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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Endur" data-source="post: 2727089" data-attributes="member: 3346">They killed the captain of the ship; they must be pirates!Seriously... I think alot depends on the customs of your campaign world.In some cultures, the captain of a ship is 100% in charge of the ship.  Refusal to follow his orders would be a very serious crime.  Not to mention killing the captain.In other cultures, the captain is not as strong of an authority figure.  Is the Captain a representative of the King of the Land?  Is he a higher level Noble than the PCs?Furthermore, there may be a distinction between a passenger on a ship, for whom the captain is more responsible to than a crewmember.The tying up issue is hard.  On the one hand, the GM may be planning to cut the throats of the paranoid players.  On the other hand, the GM might have a long involved Roleplaying scene that requires having the paranoid players taken prisoner.  A lot depends on your GM.  Is your GM the type to take the opportunity to eliminate the foolish players by cutting their throats?  Or is he more likely to have the villain gloat about his evil scheme before leaving the players in a over-complicated diabolical death trap?</blockquote>