by PandoraCaitiff

I prefer not to be the leader, but am often forced into the role because nobody else wants the job, and I have an over-developed sense of responsibility.

I don't mind a leadership role being assigned if we have a clear goal, and I'm reasonably familiar with the setting.

Background/class don't usually factor into it, but I have enjoyed playing the noble/rich/priviledged idiot who thinks they are in charge, but is really steered by the more intelligent servant/advisor/etc

by ROMagister

Related Item: Herald's Call

You got unlucky with so many Aging coming at once - still as few as possible 0/weak 'should' remain by mid Yellow. No destroys in sight in either game.
First game: it seems the effort to have got 4/weapon this early had cost too much life ? also the choice of 3/card+1 over 1/life+1 might be inappropriate to the whole situation.
Second game: 2/life+1 vs 2/card+1 is a very nice choice 😉 but would prefer them to come spread over 2 pairs, to choose each over others!

That Friday, my L5 (still on app) with 2 surprising victories! including a record LOW still a victory (45 points, with exactly 0 life at end and 2 aging remaining, something I usually try to avoid -but that game the destroys bunched ineffectively, then other competing distractions...).

by Maestro_kenobe

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by Moonlight_Fox

I tend not to go in with an idea of that, I tend to figure out what place my character lands in the group dynamic naturally based on the other characters and how attuned to what our characters are doing within the game - Sometimes more active, sometimes more passive, sometimes the straightman to everyone else's antics, sometimes sillier, etc. Some of that group dynamic is based on who I'm playing with, some of it is the characters.

by AZBarbarian

No preference. I have played both types of characters in different campaigns.

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by SeaofStars

Hahhahahahahahahha.

It does not matter what I prefer, I end up as the leader in both of our primary groups because I feel like I am the only person willing to take decicive action. It does not seem to matter what my character is.

Shadowrun: pink-haired teenaged hacker, team leader. Other characters: Israeli ex-intelligence oficer, ex-marine cyborg, full mages, Yakuza foot soldier . . .
D&D: Hobbit thief and baker, party leader. Other character: usual D&D types.
Deadlands: Young Huckster on the run, effective party leader. Other characters: A preacherman, a mad scientist, Native American scout and shaman.
and so it goes . . .

One of the few times that has not been true has been in a recent L5R campaign, where I am playing a monk so both socially and culturally, my character cannot take charge and the samurai (and thus the other players) have to do so.

None of these are the GM's fault, I just seem to play with a bunch of semi-indeciscive players. And -my perception- if I do not push things forward, nothing happens.

by shiva666

Preferably neither.

by pdzoch

QOTD MAY 23: Do you prefer to play characters that are leaders or followers in your PC group? Does your class/background matter? How do you feel about your PC thrust into a leader role by the GM?

by pdzoch

Do you prefer to play characters that are leaders or followers in your PC group? Does your class/background matter? How do you feel about your PC thrust into a leader role by the GM?



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by agramore

DoOverAgain wrote:

JugglinDan wrote:

Came across a couple of interesting and new to me Traveller resources today:
▪️As Above, So Below: an amazing Traveller hexmap creation system, with built-in support for classic, T5, & Mongoose.
▪️Geomorph Shipyard: build spacecraft deckplans by assembling geomorph tiles on a grid.

Oh! Those are nice!!

Oh, yeah. Thanks for finding those and posting them, Daniel!
I'd seen (and bookmarked the geomorphs), but the shipyard is really cool and helpful.