Spelljammer by Kevin Sohnly

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##### Table Of Contents

- **[1 Cover](#p1)**
    - [Contact Information](#table-of-contents-contact-information)
    - [Thanks](#table-of-contents-thanks)
    - [Art Credits](#table-of-contents-art-credits)
    - [Contact Information](#p2)
    - [Thanks](#p2)
    - [Art Credits](#p2)
- **[2 Introduction](#p3)**
    - [Using this document](#p3)
- **[3 Wildspace](#p4)**
    - [Crystal Spheres](#p4)
    - [The Phlogiston](#p4)
    - [Space Travel](#p5)
    - [The Helm](#p5)
    - [Ship Terminology](#p7)
    - [Siege Weaponry](#p7)
- **[4 Vehicles and Equipment](#p9)**
    - [Table of Ships](#p10)
    - [Siege Weapons](#p10)
    - [Other Equipment](#p11)
    - [Ship Upgrades](#p11)
- **[5 The Crew](#p12)**
    - [Green Crew](#p13)
    - [Trained/Crack Crew](#p13)
- **[6 Roles on the Ship](#p14)**
    - [Stations](#p14)
- **[7 Movement in Space](#p15)**
- **[8 Ship Combat](#p16)**
    - [Ship Actions](#p16)
    - [Critical Hits](#p18)
- **[9 Planetary Bodies](#p19)**
    - [Takeoff and Landing](#p19)
    - [Travel Time](#p19)
- **[10 Gravity](#p20)**
- **[11 Air in Space](#p21)**
- **[12 Magic in the Phlogiston](#p22)**
    - [Divine Magic](#p22)
    - [Teleportation and the Realms](#p23)
    - [Fire](#p23)
- **[13 Spells](#p24)**
- **[14 Feats](#p26)**
- **[15 Spelljammer Vessel Sheet](#p27)**

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## Contact Information

I can be contacted:

Reddit- [/u/Ubiquity4321](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=Ubiquity4321)

Discord- Ubiquity#9530

E-mail- TheSohnly [at] gmail [dot] com

## Thanks

I'd like to give a special thanks to [GM Binder](https://www.gmbinder.com/) (created by [Levi Rosol](http://wewritecode.com/)), who provided the wonderful site that I am typing this document on.<br>
All clipart found via [The Open Clip Art Search Engine](https://openclipart.org)<br>
/u/Anathemys for the [Unofficial Style Guide](https://imgur.com/a/CVWj0)<br>
/u/QalarValar for the [Watercolor Guide](https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/HyWImuH06x)<br>
[DMsGuild.com](https://www.dmsguild.com/) for some (purchased) assets and art<br>
Additional thanks (in no particular order) are the friends at the [*Discord of Many Things*](https://discord.gg/0dPVgggGtnyRhIcB), [/r/UnearthedArcana](https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/), Danielle Lauzon (Game Developer at [John Wick Productions](https://johnwickpresents.com/)) for advice on Stations, and [Wizards of the Coast](https://company.wizards.com/).<br>
Additional playtesting done by - Dorian Kernytsky, Stephen Anhalt, Vendredi Chea, Chris Friel, and Joseph (***TEA!*** ) Cuthbert.

## Art Credits

All artwork in this document is published under either Creative Commons or a similar (free) licensing.

- Cover By <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jschulman555&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Jschulman555 (page does not exist)">Jschulman555</a> - <span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0" title="Creative Commons Attribution 3.0">CC BY 3.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10535790">Link</a>
- The Red Line and D&D Homebrew image by [Scott Tolksdorf](https://www.patreon.com/stolksdorf)
- MYTHKELI by by [Luigi Castellani](https://www.patreon.com/artikid)
- Time by [Pete Linforth](https://pixabay.com/en/users/TheDigitalArtist-202249/)
- Various Illustrations by Louis Glanzman, from *A TOM CORBETT Space Cadet Adventure DANGER IN DEEP SPACE By CAREY ROCKWELL, 1953*
- BDWARF and MYTHSPLASH by [Earl Geier](https://www.freelanced.com/earlgeier)
- SYSADVANCE, CULTSPLASH, CGGEAR, TMAGICARMORY, and TTEXTSPOT by [David Lewis Johnson](https://plus.google.com/101233968135072116767)
- Project Mango Concept Art By <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Deevad" title="User:Deevad">David Revoy / Blender Foundation</a> - <span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0" title="Creative Commons Attribution 3.0">CC BY 3.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22506899">Link</a>
- Kevin Crawford of [Sine Nomine Publishsing](https://www.sinenomine-pub.com/)
- Fantasy Cloud Castle by [Donna Kirby](https://pixabay.com/en/users/Dlee-271284/)
- MAGSPELL1 and SORCSPELL by [Joyce Maureira](https://www.joycemaureira.com/)
- Gravity by [emaze.com](www.emaze.com)
- Extent of air envelope by me
- The Old Man by [Brigitte Werner](https://pixabay.com/en/users/werner22brigitte-5337/)
- Catapult from *Enciclopedia Romana 1962*
- Some Assets for the Spelljammer Vessel sheet borrowed (with permission) from [The Current Standard Character Sheet v.1.4](https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/2do2an/treat_yourself_to_a_tall_cold_glass_of_current/) by [supersonic159](https://www.reddit.com/user/supersonic159)
 
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# Introduction
Imagine a universe where square worlds spin around gemstone suns. Where planets lie cradles in the roots of an oak tree so vast its leaves twirl around brightly burning suns. Where ships of wood sail the void between worlds, and battle each other with catapult and ballista, spell, and sword where an asteroid may be a safe harbor, a slaver's den, or a hungry creature eager to devour any that pass by. Where daring swashbucklers and scoundrels race for fantastic treasures and literally touch the stars. Where terrifying beasts with the power to destroy whole worlds roam. Welcome . . . to the universe of Spelljammer!

In the Spelljammer campaign, the fantastic is possible and one is limited only by the depths of their imagination. Sailing ships, enwrapped in bubbles of air, travel empty Wildspace, moved by the power of their mystic Helms. Gravity is a matter of convenience, where a crew of adventurers can tour the bottom of his ship, and worlds come in all shapes and sizes. Whole solar systems are surrounded by colossal spheres made of an unbreakable, crystal-like substance to protect them from an ocean of swirling light and color, the flammable Phlogiston, which divides the void between stars.

## *A note from the Author*

Written for both players and Dungeon Masters, this document will serve as an unofficial fan conversion of the original source documentation for *Spelljammer*. I have tried very hard to keep to the original source documentation contained in *AD&D Adventures in Space*, *Concordance of Arcane Space*, *Lorebook of the Void*, *Encyclopedia Monstera*, *The Complete Starfarers Handbook*, and all other companion documents made for the Spelljammer setting. I've also tried to keep all pictures black and white, a la the original books.

Additional consideration has been given to the words written by Wizards of the Coast on D&D 5th Edition design philosophy and the Three Pillars. I tried to make this fun and simple to pick up on.

Lastly, I have specifically attempted to avoid lore pertaining to the original Spelljammer setting created by TSR, and purchased by Wizards of the Coast, instead attempting for this simply to be a rules conversion. You can make up whatever lore you want, daisychaining in every piece of content til it burts at the seams, and put these rules to work in your game. I would *highly* recommend purchasing and reading the excellent *Monster Manual* and *Volo's Guide to Monsters* for societal research for the Gith, Beholders, Neogi, Illithid, and many other races found in the original *Spelljammer* books, if you would want to keep more to the original 2nd Edition *Spelljammer* content.

And if you can find the original books (in a dragon's hoard, perhaps) than you'll fall in love, as I did.

As of this writing (June to December 2017) there is no official books or word of printing for a 5th edition conversion of *Spelljammer*.

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# Wildspace

Wildspace is what comes to mind when we talk of "Space." It is the vast emptiness that lies between the planets and the stars. All the celestial bodies within a *Crystal Shell* float in the airless void called Wildspace. Conventional (meaning "those that take place on the prime material plane") interplanetary journeys around a solar system take place within Wildspace. It is mostly airless vacuum (More correctly, most regions of Wildspace are vacuum. But the cosmos is a big place and there are exceptions to almost every rule). Wildspace is not truly a void, however, even though it is often referred to that way. There is plenty to explore and conquer.

### Crystal Spheres

All Wildspace is bounded by a shell of impenetrable crystal, called a *Crystal Sphere*. Inside the Crystal Sphere is the airless vacuum of Wildspace, the planets, and stars. Outside the Crystal Sphere is the rainbow river of Phlogiston and more Crystal Spheres. You can consider a Sphere to contain exactly one galaxy, but that's a tremendous oversimplification.

The size of a Crystal Sphere is determined by the size of the planetary system inside. Usually a Crystal Sphere has a radius twice as big as the orbital radius of the outermost planetary body in the system (i.e., the distance from the shell to the outermost planetary body of the system is the same as the distance from that outermost body to the center point of the system). Because of their great size, the outside of a Crystal Sphere appears perfectly flat when viewed up close. The curvature is so gradual that it is completely undetectable to anyone who is close enough to see the Crystal Sphere through the obscuring Phlogiston. The spheres consist of an unbreakable, dark, ceramic-like material of unknown origin.

