Your role is very simple: you motivate, guide, and command your ship and crew. It is possible for the captain of a ship to have a number of complex roles, but they should typically be the strongest and most charismatic individual in a crew. Some captains may differ or have unique personalities, but their goal should be to unite their allies in troubling times to tackle any obstacle, in order to accomplish their dreams and goals.
The captain should always have the last say during any group decision or plan. While some crews may not entirely center around their captain, it is important to still give them a high degree of authority over the decision process.
- Skill Proficiencies: You have proficiencies in Charisma based checks.
Captain's Charisma:
A captain is the head of the ship, but should never act like a tyrant when operating a healthy crew. When they lead a charge, your allies should follow. When they call a shot, others should respect it. When they are speaking, the crew should listen. This shouldn't be a power that is abused, but rather a quality that your comrades revere. If you tell a member of your crew to perform an action, they will feel naturally compelled to complete it. However, if a duty directly goes against their alignment, ideals, personality traits, class, background, or race (or is simply too ridiculous to consider), they are allowed to refrain.
Crew Recruitment:
To understand how to run crew recruitment, make sure the DM has read information on "Hirelings" under the Ships and Sailing section in the One Piece D&D DMs Guide.
A character that has the captain role can easily recruit other pirates by spending their pirate prestige points at various locations. A captain can spend a pirate prestige point to recruit a regular hireling or specialist for a week without needing to pay them. The hireling will still need to have their basic needs met, and will demand pay a week after the initial week is over unless another prestige point is spent.
You cannot recruit in locations where your crew has a reputation of 5 or less.
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