Hello,
I liked this class a lot and I may use it in my campaign. Now, I'd like to give my view on several questions that were raised here.
the name: I like and favour
Captains of the Mists. It reminds me of the explorers in Colonial Brazil in the 17th to 19th century who were called "Capitães do Mato", literally Captains of the Wood (though the woods there were most likely jungle or rain forest
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Society: I don't think there should be a formal society, but they could recognized each other as brothers. In the 17th century Caribean, the pirates referred to themselves, I guess, as "Brethren of the Coast". Something along these lines would suit the Captains completely.
I tend to see these people would very easily end up doing smuggling, illegal trading and their own kind of piracy, so you could have them hunted in some domains where they challenged the established routes while being protected in others that benefitted from their trade. Likewise, in the Caribean, some nations officially endorsed pirates to attack other nations and called those attacks "acts of war".
As for requisites, perhaps the Leadership Feat would be nice, although I don't know how it is used in Ravenloft. Besides, perhaps they should have a minimum Charisma modifier. I think this requisite could benefit from magical improvement, but the abilities of the class would only work while the modified charisma satisfied the requisite.
Equaar: Finally, someone asked in another post how could Paridon maintain their horses. Now we know, intense trading with these merchants
After all, if you don't have your own resources, you've got to buy them somewhere.
Ail