Some legends state (and various theologians agree) that the smooth-surfaced shells were created and positioned by the gods themselves to protect their worlds from the ravages of the Phlogiston, which is held to be the prime matter of the universe. Less charitable philosophers maintain that such shells were placed by an even higher authority to keep gods and men in and confine their activities. Whatever their origin, the Crystal Shells are uniform throughout space. All appear as great, dark, featureless spheres of unidentifiable matter.

The Crystal Spheres are defiantly solid. They have no gravity along either their interior or exterior sides (an exception to the rule that all large objects have gravity). No magic has been found that can damage or alter the surface of a shell, with the exception of those spells which cause portals to open. Even this, however, is believed to be nothing more than an artificial triggering of a natural phenomenon, since naturally occurring portals appear seemingly at random, allowing egress to and from the Phlogiston. They are apparently immune to the effects of wishes and even the wills of the outer planar powers (though this does not rule out the possibility that the outer planar powers created them, perhaps they were wise enough to prevent even their own tampering).

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### The Phlogiston

Also called *The Flow*, the Phlogiston is a turbulent, unstable, multicolored, fluorescent gas-like medium which fills the regions between Crystal Spheres. For lack of a better definition, it is a river in which all Crystal Spheres bob, weave, and float. Its' currents carry the spheres around a shifting stream, ever moving. Very little is known for certain about the Phlogiston, except for every planetary system known is encased within a Crystal Sphere, and no known planetoids exist floating freely in the Phlogiston. Essentially, the Crystal Sphere keeps the Wildspace in and the Phlogiston out (which is a tremendous simplification, but it is easy to grasp). Phlogiston also cannot exist inside a Shell, and all attempts at doing so causes the somehow-captured Phologiston to have vanished upon inspection, leaving no traces.

The rainbow ocean allows Spelljamming ships to attain greater velocities. These speeds have defied measurement since the phlogiston is without permanent landmarks or markers.

Time is the only constant.

In general, it takes from 10-100 days to travel from one crystal sphere to another. The sphere reached is random, unless you have either a guide or a device installed in the ship to show you the way. Shortcuts exist through spheres to other speheres. Some spheres drift into and out of proximity with each other, so that just because you reach an area once does not mean that you will find it again. Ships in the Flow slow down when they encounter other bodies, such as other ships and rogue planets (if you decide to use them in your game), but this does not affect total travel time.

It is also violently and exponentially flammable. An early researcher (wanting to have a better look) lit a match with the intent to burn a candle. Upon sparking, an explosion immediately erupted from the matchhead, taking most of the researchers hand. . . In short, a match acts as a powerful firework, a firework acts as a fireball, and the devastation that a fireball would cause may take even the largest ships (and the caster) with it.

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### Space Travel

Space travel is hard to grasp by most groundlings. They look up at the skies and see a vast emptiness of infinite beauty.

Spelljamming Ships can be made of anything: from the purpose-built ships of the Arcane, to a normal terrestrial seafaring Galleon, to gargantuan, mutated bodies of Beholders, ships grown in a vast forest-turned-dry-dock, the bones of longdead dragons, contraptions made from every metal part and rubber-band found around slapped together, the splinters and broken masts of defeated ships, and even the mountains themselves. What makes them a Spelljamming ship is the *Spelljamming Helm*, whether permanently bolted down, or temporarily there.

### The Helm

Ships travel through Wildspace by means of the *Spelljamming Helm* - a magical device which converts mystical energy into motive force; ie. the "push" that moves a Spelljamming ship. This allows rapid movement from planet to planet. Some of the specifics vary from race-to-race, and ship-to-ship. In general, however, most ships are equipped with a magical device known as a *Spelljamming Helm*.

A Helm can be made to look like almost anything: A lofty perch made of hard oak, with pillows in the seat and back, and topped with gold filigree; a sleek, futuristic chair made of obsidian and lined with purple silks; a large leaf, elegantly grown into position, that shapes to fit it's user; a meditiation bench, as simplistic in style as it is in make; a large, uncomfortable Iron throne made for a King from the swords of a defeated army; What a Helm says about it's creator (and user) will speak volumes. All (and more!) will function the same and provide the necessary focus point to move about space. Generally, it's installed into the Bridge of a ship, away from prying eyes and (more importantly) attacks.

There are two sorts of basic Spelljammer Helms: Minor and Major. While using the Helm to power a ship, a Spellcaster is unable to cast a spell of 1st level or higher, and is considered restrained. An individual seated upon the Helm can talk and act normally, but cannot leave the Helm. Additionally while on the Helm, the Helmsman can observe her surroundings normally, but also gains an awareness of the space around the ship. This awareness is equivalent to what would be gained by a lookout.

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The Helmsman can focus this awareness from any point on the exterior of the vessel (the Helmsman usually prefers to focus her awareness from a crow's nest, but any part of the ship will do). It takes one action to sit and activate, and one action to deactivate and stand from the Helm.

Both basic types of Helms require the user’s Concentration to function. Due to the Concentration required, no more than eight hours can be spent at a time using this device by one caster. Attempts to "push through" may cause one point of exhaustion (as per the rules for a forced march in chapter 8 of the *Player's Handbook*). Exhausted spellcasters attempting to use a Helm reduce the total Speed of the ship by the number of exhaustion points they have attained. After 24 hours on the Helm, regardless of the ship's current Speed or the number of Exhaustion points gained, the individual using the Helm will pass out and be unable to use the Helm again until they complete a Long Rest.

There are other sorts of Helms such as *Lifejammers* (That suck the very life from the user to power a vessel, but do not require a Spellcasting feature); *Orbus* (mutated Beholders, used by the various Beholder races to provide motive force to their vessels), a *Artiforge* (Used by the Dwarves), *Sequence Helms* (allowing for multiple spellcasters to contribute to the overall **Speed** of a vessel), *Pool Helms* (Used by Mind Flayers), and Ki Helms (Which are powered by mystic Ki energy). Rare and otherwise Legendary Helms allow casting while simultaneously piloting the ship, remote control of a ship, full movement about the vessel, and much more!

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Use the table below to determine your **Helm Rating** when determining the ships overall **Speed**. A Minor Helm grants a 1:3 ratio of Helm Rating, and a Major Helm grants a 1:2 ratio of Helm Rating. You determine your Spellcaster Level using the number of levels you have taken in a class that grants the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature.

Add together all your levels in the Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorceror, Warlock, and Wizard classes, half your levels (rounded down) in the Paladin and Ranger classes, and a third of the levels taken in Fighter or Rogue classes (rounded down) if you have the Eldritch Knight or the Arcane Trickster archetype.

For example, a 10th level Wizard using a *Minor Helm* will have a Spellcaster Level of 10, and that same character grants a Helm Rating of 3 to the overall ship speed.

A character that has multiclassed a 5th-level Warlock and a 3rd-level Barbarian will have a Spellcaster Level of 5, and that same character using a Major Helm will grant a Helm Rating of 2 to the overall Speed.

A character that has multiclassed a 6th level Warlock and an 8th level Paladin will have a Spellcaster Level of 10, and that same character using a Major Helm will grant a Helm Rating of 5 to the overall Speed.

##### Helm Rating
**Spellcaster Level**|**Minor Helm**|**Major Helm**
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1|1|1
2|1|1
3|1|1
4|1|2
5|1|2
6|2|3
7|2|3
8|2|4
9|3|4
10|3|5
11|3|5
12|4|6
13|4|6
14|4|7
15|5|7
16|5|8
17|5|8
18|6|9
19|6|9
20|6|10

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## Ship Terminology

**Type/Name**- This is the name or type of your Spelljammer.<br>
**Crew Min/Max**- These two numbers indicate the minimum number of crew required to operate the ship and maximum occupancy of the ship before air reduction becomes an issue.<br>
**Maneuverability Rating (MR)**- Your ships ability to turn, accelerate, and maneuver with the ship alone. Takes into account sails, rigging, size, weight, and other aerodynamic capacities.<br>
**Armor Class (AC)**- Difficult of hitting a ship and dealing damage to the ship when striking it.<br>
**Hull Points (HP)**- Hull points for ships are idential to Hit Points for characters and monsters. They measure the amount of damage the ship can sustain before it is destroyed.<br>
**Damage Threshold (DT)**- An object with a damage threshold has immunity to all damage unless it takes an amount of damage from a single attack or effect equal to or greater than it’s DT, in which case it takes damage as normal. Any damage that fails to meet or exceed the object’s damage threshold is considered superficial and doesn’t reduce the object’s hit points. All Ships and Siege Weapons are immune to Poison and Psychic damage. DM discretion is given for damage types more effective against a particular ship or in a particular situation.<br>
**Keel Length**- This is the length of the ship from fore to aft (front to back). Important when dealing with gravity and the air pocket that surrounds a ship.<br>
**Beam Length**- This is the measurement of the widest part of the ship from port to starboard (left to right). Important when dealing with gravity and the air pocket that surrounds a ship.<br>
**Standard Armaments**- This is the amount and type of weaponry that can be installed on a ship. Ship weapons range from medium-size weapons such as Light ballista to Large-size weapons such as a trebuchet.<br>
**Helm Type**- This indicates what type of Spelljammer Helm can be used to run the ship. Most ships can be run off either a Major or Minor Helm, but others may require a special type of Helm.<br>

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## Siege Weaponry

A Siege Weapon is a device that is designed to break or circumvent city or castle walls and other fortifications. Most groundling-based Siege Weapons are immobile, constructed in place to attack enemy fortifications from a distance, while others are wheeled to enable advancing up to the enemy fortification. That being said, Siege weaponry have been adopted to Space Warfare with fervor. All Siege weapons mounted on Spelljamming ships are on 360° rotating turrets, and may fire in any direction regardless of the facing of a ship. The DM is advised to *generally* ensure that the party's catapult does not blow through its' own sails, masts, or decks.

