Group Roles
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 5:33 pmThere are four tasks to be assigned, each roughly summarizing what they will be doing for the length of the trip. The tasks to be divided between the Company are:
Guide - In charge of all decisions concerning route once embarked, rest, and supplies. A good Guide has a high Wisdom and the Survival proficiency.
Scout - In charge of finding safe camp sites, opening new trails. Scouts rely on Stealth and Investigation.
Hunter - In charge of finding food in the wild. Hunters seek success on Survival checks.
Look-out - In charge of keeping watch. Look-outs rely on their abilities in Perception.
Ask the players to decide who takes which role. With the exception of the company’s Guide, more than one Player-hero may be assigned the same task (in other words, there may be more than one character acting as Look-outs, or more than one hero going hunting regularly), but normally no character may assume more than one role at the same time (posing as the group’s Hunter AND Scout, for example).
If there’s more than one person assigned to a task then nominate a lead Scout, Hunter or Look-out. That character is the one who makes the check and gains Advantage from the assistance of the other player-heroes performing the Help action on that task.
If a task goes unfilled, any relevant checks for that task which come up are taken with Disadvantage.
Your first task is then to pick who will fill each of these tasks. After the first four have been filled, the remaining members can pick which role they'd like to assist. Keep in mind there can only be one Guide, and each person can only have one role. Discuss here or in discord what you all want to do. Once it's decided I can start the threads that will take you on your way to Lake Town.
Guide - In charge of all decisions concerning route once embarked, rest, and supplies. A good Guide has a high Wisdom and the Survival proficiency.
Scout - In charge of finding safe camp sites, opening new trails. Scouts rely on Stealth and Investigation.
Hunter - In charge of finding food in the wild. Hunters seek success on Survival checks.
Look-out - In charge of keeping watch. Look-outs rely on their abilities in Perception.
Ask the players to decide who takes which role. With the exception of the company’s Guide, more than one Player-hero may be assigned the same task (in other words, there may be more than one character acting as Look-outs, or more than one hero going hunting regularly), but normally no character may assume more than one role at the same time (posing as the group’s Hunter AND Scout, for example).
If there’s more than one person assigned to a task then nominate a lead Scout, Hunter or Look-out. That character is the one who makes the check and gains Advantage from the assistance of the other player-heroes performing the Help action on that task.
If a task goes unfilled, any relevant checks for that task which come up are taken with Disadvantage.
Your first task is then to pick who will fill each of these tasks. After the first four have been filled, the remaining members can pick which role they'd like to assist. Keep in mind there can only be one Guide, and each person can only have one role. Discuss here or in discord what you all want to do. Once it's decided I can start the threads that will take you on your way to Lake Town.
