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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Razjah" data-source="post: 6103503" data-attributes="member: 98806">I've done campaigns with a true leader, ones without, and ones with something in between. I think if the circumstances are right, the leader can be a really valuable tool for the group. Many games can get bogged down in planning and debate among players and characters. Having a leader make the final decision can keep the game moving forward. Other times it is necessary to the genre. A war campaign has ranks, pirates have captains, sometimes a tactical game needs a combat leader to decide when to press an attack and when to fall back. I have never had an issue with this, as long as the players are aware that a character is leading and have some say in that. For example, I ran a skypirates game and the players voted for one character to be captain, she then picked her first mate and others assumed other positions in the crew. The characters acted as her cabinet so that they had some input into where the ship went. Leaders can also be used to help characters feel like the characters they are supposed to be. Having another player suggest a line of dialogue and then running it through the leader works very well. It is the same when the players of a low intelligence character can solve a puzzle, just tell the intelligent character's player so it feels like the intelligent character truly can solve all the difficult puzzles.</blockquote>