**Gnomish Sweeper**- A Gnomish Sweeper is a pair of light ballistas with a shared, common mount so that they can be fired in the same direction at the same time. The two blunt bolts from these ballistas are linked with a heavy chain (similar in image to nunchaku). The intention of the chain is to be used as an antipersonnel weapon against enemy crews. Before it can be fired, it must be loaded and aimed. A Load, Aim, and Fire action are done using one Ship Action taken by the Gunner.

A Gnomish Sweeper affects all targets in a 10-foot square. It will continue on into the next 10 foot square away from the ship firing it unless it meets with a large, unmovable object, which cause the Sweeper Bolts to drop to the deck. In addition, every target within the 10-foot square is forced to make a Reflex save (DC 13). On failure, the targets fall prone and gain the grappled condition. The Gnomish Sweeper does not inflict hull damage with the Sweeper Rounds, but can be used as a duel Light Ballista in a crunch, with the same requirements for crew as two Light Ballistas (the weapon does not fire unless both bolts are loaded).

In atmosphere near a planetoid, the Gnomish Sweeper has a 300/1,200 ft range.

**Ballista**- A Ballista is a massive crossbow that fires heavy bolts. Before it can be fired, it must be loaded and aimed. A Load, Aim, and Fire action are done using one Ship Action taken by the Gunner.

In atmosphere near a planetoid, the Light Ballista has a 120/480 ft range, and a Heavy Ballista has a 240/960 ft range.

**Trebuchet**- A Trebuchet is a powerful catapult that throws its payload in a high arc, so it can hit targets behind cover. A trebuchet typically hurls a heavy stone. However, it can launch other kinds of projectiles, such as barrels of oil or sewage, with different effects. Before the trebuchet can be fired, it must be loaded and aimed. A Load, Aim, and Fire action are done using one Ship Action taken by the Gunner.

In atmosphere near a planetoid, the Light Trebuchet has a 300/1,200 ft range, and the Heavy Trebuchet has a 500/1,500 ft range.

**Mangonel**- a Mangonel is a type of catapult that hurls heavy projectiles in a high arc. This payload can hit targets behind cover. A mangonel typiclly hurls a heavy stone, although it can hurl other kinds of projectiles, with different effects. Before the Mangonel can be fired, it must be loaded and aimed. A Load, Aim, and Fire action are done using one Ship Action taken by the Gunner.

In atmosphere near a planetoid, the Light Mangonel has a 300/1,200 ft range, and the Heavy Mangonel has a 500/1,500 ft range.

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**Cannon**- a Cannon uses gunpowder to properl heavy balls of cast iron through the air at destructive speeds. In a campaign without gunpowder, a cannon might be an arcane device built by clever gnomes or wizardly engineers. A cannon is usually supported in a wooden frame with wheels, but on a Spelljamming ship, it is mounted the same as every other Siege weapon, on a 360° rotating turret. Before the Cannon can be fired, it must be loaded and aimed. A Load, Aim, and Fire action are done using one Ship Action taken by the Gunner.

In atmosphere near a planetoid, the Light Cannon has a 600/2,400 ft range, and the Heavy Cannon has a 1,200/4,800 ft range.

**Alchemist's Fire Projector**- This device shoots a thin stream of flaming, explosive liquid. Though it can be devastating in combat, the Alchemist's Fire Projectors are not popular with ships that cross between the spheres because of the flammability of the Flow. In fact, Alchemist's Fire projectors are recipes for disaster in the Phlogiston. They are popular, however among crews that do not leave their spheres. Before the Alchemist's Fire Projector can be fired, it must be loaded and aimed. A Load, Aim, and Fire action are done using one Ship Action taken by the Gunner.

In atmosphere near a planetoid, the Alchemist's Fire Projector has a 150/600 ft range.

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*Alchemist's Fire*- While some adventuring parties know this substance as a thorw-able flask of sticky, adhesive fluid, aboard a Spelljamming ship it is generally stored in stone casks (for use as alternate ammunition in catapults). Alchemist's Fire ignites when exposed to air. When a cask is catapulted onto an enemy deck, the stone jug breaks and immediately explodes, dealing 3d10 fire damage in a 15-foot radius sphere. Any creatures in the sphere may make a DC 14 Dex saving throw. On a success, target suffers half damage. On a failure, creatures and any other objects in the sphere are now on fire. Also may ignite other jugs in burst radius.

**Ram**- Mounted to the front of ships, a Ram consists of nothing more than a heavy log, shod in iron. There are several different types that can be mounted to the front of Spelljamming ships. A ship can only have one type of Ram installed at a time.

- *Piercing*- A piercing ram is a long, sharp prow used to break open and break apart an enemy ship.
- *Blunt*- This is a flattened prow designed to inflict internal damage by shaking up the smaller ship.
- *Grappling*- The grappling ram incorporates one or more movable arms which attach themselves to an opponent's ship with suction cups or hooks after ramming, locking the ships together. This type of ram is very useful during boarding situations.

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# Vehicles and Equipment

Below are listed various ship types found throughout Wildspace. This is not an exhaustive list of all ship types, but a basic list of various ships and their sizes. You can refer to Pages 119 and 246-247 in the *Dungeon Masters Guide* for more information about Water- and Air-borne Vehicles, Object AC, Object HP, and Damage Threshold. The AC and Damage Threshold values located in this table are adapted from those pages.

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#### Spelljamming Ships

|**Type/Name**|**Crew Min/Max**|**MR**|**AC**|**HP**|**Damage Threshold**|**Kell length**|**Beam Length**|**Standard Armament**|**Tonnage**|**HelmType**|
|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|
Airship|10/30|1|13|300|N/A|150|25|None|1|n/a
Flitter|1/1|5|13|50|N/A|20|5|None|1|Major or Minor
Mosquito|1/6|3|14|75|N/A|100|15|None|5|Major or Minor
Caravel|8/10|1|13|150|10|70|20|1 Medium|10|Major or Minor
Dragonfly|3/10|4|13|100|10|100|20|1 Large|10|Major or Minor
Damselfly|2/10|3|13|100|10|100|20|1 Large|10|Major or Minor
Wasp|8/18|3|14|100|15|80|20|1 Medium|18|Major or Minor
Tyrant Ship|15/23|4|21|200|20|100|100|Special|23|Orbus
Tradesman |10/25|3|15|200|15|120|30|1 Medium & 1 Large|25|Major or Minor
Gnomish Sidewheeler|20/30|2|18|250|15|120|25|Gnomish Sweeper|30|Gnomish
Nautiloid|10/35|3|19|300|15|180|30|5 Large|35|Series Helm or Pool Helm
Mindspider|3/40|4|19|400|15|40|15|3 Large|40|Lifejammer
Galleon|20/40|2|15|400|15|130|30|1 Medium & 2 Large|40|Major or Minor
Squid Ship|12/45|3|16|450|15|250|25|3 Large|45|Major or Minor
Dragonship|20/45|3|16|450|15|150|20|2 Large|45|Major
Hammership|24/60|3|17|550|20|250|25|3 Large|60|Major
Man-o-War|10/60|4|17|550|25|200|20|4 Large|60|Major
Deathspider|30/100|2|19|1000|30|175|50|6 Large|100|Major
Armada|40/100|3|23|1000|30|300|30|14 Large|100|Major
Citadel|100/300|2|23|1500|30|300|200|12 Medium & 8 Large|300|Artiforge
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### Siege Weapons
|**Name**|**Size**|**AC**|**HP**|**Attack Modifier**|**Range**|**Damage**|**Crew Size to Operate**|**Notes**|
|:-----|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|
Gnomish Sweeper|L|15|60|5|5|11 (2d10) bludgeoning to all creatures in a 10ft radius|3|Target(s) must make DC 13 Dex saving throw. On a failure, the creature falls prone and gains the grappled condition
Light Ballista|L|15|30|5|4|16 (3d10) piercing|2|-
Heavy Ballista|H|16|70|6|6|33 (6d10) piercing|3|-
Light Trebuchet|L|15|90|5|6|44 (8d10) bludgeoning|3|Can't hit targets within one hex of it
Heavy Trebuchet|H|15|150|6|8|66 (12d10) bludgeoning|4|Can't hit targets within two hexes of it
Light Mangonel|L|19|75|5|4|28 (5d10) to all creatures in a 15 foot radius on the deck of the enemy ship. Bludgeoning or Piercing |2|-
Heavy Mangonel|H|15|90|6|6|55 (10d10) to all creatures in a 15 foot radius on the deck of the enemy ship. Bludgeoning or Piercing|3|-
Light Cannon|L|19|75|5|5|44 (8d10) bludgeoning|4|On a successful Critical Hit, do not roll on the Critical Hit table. Instead target suffers *Hull Holed* Critical Hit
Heavy Cannon|H|20|150|5|7|66 (12d10) bludgeoning|5|On a successful Critical Hit, do not roll on the Critical Hit table. Instead target suffers *Hull Holed* Critical Hit
Alchemist's Fire Projector|H|15|200|6|1|27 (5d10) fire|3|On a successful hit, target suffers *Fire!* Critical Hit
Piercing Ram|L|10|50|-|1|3d10 + 1d10 per number of hexes moved in a straight line this round, max of Ship Speed.|-|On hit, roll 1d10. On a 10, target ship suffers *Hull Holed* Critical hit
Blunt Ram|L|10|50|-|1|3d10 + 1d10 per number of hexes moved in a straight line this round, max of Ship Speed.|-|On hit, roll 1d10. On a 10, target ship suffers *Ship Shaken* Critical hit.|
Grappling Ram|L|10|50|-|1|-|-|On hit target ship gains *Grappled* condition

