny to hear the concept of a party leader. I don’t think i’ve ever played a game where there was a character actually designated as ‘in charge’ of the party. In one of the games i’m currently playing in it’s actually a bit of a joke that my character tries to be in charge and convince the others not to do shenanigans (a doomed task, but she isn’t aware she’s a character in a D&d campaign so it’s an understandable mistake) and instead just has extended arguments with the other guy in the party who is also trying to be in charge until the barbarian takes the initiative and does whatever the hell he wants while they’re both distracted.
https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=57650
I’d often have NPC’s assume things about the party leadership and see how the players handled it. I’d have NPC’s walk right past the party leader and start talking to the guy at the back of the formation as if he was in charge. This was always good for a laugh.
-Shamus, Friday Mar 16, 2007
It’s a bit funny to hear the concept of a party leader. I don’t think i’ve ever played a game where there was a character actually designated as ‘in charge’ of the party. In one of the games i’m currently playing in it’s actually a bit of a joke that my character tries to be in charge and convince the others not to do shenanigans (a doomed task, but she isn’t aware she’s a character in a D&d campaign so it’s an understandable mistake) and instead just has extended arguments with the other guy in the party who is also trying to be in charge until the barbarian takes the initiative and does whatever the hell he wants while they’re both distracted.
https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=57650