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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7895661" data-attributes="member: 29398">Both of you are either forgetting or intentionally ignoring that most people's interaction with the concept of what a Captain is comes either from things naval - everything from Hornblower to the Love Boat to actual boating/naval experience - or sci fi (mostly Trek).Why is this relevant?  Because in both of those very commonly-known situations, while the Captain may be taking orders from someone else, that someone else is almost always somewhere else: the Captain is in complete command of everything and everyone in his-her immediate vicinity.In context of a D&D party, calling someone a Captain would thus very strongly suggest that person's in charge of the party in the field; and somehow I don't think that's gonna fly.</blockquote>