### Siege Weapon Ammunition
|**Item Name**|**Cost**|**Notes**|
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Alchemist's Fire (cask)|200 gp per cask|Always flammable
Ballista Bolts|5 sp per shot|Fits any ballista. May be used as a Spear
Cannonball|5 gp per shot|May also be launched out of Trebuchet
Sweeper rounds|4 sp per shot|Doubles as a *Nunchaku* for creatures of Gargantuan size or larger
Catapult Stones|3 sp per shot|Large Stones, carved into rough spheres
Stone Shot|2 sp per shot|A package of round rocks for a jettison. Deals Bludgeoning damage
Jettison Shot|2 sp per shot|A package of sharp glass for a jettison. Deals Piercing damage
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### Other Equipment
**ITEM NAME**|**Cost**|**Notes**
:-----|:-----:|:-----:
Passage Device|1,000 gp per tonnage|A device installed in the Helm that functions, when activated, as the *Create Portal* spell
Portal Locator|5,000 gp|A device installed in the ship that, when activated, functions as the Locate Portal spell
Sextent|10,000 gp|A device installed in the ship that gives any character aboard advantage on Survival checks to locate planetary bodies while in wildspace
Plantetary Locator|2,000 gp|When a ship carrying a "Planetary Locator" installed enters a Crystal Shell, the device immediately tracks Size B through F celestial bodies and displays them as a 3d Image. This 3d image functions as the *Silent Image* spell
Star Chart|100-600 gp|A hand-drawn, 2d map. May have notes (by the cartographer) such as hostile forces, mean temperature, and spaceborne powers operating in the region
Scanning Device|5,000 gp|When installed in a ship, the *Scanning Device* gives additional information to the *Magic Officer*, using the *Spyglass* Ship Action - Remaining Ship HP, Cargo, and any other interesting characteristics per DM discretion 
Anchor|10 gp per tonnage|Used to moor a ship to a larger body or tie several ships together
Lifeboat | Large- 10,000 gp<br> Medium- 5,000 gp Small- 1,000 gp. |A Large lifeboat holds 20 medium creatures. A Medium lifeboat holds 5 medium creatures. A small lifeboat holds 2 medium creatures. Falls towards nearest gravity well with limited control (so be wary of a stars’ proximity). Only flies once. A lifeboat takes up as much tonnage in a ship as half the number of people it can carry

### Ship Upgrades
|**Item**|**Cost**|**Notes**|
|:-----|:-----:|:-----:|
**Helms**||
    Minor Helm|100,000 gp|The most basic Helm
    Major Helm|250,000 gp|The most basic Helm, upgraded
    Artiforge|500,000 gp (init) 100,000 gp (per yr)|Crew must be at least 25% Dwarven, and will be busy forging weapons/armor/etc to power the ship. Can be installed on a ship of 75 tonnage or higher.
    Gnomish <br>     Helm|75,000 gp|Crew must be at least 25% Gnomish. When used, roll a D10. On a 1 the Helm backfires and does not work for 1d4 rounds while Gnomes repair it. Functions as a Minor Helm
**Hull Armor** | | 
    Plating|100 gp per ship tonnage|Choose one: Increase Ship HP by that ships Total Tonnage or Increases Ship DT by +5. Reduces MR by -1 (min 1). Can only happen once
    Netting|10 gp per ship tonnage|Provides half cover to creatures on deck of ship from enemy attacks. HP 10. If boarding, netting must be cut to allow passage to enemy deck.
    Materials|500 gp per ship tonnage|Rebuilds ship hull with stronger materials. Increases AC as materials listed in DMG p.246, 500 gp per ton per step. May take a long time.
**Improved Maneuverability** | | 
    Rigging|200 gp per ship tonnage|Increases MR by +1. Increases min number of crew needed by 100%. Max crew number does not change. A ship can have Rigging added only once.
    Stripping|200 gp per ship tonnage|Increases MR by +1. Decreases AC by -1. Ship is still considered at same base tonnage. A ship can have it’s hull Stripped only once.

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# The Crew
A good crew is the lifesblood of a sailing vessel. A ship cannot sail without a crew, and a crew cannot sail without a ship. They are interlinked, cosmically. The best crews will make voyages pleasent for you and terrible for your enemies. All spelljamming ships have two crew numbers as listed in the chart on Spelljamming Ships and Equipment- The minimum needed to run the ship, and the max that the craft can hold without overloading it’s atmosphere. Crews are divided into three classifications: Green, Trained, and Crack. Standard costs per crew member per month are below:

- Green: 2 gp per standard month
- Trained: 4 gp per standard month
- Crack: 6 gp per standard month
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Additionally, crews going into hazardous situations normally demand an extra share of plunder to be divided among the crew.

- **Green sailors** can be picked up everywhere. They are warm bodies to fill the ranks, clean the decks, and raise the sails. 
- **Trained sailors** are veterans of many voyages, often on a number of ships. They are numerous, but that does not mean they are easy to find. Generally only about 3d10 trained sailors can be found for hire in any given large city, and 1d10 smaller cities.
- **Crack sailors** are not so much rare as very specialized. They are the best at what they do for a particular First Mate and aboard a particular ship, almost psychically linked to the needs of the situation. Transplanting a Crack crew to a new ship reduces it to Trained status.

A Green crew attains Trained status after two months of travel (for example, two days of travel, a week hanging around a dock, and two more days of travel only add up to four days), including at least one trip to the Phlogiston.

A Trained crew grants the proficiency bonus of the First Mate to attacks with all weapons attached to the party’s ship, and may move to any part of the party's ship within one round. A Trained crew attains Crack status after two more months, including another trip to the Phlogiston, a battle with another ship or space creature of ship size or larger, and service under the same First Mate.

A Crack crew grants the proficiency bonus of the First Mate to ship initiative during Tactical combat and to ship Speed.

Crew members may be lost through travel in space. As long as at least 50% of the total crew stay alive between recruitment missions, crew status doesn’t change. Optional loyalty rules can be applied as listed in the *Dungeon Masters Guide* page 93.

Generally, unless the ship they are on is about to be destroyed, no crew member will stray far from the safety of the ship, even when moored at the most hospitable dock.

Some crew members may stick around through thick and thin and develop personalities and traits of their own. Feel free to give backgrounds (as listed in the *Player Handbook*), voices, and personalities to your crew to liven up your game.

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Basic Crew Statistics are listed below. You may find special crew members throughout Wildspace and beyond that may differ from the statistics listed here. There are many easy ways to customize the NPCs:

**Racial Traits**

You may add racial traits to a crew member. For example, a halfling crew might have a speed of 25 feet and the *Lucky* trait. Adding racial traits to any NPC doesn’t alter its challenge rating.

**Armor and Weapon Swaps**

You can upgrade or downgrade an NPC’s armor and weapons. Adjustments to Armor Class and damage may change an NPC’s challenge rating.

