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	{{topquote\|There were nights when the winds of the Etherium, so inviting in their promise of flight and freedom, made one's spirit soar.\|Narrator, Treasure Planet}}		{{topquote\|There were nights when the winds of the Etherium, so inviting in their promise of flight and freedom, made one's spirit soar.\|Narrator, Treasure Planet}}

	Spelljammer is basically FANTASY PIRATES IN SPACE with shitloads of strange stuff, like elves that have symbiotic weapons, mechanical gnomes and anthropoid hippos obsessed with [[dakka]]~~. It also has a ton of monsters that were literally ripped from the anime of the time thanks to the creators being given permission to throw in whatever they wanted~~.		Spelljammer is basically FANTASY PIRATES IN SPACE with shitloads of strange stuff, like elves that have symbiotic weapons, mechanical gnomes and anthropoid hippos obsessed with [[dakka]].

	Unique creatures include space whales, space squid, space dragons, and, of course, [[giant space hamsters]]. However, in terms of sapient races, the setting also features the first playable [[lizardfolk]], who get smarter when their eggs are warmed up by the sun in space, the [[Dracon]], a race of Lawful Good dragon-centaurs with European-esque dignity culture and hilarious racism, the Arcane, a race of magically-advanced, mysterious aliens who created the spelljammer and sell its secrets to anyone who'll pay, the [[Giff]], a race of explosion-loving hippo-men and consummate mercenaries, the [[Scro]], a lawful-evil [[orc]] sub-species that are the brutal, disciplined [[Nazis]] to the regular orcs' barbarian horde, and the [[Neogi]], a loathed race of eel-spider men who're despised across the cosmos for their inability to stop enslaving everything for five seconds.		Unique creatures include space whales, space squid, space dragons, and, of course, [[giant space hamsters]]. However, in terms of sapient races, the setting also features the first playable [[lizardfolk]], who get smarter when their eggs are warmed up by the sun in space, the [[Dracon]], a race of Lawful Good dragon-centaurs with European-esque dignity culture and hilarious racism, the Arcane, a race of magically-advanced, mysterious aliens who created the spelljammer and sell its secrets to anyone who'll pay, the [[Giff]], a race of explosion-loving hippo-men and consummate mercenaries, the [[Scro]], a lawful-evil [[orc]] sub-species that are the brutal, disciplined [[Nazis]] to the regular orcs' barbarian horde, and the [[Neogi]], a loathed race of eel-spider men who're despised across the cosmos for their inability to stop enslaving everything for five seconds.

	And also some weirdly-chill [[Beholder]]s and [[Mind flayer]]s, though the former still try to exterminate all beholders not like themselves and the latter are still evil, just more business-predatory and less actual-predatory about it.		And also some weirdly-chill [[Beholder]]s and [[Mind flayer]]s, though the former still try to exterminate all beholders not like themselves and the latter are still evil, just more business-predatory and less actual-predatory about it.

			It also has a ton of monsters that were ripped from the [[Anime]] of the time thanks to the creators being given permission to throw in whatever they wanted.

	==As it appears in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons==		==As it appears in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons==

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	{{topquote\|There were nights when the winds of the Etherium, so inviting in their promise of flight and freedom, made one's spirit soar.\|Narrator, Treasure Planet}}		{{topquote\|There were nights when the winds of the Etherium, so inviting in their promise of flight and freedom, made one's spirit soar.\|Narrator, Treasure Planet}}

	Spelljammer is basically FANTASY PIRATES IN SPACE with shitloads of strange stuff, like elves that have symbiotic weapons, mechanical gnomes and anthropoid hippos obsessed with [[dakka]].		Spelljammer is basically FANTASY PIRATES IN SPACE with shitloads of strange stuff, like elves that have symbiotic weapons, mechanical gnomes and anthropoid hippos obsessed with [[dakka]]. It also has a ton of monsters that were literally ripped from the anime of the time thanks to the creators being given permission to throw in whatever they wanted.

	Unique creatures include space whales, space squid, space dragons, and, of course, [[giant space hamsters]]. However, in terms of sapient races, the setting also features the first playable [[lizardfolk]], who get smarter when their eggs are warmed up by the sun in space, the [[Dracon]], a race of Lawful Good dragon-centaurs with European-esque dignity culture and hilarious racism, the Arcane, a race of magically-advanced, mysterious aliens who created the spelljammer and sell its secrets to anyone who'll pay, the [[Giff]], a race of explosion-loving hippo-men and consummate mercenaries, the [[Scro]], a lawful-evil [[orc]] sub-species that are the brutal, disciplined [[Nazis]] to the regular orcs' barbarian horde, and the [[Neogi]], a loathed race of eel-spider men who're despised across the cosmos for their inability to stop enslaving everything for five seconds.		Unique creatures include space whales, space squid, space dragons, and, of course, [[giant space hamsters]]. However, in terms of sapient races, the setting also features the first playable [[lizardfolk]], who get smarter when their eggs are warmed up by the sun in space, the [[Dracon]], a race of Lawful Good dragon-centaurs with European-esque dignity culture and hilarious racism, the Arcane, a race of magically-advanced, mysterious aliens who created the spelljammer and sell its secrets to anyone who'll pay, the [[Giff]], a race of explosion-loving hippo-men and consummate mercenaries, the [[Scro]], a lawful-evil [[orc]] sub-species that are the brutal, disciplined [[Nazis]] to the regular orcs' barbarian horde, and the [[Neogi]], a loathed race of eel-spider men who're despised across the cosmos for their inability to stop enslaving everything for five seconds.

