Editing Spelljammer (section)

==Fifth Edition==

When [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]] came around, Spelljammer fans obviously weren't holding their breaths. But then there was a trickle of hope; references to Spelljammer began to creep into the game via [[splatbook]]s and adventures. The concept of [[illithid]]s as a spacefaring race was brought up in Volo's Guide to Monsters, whilst an actual Illithid nautiloid would feature in both the adventure ''Rime of the Ice Maiden'' and in the video game "Baldur's Gate III". This finally went so far as to result in an [[Unearthed Arcana]] that offered several Spelljammer races as PC options; former monsters [[Autognome]]s and [[Plasmoid]]s, as well as the iconic [[Giff]] and bowlderized [[Hadozee]] races, plus the [[thri-kreen]] (who actually do have spelljamming significance) and the new "Astral Elves" (because we needed a distinct spelljamming elf subrace...)

Then came the big one: in April 2022, it was confirmed that there was going to finally be some official Spelljammer splatbooks! Fans were ecstatic; at long last, their beloved setting was returning to D&D!

...Then came the revelation that this would in the form of three 64-page long mini-splats that would be released as a boxed set in mid-August 2022: ''The Astral Adventurer's Guide'' (to compress all the player and DM lore into that pittance of pages), ''Boo's Astral Menagerie'' (Spelljammer monsters), and ''Light of Xaryxis'', an adventure. The icing on the cake, the emphasis is now on sailing through the [[Astral Plane]] - in a throwback to 4e's [[Astral Sea]], with [[Wildspace]] being a different layer of the plane. Still better than nothing.

In the weeks leading up to Spelljammer's return, the project's creators released several videos about Spelljammer on their channel. Amongst other details, this confirmed that the six new races for the setting would be those of the earlier Unearthed Arcana: [[Giff]], [[Hadozee]], [[Thri-Kreen]], [[Autognome]], [[Plasmoid]] and Astral [[Elf]]. Sorry if you were hoping for the [[Xixchil]] or [[Dracon]]!

Reviewers have gotten their hands on the Spelljammer boxed set and officially revealed its contents to the world though Youtube:
* Individual spelljammers still have their own gravity wells and air pockets, so falling off your spelljammer means you risk suffocating in the void.
* Rules are thus provided for weightless environments and suffocation, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4tL_K9r8ps but are pretty much useless].
* The terms [[Wildspace]] and RealmSpace at the least are still around. But the term "Astral Sea" is back from the [[World Axis]] too.
* The Rock of Braal is back.
* Two new backgrounds; Wildspacer and Astral Drifter.
* Wildspace and the Astral Plane are still different places.
* Two new spells; Create Air Bubble, which works as an emergency life support mechanism, and Create Spelljamming Helm.
* Three magic items; Fish Suit, Spelljamming Helm, and Wildspace Orrey.
* Spelljamming rules include crew, crashing and repairs.
* Spelljammers confirmed to have returned: Hammerhead, Giff Bombard, Damselfly, Flying Fish, Lamprey, Living Ship, Nautiloid, Nightspider, Scorpion, Shrike, Space Galleon, Squid, Star Moth, Turtle, Tyrant Ship, Wasp.
* Hammerhead jammers come with a bar built into the ship as standard.
* Monsters in Boo's Astral Menagerie: [[Aartuk]], Astral Elf, Autognome, [[Braxat]], [[Brohg]], Chwinga, Cosmic Horror, [[Dohwar]], [[Esthetic]], Eye Monger, [[Feyr]], [[Gaj]], [[Giff]], [[Githyanki]], [[Hadozee]], Jammer Leech, [[Kindori]], Lunar Dragon, Megapede, [[Mercane]], Murder Comet, [[Neh-thalggu]], [[Neogi]], [[Plasmoid]] (Boss, Explorer, Warrior), [[Psurlon]], [[Reigar]], Solar Dragon, Space Clown, Space Eel, Space Guppy, Space Hamster, Space Mollymock, Space Swine, [[Ssurran]], Starlight Apparation, [[Thri-Kreen]], Vampirates, Zodar
* There's also a segment on converting regular [[Monster Manual]] type critters to astral or wildspace denizens.
* Keen eyes will observe several [[Dark Sun]] monsters have been slipped into the party in Boo's Astral Menagerie.

Not only all this, but a recent interview revealed a new race of Fiends, the SPACE CLOWNS! Based on the cult classic 1988 Sci-Fi Horror Comedy "Killer Klowns from Outer Space", which at the same time as the reveal of Space Clowns seems to be having a cultural resurgence with a Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights attraction, a Multi-player Vidya Gaem, and talks of a potential sequel, "Return of the Killer Klowns from Outer Space in 3D". These Space Clowns hail from a system known as "Clown Space" formed of 3 ring worlds. They have reality-warping abilities based upon classic clown gags.

Just before the release of the box set, an e-book was released on [[D&D Beyond]] containing ten more monsters, titled Monstrous Compendium Volume 1: Spelljammer Creatures.  The monsters are the [[Asteroid Spider]], [[Clockwork Horror]], Eldritch [[Lich]], [[Fractine]], [[Gadabout]], [[Goon Balloon]], [[Nightmare Creature]], [[Puppeteer Parasite]], [[Star Lancer]], and [[Yggdrasti]].