### Green Crew
Medium Humanoid (any race), any alignment

**Armor Class** 10

**Hit Points** 4 (1d8)

**Speed** 30 ft.

|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
|:---:|:---:|:---|:---:|:---:|:---:|
|10 (+0)|10 (+0)|10 (+0)|10 (+0)|10 (+0)|10 (+0)|
**Senses** passive Perception 10

**Languages** any one language (usually Common)

**Challenge** 0 (10 XP)

#### Actions

***Club*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. *Hit:* 2 (1d4) bludgeoning damage.

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### Trained/Crack Crew
Medium Humanoid (any race), any alignment

###### Armor Class- 12
###### Hit Points- 11 (2d8 + 2)
###### Speed- 30 ft.
|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
|:---:|:---:|:---|:---:|:---:|:---:|
|11 (+0)|12 (+0)|12 (+0)|10 (+0)|10 (+0)|10 (+0)|
###### Senses- passive Perception 10
###### Languages- any one language (usually Common)
###### Challenge- 1/8 (25 XP)

#### Actions

* **Scimitar.** Melee Weapon Attack:* +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.*Hit:* 4 (1d6 + 1) slashing damage.
* **Light Crossbow.** Ranged Weapon Attack:* +3 to hit, range 80 ft./320 ft., one target.*Hit:* 5 (1d8 + 1) piercing damage.

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# Roles on the Ship

Who does what aboard a sailing vessel, and when? What kind of jobs are available aboard beyond the able-bodied sailor? This chapter will give a brief look into the roles on a Spelljamming vessel. It is advised to establish a Station for everyone aboard the ship to keep the troops in line and the decks swabbed. In case of trouble, everyone knows their job and what to do.

### Stations
On a Spelljamming ship, various Stations exist that can be filled by a player at your table. Some positions may overlap (The *Magic Officer* and *Engineer* could be the same person, for example) as an adventuring party may not be large enough to accomodate all positions.

#### First Mate
The force of personality necessary to hold together an unruly bunch of scallywags, the First Mate handles the crew in the best of times and the worst of times. A First Mate's duties include overseeing all aspects of the crew, envoys, cargo, and passengers.

#### Helmsman
The Helmsman is in charge of navigating the ship through spaces unknown. This officer is, more often than not, the most able-bodied mage aboard a Spelljamming ship.

#### Magic Officer
While the *Helmsman* is in charge of the day-to-day sailing of a vessel, the Magic Officer directs the course and looks after the maps and instruments necessary for navigation. This officer also deals with hailing and the various tools that exist throughout the galaxy to aid in every mission. Though it's not required to know any magic to be a Magic Officer, often this position exists as a *Second* for the Helmsman.

#### Gunner
The Gunner is in charge of maintaining and firing the weapons systems and ammunition aboard a Spelljamming ship. This included sifting the powder to keep it dry, ensuring the cannons and ordnance were kept free of rust, and that all weapons were kept in good repair. A knowledgeable Gunner was essential to the crew's safety and effective use of their weapons.

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#### Surgeon
The Surgeon has the distinct priviledge of keeping everyone alive and healthy aboard the ship. More often than not, the Surgeon performs operations and amputations with the same tools that the Engineer uses to repair the ship.

#### Engineer
The Engineer takes care of the repair and fitting out of the vessel, and examines whether it is sufficiently provided with ropes, pulleys, sails, and all the other rigging that is necessary for a voyage. When fires erupt on-board, the Engineer is the one to call.

> You'll notice that there is no *Captain* aboard a Spelljamming vessel. In fact, this note is the only place where the word Captain even exists in this document. The idea for *Ship Roles* are to be a sort-of opposite of a "Chain-of-Command". This is to provide ease of docking, bureaucracy for various starfaring kingdoms (for RP purposes), and that players and NPC's played by the DM have those points to move the story forward at a reasonable pace.
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>If a player or DM "gives orders" to the other players, or if any one person has advantage over another person in either *the game* or *real life*, the DM is ***strongly encouraged*** to step in; Likewise for the players.
> 
>NPC's should never have the ability to take the place of a player aboard a vessel and do not have a vote in matters. All members of the adventuring party should get an equal vote. The idea here is to keep player agency for *The Party's Ship*, and not *The Captain's Ship*.<br><br>
> 
>We are all equal at this round table.

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# Movement in Space

Every ship in motion has a **Speed**, which is the distance that the ship can move in a given period of time. On a Hex grid, each ship takes up one hex, which refers not to the size of the ship itself, but the size of the sky it controls. Hexes do not take up a specific distance, but are rather more about the story being told in the theatre of the mind.

Your ship Speed is determined by the MR of the ship itself and your Helm Rating, using the formula below:

**Helm Rating + MR of Ship = Speed**

In Combat and other tactical scenarios, the speed of the ship is the number of hexes it can move per round and/or the number of hex facings it can change.

Out of Combat and other tactical scenarios, A Spelljamming ship is outstandingly fast; even a mountain transplanted from a celestial body (with a Spelljamming Helm installed) will travel 100,000,000 miles per day (4 million miles per hour) in Wildspace and the Phlogiston regardless of ship Speed. 100 million miles per day sounds like a lot (it’s approx. the distance from the Earth to the Sun) but Wildspace is unbelievably large and that same ship would take 36 days to reach Pluto from the Earth. A Crystal Shell is as far from the orbit of the furthest planetary body as it is to the primary star. The Crystal Shell housing Earth’s planetary system would take 72 days to reach from the center, and vice versa.

What slows movement among more crowded inner planets is the presence of multiple, occasionally overlapping, *Gravity Wells*. When a ship moves to the Gravity Well of a large body (10 tons or greater), or when Tactical Combat is detected automatically by the Helm, it immediately drops to tactical speed of one hex per point of Speed per round until it has left the planets Gravity Well, or combat is concluded.  A ship caught this way can descend to the surface, move around in the atmosphere, leave the area, or proceed with combat. Aside from the most basic awareness change, the “sudden stop” does not affect anyone on the ship, and the safety appears to be built in to the magic of the Helm itself.

On average in the gravity well of a planetoid, this translates into about 10 miles per hour or about 80 miles per adventuring day.

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Tactical scenarios near a large body move this way due to the close interaction with a planetoids atmosphere, gravity well, and weather conditions.

Ships move on a hex grid, and movement is determined by **Speed**. Optionally, you may have ships move on a square grid (with 8 facings (ie. the corners and sides of a square), but these rules are designed for hex-based combat. If using a square grid, you may add 1 to the overall Speed of all ships to account for the extra facings that need to be made.

The Speed of your ship is the number of facings that the ship can change and/or hexes it is able to move per round of combat. To face a different direction, you "spend" one of your Speed points to turn the ship towards a different hex side to the port or starboard (left or right) of the current bow (front) position of the ship. You may also spend one Speed point to move forward into the hex adjacent to the current hex where your ship resides and faces.

For example:
*The Monarch*, a Tradesman ship, has a Speed of 8. The Helmsman piloting *The Monarch* wishes to move away from an oncoming ramming attack directly from the bow (front) by an enemy Mindspider vessel. The Helmsman spends two Speed points to turn the ship to the starboard-side (right) two facings of the hex that it currently resides in. The ballista onboard *The Monarch* are ordered by the Gunner to be fired at the oncoming Mindspider, scoring a direct hit! The Helmsman then urges the ship forward four hexes in the direction that the ship is now facing. A single point of Speed is then spent to turn port-ways (left) one hex side, and the ship spends its' last point with a move forward one hex, readying for the next round.

Any ship without a Helmsman, a broken vessel, or any errant detritius in the area moves at a constant speed in one direction across the battlefield. Be wary, as brigands and other ne'er-do-wells may be hiding just beyond a floating piece of space junk, lying in wait. . .

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# Ship Combat

Ship combat is treated similarly to hand-to-hand combat as listed in Chapter 9 of the *Players Handbook*. At the beginning of combat, you roll initiative for each ship rather than each crew member and/or party member. Ship initiative is modified by the initiative of the Spellcaster at the Helm, and any addition that the crew provides. When combat becomes hand-to-hand, roll for initiative normally. Your ship turn consists of moving and turning as you wish, ending where you wish.

Most projectile weapons (Bows, Firearms, and Siege Weapons) obey the laws of gravity while any missle exists in a ships air envelope. While they exist in the air envelope, they travel the Range of the projectile (at max distance per round) until it comes into contact with another solid object (or misses and carreens into infinity). Generally, any spells with a range of "touch" will only have a selectable target while two ships are side-by-side (such as grappled or rammed targets), or if a ship has been boarded. Some spells only work when the air envelopes are mixed between two vessels that are side-by-side. This means that you may fire a weapon *ahead of* your target, in the hopes that it will hit home when both the projectile, and whatever you are aiming at, collide. Any attack made this way is made at disadvantage.

If a ship is reduced to 0 HP, or if a ship suffers five total *Hull Holed* Critial Hits, it’s internal structure is destroyed and it begins to fall apart. Some victors of extraplantary combat will sift through the debris of broken ships for prisoners, slaves, and loot, while others will abandon them. It’s possible for survivors to lash up some of the vessel to create a Temporary ship to save themselves with a Helm and air pocket, but they must act quickly!

