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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Luthien Greyspear" data-source="post: 2604832" data-attributes="member: 34334">A slight twist on this...I've actually had a character in my campaign that had a clear social dominance over the other players; to make matters potentially worse, the player of this character was my fiance (now my wife).  Somehow (luckily) this never became an issue.  The character in question was a royal elven princess; several party members were of elven blood or were favorably disposed towards the elves, so her rank did matter.  She had the money available to bankroll the party, as well, so she could have had the rest of them by THOSE short hairs also, if she wanted.Fortunately, my wife was able to translate her character's NG alignment into the best portayal of a SAINT I've ever seen.  Paladins could have taken lessons from her.  Piffany (of Nodwick fame) would have looked up to her.  Belkar (OotS) would die of diabetic shock.  She was that nice.  (And not only I think so.  Every member of the group has commented on just how nice and good and wholesome she was.)  She NEVER abused her power, and she never made the rest of the party feel inferior.  So the party happily gave her the reins.It was entirely at her initiative (and with her bankroll) that the party went into the Underdark to complete the 'DQ' portion of the 'GDQ' adventure series.  Her motive?  To try to rescue as many drow as possible from the mind-control of Lolth.  She wasn't naive; she didn't think they'll all come skipping merrily to the surface to frolic in the glades.  She knew going in that she'd have to sift through thousands of drow to find one or two that were worth talking to.  In the end, she came back with one baby drow, and had planted the seeds in two others to come up to the surface on their own.Since then, we haven't been able to replicate that kind of natural leadership.  But I keep hoping.</blockquote>

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