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	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.		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]].

	==Links==		==Links==

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	And also some weirdly-chill [[Beholder]]s and [[Mind flayer]]s, though the former still try to exterminate all beholders not like themselves and the latter are still evil, just more business-predatory and less actual-predatory about it.		And also some weirdly-chill [[Beholder]]s and [[Mind flayer]]s, though the former still try to exterminate all beholders not like themselves and the latter are still evil, just more business-predatory and less actual-predatory about it.

	==Why are There Ships in Space?==		==As it appears in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons==
	Because why the fuck ''not?'' Jeez, do you even RPG, reader?		Why are There Ships in Space? Because why the fuck ''not?'' Jeez, do you even RPG, reader?

	Spelljammer was originally conceived as another setting for [[Advanced Dungeons and Dragons]], but instead of making yet another stand-alone setting, Spelljammer was designed to link together all of the settings of the time into a single universe. Or perhaps multiple unified universes, because each setting has its own Ptolemaic universe, called a Sphere.		Spelljammer was originally conceived as another setting for [[Advanced Dungeons and Dragons]], but instead of making yet another stand-alone setting, Spelljammer was designed to link together all of the settings of the time into a single universe. Or perhaps multiple unified universes, because each setting has its own Ptolemaic universe, called a Sphere.
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	Some of these later became playable races in 3rd or 5th edition but as Spelljammer was basically dropped at that point they're being put here.		Some of these later became playable races in 3rd or 5th edition but as Spelljammer was basically dropped at that point they're being put here.

	==~~Post-AD&D~~==		==Third Edition==
	Given that it was regarded as a bottom-barrel setting even by [[TSR]], Spelljammer didn't really fare very well in the editions that came after [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] finally kicked the bucket in the tail end of the 90s.		Given that it was regarded as a bottom-barrel setting even by [[TSR]], Spelljammer didn't really fare very well in the editions that came after [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] finally kicked the bucket in the tail end of the 90s.

	In [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]], Spelljammer fell from a major part of the overarching canon to being literally a nothing burger. Planar [[splatbook]]s like the [[Manual of the Planes]] didn't even mention Wildspace or the Phlogiston. There were one or two articles in [[Dragon Magazine]] and [[Dungeon Magazine]] that kept the embers smoldering, but as a setting, Spelljammer was left to rot. It wasn't even farmed out to other publishers the way that [[Dragonlance]] and [[Ravenloft]] were.		In [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]], Spelljammer fell from a major part of the overarching canon to being literally a nothing burger. Planar [[splatbook]]s like the [[Manual of the Planes]] didn't even mention Wildspace or the Phlogiston. There were one or two articles in [[Dragon Magazine]] and [[Dungeon Magazine]] that kept the embers smoldering, but as a setting, Spelljammer was left to rot. It wasn't even farmed out to other publishers the way that [[Dragonlance]] and [[Ravenloft]] were.

			==Fourth Edition==

	[[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]] somehow managed to grind those embers even deeper into the ashes; whilst spelljammers appeared as an official kind of magical vehicle, none of the iconic Spelljammer monsters ever made into the new [[Nentir Vale]] setting, and the new [[World Axis]] cosmology basically made the Phlogiston obsolete. Even the Spelljammers were changed on a fundamental level, going from magical flying ships hurtling through fantasy outer space to magical flying ships that did that, but could also [[Plane Shift]] at will.		[[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]] somehow managed to grind those embers even deeper into the ashes; whilst spelljammers appeared as an official kind of magical vehicle, none of the iconic Spelljammer monsters ever made into the new [[Nentir Vale]] setting, and the new [[World Axis]] cosmology basically made the Phlogiston obsolete. Even the Spelljammers were changed on a fundamental level, going from magical flying ships hurtling through fantasy outer space to magical flying ships that did that, but could also [[Plane Shift]] at will.

	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 [[Hadozee]], plus the [[thri-kreen]] (who actually do have spelljamming significance) and the new "Astral Elves" (because we needed a distinct spelljamming elf subrace...)		==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 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!

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	Reviewers have gotten their hands on the Spelljammer boxed set and officially revealed its contents to the world though Youtube:		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.		* 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.		* 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 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.		* The Rock of Braal is back.

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	* There's also a segment on converting regular [[Monster Manual]] type critters to astral or wildspace denizens.		* 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.		* 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.

	==Links==		==Links==

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	==Links==		==Links==
	* [http://www.spelljammer.org/ Assorted resources available here.]		* [http://www.spelljammer.org/ Assorted resources available here.]
			* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yunzf9_iDQ A video about how the 5th edition monsters were selected.]
	{{D&D-Settings}}		{{D&D-Settings}}

	[[Category:Spelljammer]]		[[Category:Spelljammer]]

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Fixed two misspelled monster links.s

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	* 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.		* 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.		* Hammerhead jammers come with a bar built into the ship as standard.
	* Monsters in Boo's Astral Menagerie: [[Aartuk]], Astral Elf, Autognome, [[~~Braxit~~]], [[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, [[~~Ssuran~~]], Starlight Apparation, [[Thri-Kreen]], Vampirates, Zodar		* 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.		* 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.		* Keen eyes will observe several [[Dark Sun]] monsters have been slipped into the party in Boo's Astral Menagerie.