A combat round lasts 1 minute (60 seconds) in ship-to-ship Tactical combat.

For example, *The Tears of Steel* is too far away to hit a *Nautiloid* ship that has been bombarding it with Heavy Cannon-fire - the Light Ballista aboard will only reach 4 hexes away in one turn, but the *Nautiloid* is 6 hexes to the aft (rear), and 2 hexes starboard (to the right). Thinking that the *Nautiloid* ship will continue along the same route forward (which would put it in an advantageous position against *The Tears of Steel*), the Light Ballista is fired at a hex that the Gunner believes the *Nautiloid* will move to next turn. During the current round, the ballista bolt reaches 4 hexes away (its' max range). During the enemy ships turn, the *Nautiloid* ship moves into the hex that the Gunner thought it would, and fires another round from it's Heavy Cannon, missing *The Tears of Steel*. During *The Tears of Steel*'s turn, the ballista bolt moves it's max range again, into the hex occupied by the enemy *Nautiloid*. The Gunner rolls for the attack at disadvantage, and scores a hit! Combat continues from here.

### Ship Actions
During your ships turn, each character may perform one *Ship Action* pertaining to their role on the ship. After Ship Actions are resolved, each character may take one normal round of actions. (If it starts to get complicated, you may have the Characters roll for their own separate initiatives during their ships turn.)

Ship Actions are declared at the beginning of the combat round, before individual actions, and take place simultaneously - If a ship doesn't have enough members to crew the siege weapons and repair damage, while also repelling invaders, then priorities will have to be decided. If no decision can be made, then nothing happens.

After Ship Actions are determined and executed, then each character may take their individual turn.

The rule is that if a player can perform the action and explain how their described Ship Action would help the ship, crew, or situation in any way, and would reasonably take under 60 seconds, it can be considered their *Ship Action* for the turn. Ship Actions and who may use them are including, *but not limited to*:

***The First Mate*** may order crew to specific spots on the ship to attack or defend in hand-to-hand combat, or to avoid incoming attacks. Instead of ordering crew to specific stations, the First Mate may *Encouage or Threaten*.

*Encourage or Threaten*- The First Mate gives a short speech to a specific group of crew members already assigned to a task (such as the crew assigned to one siege weapon, or the crew assigned to repairing damage in a specific area). This functions as having used the *Help* action for each member of that specific group, and lasts until the beginning of the next turn.

***The Magic Officer*** may view any maps or activate other devices that the ship has installed on-board to identify threats or escape routes, target foes, and navigate hazards. The Magic Officer may instead make a *Spyglass* action.

*Spyglass*- The *Magic Officer* scans the enemy vessel to obtain one piece of information:

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*Basic Information*: Visible crew on the deck, size, and information about any flags or other pieces displayed by the vessel. A PC may need to roll an associated ability check to discern meaning out of their observation.

*Defenses*: Tonnage, ship type, and current Hull Points (described in a general sense), or information about one weapon.

*Hail!*: Through a series of flags, lights, or other means, the Magic Officer may attempt to hail or send any message to the oncoming vessel that could be sent in one minute.

***The Helmsman*** may move the vessel up to the ships Speed. Additionaly, the Helmsman may initiate one *Stunt*, or *Ramming*, *Shearing*, or *Crashing* Ship Action.

*Stunts*- In addition to ordinary movement, a Helmsman can attempt stunts with her ship. Several stunts affect your starship’s Armor Class (AC), Siege weapon attacks, and Movement abilities. Listed below are several stunts that can be performed by the Helmsman, using one or more spell slots (as casting a spell).

- *Tactical Regroup*- *One Level 1 or higher Spell Slot* - The ship moves up to half its speed in the direction of the aft (rear) edge without changing hex facing. This action does not count towards the overall movement of the ship that turn, and uses no Speed points.
- *Barrel Roll*- *Two Level 1 or higher Spell Slots* - The vessel moves up to half its Speed and flips along its central axis. Until your next turn, attacks made against your ship are made at disadvantage.
- *Hard Turn*- *Two Level 1 or higher Spell Slots* - The ship moves forward up to half its Speed (without turning) and rotates 180 degrees to face the aft hex side at the end of the movement. This does not count toward Speed spent during the round.
- *Turn in Place*- *Two Level 1 or higher Spell Slots* - The ship does not move but instead can turn to face any direction. This does not count toward Speed spent during the round.
- *Catch the Wind*- *Three Level 1 or higher Spell Slots* - The ship moves forward one and a half times it's total Speed. The ship may not use any of this movement to change hex facings. The ship may not spend Speed points to move during the round. If the ship has already moved, then this Stunt cannot be used.
- *Flyby*- *Three Level 1 or higher Spell Slots* - The ship moves as normal, but may move through 1 hex threatened by an enemy ship or creature without provoking an attack of opportunity.

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*Ramming*- The Helmsman may *Ram* another ship. Ships equipped with rams can inflict massive amounts of damage. When ramming, the attack modifier used is that of the Helmsman’s spell attack bonus. If a hit is scored, damage is equal to the damage of the ram. Ships which attempt to Ram vessels more than twice their size in tonnage *Crash* instead. The ship must move in a straight line at least three consecutive hexes to perform a Ramming Ship Action.

*Shearing*- The Helmsman may *Shear* another ship. Ships equipped with rams may attempt to shear away the rigging of the opposing vessels. This is treated as a ram attack, except no damage is done to the opposing ship. Instead, for each successful shear attack, rigging, ships weapons, and even crew can be targeted. The ship must move in a straight line at least three consecutive hexes to perform a Shearing Ship Action.

*Crash*- A truly desperate move, a Helmsman may intentionally crash her ship into the opposing vessel, creature, or planetary body. To crash into another vessel or creature, treat this attack as a *Ramming* action. On a hit, deal 5d10 damage to both ships. A successful Crash will cause immediate *Spelljammer Shock* Critical Hit to the Helmsman initiating this action, and the target ship.

***The Gunner*** may order crew to the siege weapons systems onboard to fire at enemy vessel(s). The Gunner may *Fire Ship Weapons*, *Fire at Will*, or *Grapple*.

*Firing Ship weapons*- Weapons have “ranges” which are really the MR of their projectile. For example, the maximum range of a light catapult is 1,200 feet *each round* until it hits something or goes off into infinity. In planetary atmospheres the range is reduced to normal planetary ranges. A siege weapon attack includes loading and aiming the weapon. All siege weapons are mounted on rotating turrets.

*Fire at Will*- *The Gunner* commands the crew to fire all siege weapons on-board at all enemy vessels. One attack is made per siege weapon, per target. These attacks are made at disadvantage.

*Grappling*- This is a contested roll; Both ships participating in the grapple are required to roll 1d20 + Ship Speed. Degrappling is automatic if both vessels desire it, otherwise it’s resolved as a standard grappling roll. See *Grappling* on page 195 of the *Players Handbook*. Can only be used when targets are within one adjacent hex.

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***The Surgeon*** may perform Medicine checks to diagnose wounds or diseases, create healing potions using an Herbalism Kit, administer healing potions to one group of crew members (such as the crew assigned to one siege weapon, or the crew assigned to repairing damage in a specific area), or cast healing spells. Additionally, the Surgeon may *Mass Stabilize*.

*Mass Stabilize*- When this action is selected by the Surgeon during the Ship Action phase, you may stabilize any number of creatures on board that have been brought to zero. Those creatures remain in unconscious condition at 1 HP, and are prone.

***The Engineer*** may order crew to repair damage to the vessel or it's weapons, put out fires, perform repairs herself, or cast spells that repair or bolster the defences of the ship. Additionally, the Engineer may perform a *Brace for Impact* and *Douse Flames*.

*Brace for Impact*- When this action is selected by the Engineer during the Ship Action phase, any rolls on the Critical Hits table that target your ship are negated until the beginning of your ships next turn.

*Dourse Flames*- The Engineer triggers the flame retardent systems aboard the vessel. This Ship Action douses all flame aboard the ship including torces, candles, fires from explosions, and flame created by the *Fire!* Critical Hit.

## Critical Hits
Crewed weapons often have a chance of inflicting a Critical Hit, on a roll of 20. Other events (Ramming, Spells, Crashing, turbulence from terrestrial or solar winds, etc) can also cause a Critical Hit. When a vessel is reduced to 50% of its Hull Points, it suffers a Critical Hit. When a Critical Hit occurs, the result is determined by the following chart:

**Fire!**- A fire starts somewhere in the ship, determined by the DM. If a fire is unable to start (all lights are magical, there is nothing flammable onboard, etc) then roll again.

**Ship Shaken**- All PC’s not otherwise secured (Helmsman is considered secured) must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone.

**Hull Holed**- The attack punches a sizable hole in the ship. DM decides location. If five total *Hull Holed* Critial Hits are scored on any vessel of 50 tons or less, it's internal structure is destroyed and the vessel starts to break apart.

