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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kzach" data-source="post: 4953107" data-attributes="member: 56189">A phenomenon I've witnessed countless times over the years when DM'ing or playing in groups where most people are unfamiliar with each other, is that nobody seems to want to take the lead.This manifests both in game and out of game. In game, people are hesitant to take affirmative action, whether that be a skill check or questioning an NPC, or suggesting a course of action, and especially with roleplaying in general.Out of game it seems to manifest mostly as a lack of motivation to organise everyone or be prepared for games.9 times out 10, I end up taking the lead whether I want to or not because I know that if I don't, either the game or the group will get bogged down and become disorganised. And every single time I've stopped organising games or stopped leading in games, whether I've told someone or not to continue, it has always ended up the same way.It's like people want someone to tell them what to do and how to do it. Again, I rarely actually want this role but there always comes a point where I know that if I don't step up, nobody else will.So I was wondering if this is a common situation or if it's just something that seems to happen for me a lot.</blockquote>