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While some parties can eslaiy manage without a designated leader, it is absolutely essential with others.I typically set up my quests to contain way more enemy encounters than the players can handle, with the expectation that the players will come up with clever ways to bypass most of them. The vast majority of the players prefer to outwit their opponents, or find a smart way to take them out without putting themselves at risk.However, about midway through the campaign, the party gained a couple of fighters who were very combat-oriented types. Whenever the party would start discussing strategy, and trying to figure out if an encounter could be avoided, these two would invariably get bored and charge into battle, ignoring everyone else's input, and putting their less hp-endowed companions at risk.I tried a couple of solutions to the problem, and even confronted the worst offender on the matter, but the same thing just kept on happening time after time.In my new campaign, I've designated a trusted veteran player as the leader. I know him well enough that he will listen to everyone else's solutions, and only use his power to decide disputes.More importantly, though, in this particular
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