**Deck crew Damage**- One exposed creature is struck and suffers either the same damage as the ship or 2d10, whichever is higher. Choose the target randomly from all aboard the deck. All creatures within 5ft of that individual must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or suffer the same damage.

**Interior crew Damage**- Same as a *Deck crew Damage* Critial Hit, but everyone not on deck is a potential target, including prisoners and Helmsman. This reflects not so much the missle itself, but shattered parts of the ship bouncing around during combat.

**Ship weapon damaged**- One ship weapon (chosen randomly) is damaged and inoperable until repaired. Duration of repair is 1d4 rounds. Any crew on the weapon is unharmed. If no weapons exist on-board the ship, roll again.

**Speed Loss**- The ship drops by the specified speed for 1d4 rounds (min 1). If a ship is already at Speed 1, then roll again.

**Spelljammer Shock**- The spelljamming Helmsman must make a Concentration Check (PHB p.203). If no damage was dealt to bring about a Critical Hit roll, then the DC is 10. If the Helmsman fails this check, they lose concentration and are unable to pilot the ship for 1d4 rounds, after which they are free to pilot again. In the case of multiple Helmsman, they all must make the save. In the case of Foundries, Artifurnaces, or other drives not using a Helmsman, the drive itself is rendered nonfunctional for 1d4 days while being repaired. If no replacement is available, the ship immediately becomes Speed 0 and can only move in a straight line at it’s present speed.

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# Celestial Mechanics

Traveling in a straight line, Spelljamming ships can attain extremely high velocity relatively quickly, spanning the great emptiness between planets in a short time. On the other hand, planets and other spacebourne bodies move relatively slow; so slowly that they can be thought of as being a fixed point on a map. You can think of mapping the star chart of Wildspace itself similarly to a Dungeon; treating rooms as stars and planets, rubble as asteroid fields, stairs as wormholes, etc. This chapter will list the types of planets and other encounters that can be found in Wildspace.

There are six sizes of Celestial bodies, listed as Size A through F. They are referred to as Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, Huge, and Gargantuan.

Earth, and most Earth-like fantasy campaigns, are Size C.

A Celestial body containing a gravity well and/or atmosphere is any body of 10 tons or greater space displacement (300 cubic feet, or a cube slightly less than 14 feet on a side). Small items such as Rowboats and Elvish Flitters which rate under 10 tons do not have this effect.

##### Celestial Body Size Categories

There are several star types that can be encountered, and their color (shown on a map or display, or seen twinkling from a distance) generally determines the tech level that will be encountered when visiting that star.

##### Star Color

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### Tech Level

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Violet

Black

White

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### Takeoff and Landing

When taking off from a planetary body, a certain amount of time is required to allow the Helm to overcome the force of normal gravity and fully leave the planets’ gravity well. The amount of time it takes to leave the planets’ Gravity Well are listed below.

- Size A, B, and C – One Round (60 seconds)
- Size D, E, and F – Two Rounds (120 seconds)

Once a planets Gravity Well has been left, full movement at Spelljamming speed can begin. Temporary ships (Those that have been cobbled together from broken vessels), cannot make a takeoff or landing safely and will Crash, completely destroying the vessel.

> Optionally, you may refer to the weather rules in the *Dungeon Masters Guide*, pages 109-111 and 117-119.
> - In *None* and *Light* wind conditions, Normal takeoff and Land times occur. 
> - In *Strong Wind*, *Light Rain*, or *Light Snow*, takeoff and land times are 2x normal time.
> - In *Heavy Wind*, *Heavy Rain*, or *Heavy Snow*, takeoff and land times are 4x normal time.
> - In *Hurricane* winds, no safe takeoff or landing is possible. If forced, roll 1d10. On a 1 or 2, ship crashes and must be repaired before travel can resume.

#### Time in Space
In general, time between two planetary bodies can be figured as:

- Time for take off (in turns) +
- Time to escape gravity well (in turns) +
- Time to cover distance to next planet (rounds, turns, days, as appropriate) +
- Time to land (in turns)

### Travel Time
Travel time between the various planetary bodies is taken into consideration, as there is only so much air that the ship can bring with it. Listed below is an example for travel time from Earth to the various other planetary bodies in our solar system:

Planet| Mercury | Venus | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | Pluto
:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:
Earth| 13h | 6h | 12h | 3.9d | 8.0d | 16.9d | 27.0d | 35.8d

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#### *When ships to sail the void between the stars have been invented there will also be men who come forward to sail those ships. <br> —Johannes Kepler*

# Gravity

The reason everything drags its own atmosphere around through space is gravity. This is also the reason why people can stand on a space sailing ship without falling off its deck and can stand on a spherical planet without falling off the bottom side. Every body in space has its own gravity. Gravity is an accommodating force in that its direction seems to be "that which is most convenient." In an object the size of a planet, gravity is directed toward a point at the center of the sphere so that people can stand anywhere on the surface, and dropped objects fall perpendicular to the surface. In smaller objects, like spacecraft, gravity is not a central point but rather a plane which cuts horizontally through the object to the end of the air envelope. Gravity itself is conveniently an all-or-nothing proposition. Either it is there at full strength or it is not there at all (though there are exceptions to every rule, per DM discretion).

Significantly, this gravity plane is two-directional; it attracts from both top and bottom. A sailor can actually stand on the bottom of the ship's hull and move around as easily as if she was walking on deck. In this case, what was "down" on the deck is actually "up", back toward the plane of gravity that cuts through the ship. One of the stranger side effects of all this is that an object falling off the side of a Spelljammer can oscillate back and forth across the plane of gravity, falling first in one direction until it crosses the plane, then reversing direction and falling back across the plane again, and so on until something causes it to stop. To a person standing on the deck, the object appears to fall down, then up, then down, then up, and so forth.

> This trick is commonly used to amuse passengers new to space travel. More than one groundling has gotten in trouble for standing at the ship's rail and tossing an endless stream of apples overboard just to watch them bob.

Along the plane an object is weightless, but it is slowly pushed slowly out toward the edge of the gravity field. Therefore, a creature that falls overboard that couldn't find a hold or isn't tied down, would eventually come to rest at the ship's plane of gravity, and would then begin drifting away from the ship along that plane toward the edge of the air envelope. On reaching the end of the gravity plane (at the very edge of the air envelope) she is pushed out and left behind as the ship moves away. This movement takes place at a rate of 5 feet per round. Aside from this slight push, there is no relative motion of a ship within its air envelope, aside from turning. A ships air envelop does not turn with the ship when it turns, but objects in the ships air envelope do not drift toward the rear of the ship simply because the ship is moving forward.

When gravity planes intersect (such as when two ships pass each other, or when a ship passes a planetoid), the gravities of both ships remain in effect, regardless of size, up to the point where they physically intersect. An object is under the influence of whichever gravity plane it is closest to. A character could leap between two passing ships, altering her down direction as she crosses the midpoint between the two.

When two ships come into direct contact, the gravity of the ship with the higher tonnage is dominant and becomes the gravity for both ships. A large mind flayer vessel could ram a smaller ship from directly above and spin the smaller ship's gravity plane by 90 degrees, causing everything on the rammed ship to tumble toward the large ship's plane of gravity, probably with disasterous results.

A weightless character who enters the air envelope of a larger body is immediately affected by the pull of gravity on that body. She effectively falls the distance from where she entered to the surface of the body or to the gravity plane, whichever is closer. Normal falling damage is applied, as well as massive damage rules. When the drop is more than one mile, there is also danger of the subject heating up and igniting from friction with the air. This happens after one mile of uncontorlled descent. The falling object catches fire and takes normal damage from fire as well as falling damage. Any sort of control over speed and descent (flight, levitation, feather fall, etc) negates this effect.

Characters who are weightless can move under familiar laws of physics - For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. A drifting fighter may move by throwing her equpiment in the opposite direction. Max movement is half-speed when acting this way. Combat in a weightless environment is difficult and foreign to creatures used to fighting in normal environments, and any attack roll or saving throw is done at disadvantage.

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# Air in Space

All objects drag oxygen (*air*) with them whenever they leave an air envelope. While important, air is relatively easy to replenish. Entering a larger air envelope like that of a planet or asteroid is one of the most popular and cheapest methods. Green plants will refresh air, and some vessels make great use of these for just this purpose. Many asteroid colonies keep at least half their surface area reserved for plants for this reason as well.

Air around a larger body (one ton or more) remains fresh for four months if the vessel carries max crew or less.

All spelljamming ships in Wildspace or the Phlogiston carry four months of air. For each 25% over the max crew, the air supply is reduced by one month. For each 25% under the max crew, the air supply is extended by one month. These adjustments are made at the beginning of the trip. Air cannot be extended by losing crew members mid-travel, but can be shortened by adding crew members mid-travel.

For example: A 30 ton frigate sets sail with 30 characters aboard, the Maximum crew size for that vessel. It has air sufficient for four months. After six weeks, 10 crew are lost in a battle, making total crew 20. Even though this represents more than 25% of the crew, it has no effect on air supply because air supply can’t be extended mid-travel. Three weeks later (nine weeks total) if the same 30-ton frigate rescues 20 characters from a drifting hulk, this raises current crew to 40, which is at least 25% greater than the max of 30. Air supply is reduced by one month, so it will be fouled at the end of three months in space.

Any lone Medium-sized creatures in Wildspace or the Phlogiston drags along with it enough air to last 5 minutes. If a medium-sized creature is standing on a rock 100 cubic yards in size it may have enough air to survive several months (food and water is another matter entirely). Large-sized creatures (ogres and giants, for example) drag along enough air to last 20 minutes.

*Fresh* air is completely breathable.

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When a body reaches its air limit, the air becomes *fouled*; it smells bad and is stale and humid. All attacks, checks, and saving throws in a fouled atmosphere are at disadvantage. Air remains fouled for the same amount of time it remained fresh (5 minutes) after which it becomes *Deadly*.

Deadly air is completely depleted and filled with carbon dioxide. It cannot support life that breathes oxygen. This happens the turn after the fouled air supply timer has run out. A creature can hold it’s breath for a number of minutes equal to 1 + its Constitution modifier (min. 30 seconds). When a creature runs out of breath, it can survive for a number of rounds equal to it’s Constitution modifier (min. 1 round). After this, the creature falls unconscious and is dying.

A creature falling unconscious in this way in the Phlogiston is put into suspended animation until such time as they are found or their body is destroyed, whichever comes first. Their flesh turns gray and stonelike and remains that way until the individual is rescued. Some races do excellent business in robbing and enslaving the unfortunate individuals they find adrift in the depths of Phlogiston.

When two bodies meet in space, their atmosphere is exchanged. The class of air (Fresh or Fouled) in the body that is smaller becomes that of the larger body. If the smaller body is at least 50% of the tonnage of the larger, both get one half as much air as the larger had remaining. If the smaller is less than 50% the size of the larger, both get the largers full supply of air, minus one week. The same rules apply for individual creatures, except on the smaller scale.

Creatures that have no need for the air pocket around them (undead or magical creatures such as golems, for example) are unaffected by the status of the air envelopes but still carry the envelops and exchange air. The envelope still depletes as normal.

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# Magic in the Phlogiston

The effects of certain arcane and divine spells and spell-like abilities are limied in the Phlogiston that lies between Crysal Spheres. Individuals with magical abilities may use their powers to operate a Spelljamming Helm, allowing them to move their ships across the stars. All magic operates normally within any Crystal Shell, but is severely hampered in the Phlogiston.

A Cleric receives her spells through the officies of her diety, and the Druid and Ranger pull the very essence of terrestrial bodies themselves. Warlocks have been gifted the source of their power from their Patron. A Diety’s or Patron’s effectiveness ends at the Crystal Shell, and no known terrestrial-based nature exists in the Flow. Warlocks are unable to contact their Patron (as Planar contact is nonexisten). In addition, the Weave and Shadow Weave are not present in The Phlogiston. It is impenetrable to extra-dimensional magics, and as a result the gods and other powers have no sway there.

### Divine Magic
While any god or power may not be considered “recognized” within a sphere unless it has worshippers in said sphere, the eternal wars of the gods have brought about alliances.

Optionally, DM's may consider limiting Divine spells above 3rd level in a sphere that a characters diety is not worshipped in. It will be necessary to contact a local church with a diety that has an alliance with your God for the necessary steps to regain full spellcasting ability. (In general, Gods with the same or similar Domains have an alliance.) If you diety is worshipped in the Crystal Shell you are touring (or if the DM chooses not to use this optional rule) then Divine magic works the same in all Crystal Shells, regardless of the existence of any Gods there.

You can also begin the process of starting a church by performing the Sacred Rites of your diety, and gaining renown. See Pg. 129 of the *The Dungeon Masters Guide* for downtime activities or Pgs. 123-134 in *Xanthar's Guide to Everything* for a revision of these rules. Generally, several weeks of daily performance of Sacred Rites and proselytizing can generally either start the recoginition of your diety in whatever Crystal Shell you are visiting, or attract the attention of a diety that is able to relay power. The DM is heaviy encouraged to work with the character to set a reasonable amount of time based on the limits or freedoms of time in the campaign.

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#### *And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before--and thus was the Empire forged. <br><br> ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* </div>

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### Teleportation and the Realms
Spells and Spell-like abilities that call upon beings from the surrounding area will not function if none of those creatures are located within the spells range (ie. Calling upon local animals to aid in battle or to give information can't work if you're millions of miles from a habitable place). Conjuration/Summoning spells will not work in the Phlogiston if they summon extra dimensional monsters or powers. No power, God, elemental, or other meta-planar creatre can be summoned in the Phlogiston, and any spell that attempts to do so will automatically fail. In addition, any spells that place the caster in contact with an extra dimensional power automatically fails in the Phlogiston.

Travel between the planes of existence functions normally within the various Crystal Shells. A character in Wildspace may go ethereal, enter the *Astral Plane*, or open a gate into one of the outer planes. In the Phlogiston, however, the dimensions cannot be accessed. Therefore, devices and spells (*Bags of Holding*, or *Contact Other Plane*) will not function. A device or spell that holds objects in external dimensions will still hold them, but the items cannot be accessed.

### Fire
Within an air envelope, fire burns normally. Outside of an air envelope, there is a vacuum that will not support fire. Magical fire (such as the *Fireball* spell) will work in the vacuum of space as it is the sudden creation of fire that requires no air, though it will not cause anything outside of an air envelope to burst into flame, as no air exists to support the fire.

Within the Phlogiston, however, fire woks all too well. This affects both non-magical and magical flame. All effects from creating a flame (from the spark of a match to a 9th-level *Fireball*) are increased by 3x and explode immediately upon existence. This is such that igniting a match will cause serious burns (1d6 damage), and casting a 3rd level *Fireball* will cause 24d6 damage centered where it is cast (For example, in the hands of the Wizard casting it). It is advised to extinguish all flame-based light on the ship, and to avoid bringing Greek Fire into the Phlogiston.

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# Spells

This chapter offers new spells for many of the classes in the Player's Handbook. The spells provide various way to harness the power of Wildspace and The Phlogiston. Your DM determines whether these spells are available at character creation, whether they are discovered drifting in the ruins of wrecked vessels, or whether you stumble upon them in an ancient library or other storehouse of magical knowledge.

##### 1st Level
###### *Create or Destroy Air*

Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger

##### 2nd Level 
###### *Portal Magic*

Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

##### 3rd Level 
###### *Contact Home Power*

Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger

##### 4th Level
###### *Softwood*

Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger

##### 5th Level
###### *Create Helm*

Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

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#### Create or Destroy Air
*1st level Transmutation*
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- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** 100 feet
- **Components:** V, S, M (A small, stoppered flask)
- **Duration:** 10 minutes

You either create or destroy air.

*Create Air*

You replace, replenish, and refresh the air in a personal air envelope for 10 minutes for any creature within range, including air poisoned/tained by spells such as *Cloudkill* and *Stinking Cloud*. This does not create a larger in size envelope, but simply replenishes the air in the envelope that the creature drags with it. If the air is fouled, the air turns fresh again and the air timer resets to 10 minutes. If used within a cloud based spell (such as *Cloudkill* and *Stinking Cloud*) the creature is allowed an immediate save against the effects of the spell.

*Destroy Air*

The air envelope of a target creature within range immediately is reduced to *Fouled* status, with all effects of *Fouled* status. If air is already *Fouled* status, this spell has no effect.

*At higher levels*

When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you may target one additional creature for each slot above 1st.

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#### Portal Magic
*2nd level Divination (Ritual)*
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- **Casting time:** 10 minutes
- **Range:** Half a mile
- **Components:** V, S, M (A conch shell)
- **Duration:** 1 minute

Casting out to the very Crystal Shell itself, you can sense the direction and distance (either in miles or in travel time) of the nearest portal of egress through a Crystal Shell.

In general, from any point on a Crystal Shell, naturally occurring portals for a ship are 2d10 days away. At DM’s discretion, there may be more, less, or no portals.

This spell may only be cast within half a mile of the surface of a Crystal Shell.

*At Higher Levels*

When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you may draw a circle in the air towards the Crystal Shell. A shimmering portal opens within the circle you drew and remains open for five minutes. The opening does not weaken the shell, and any objects resting physically on the shell are unaffected by the portal.

Portals created by this spell are magical and temporary, so they can be dispelled. If the portal is dispelled or otherwise prematurely closed, roll 1d10, and determine the result the fate of the object(s) passing through the opening as it closes:

- 1-5 - Portal closes before ship reaches shell. Ship must turn back using a Stunt, or Crash into the shell.
- 6-10 - Portal closes after ship passes through.

#### Contact Home Power
*3rd level Conjuration (Ritual)*
- **Casting time:** 1 Action
- **Range:** Self
- **Components:** V, S, M (A small toy horn, to be blown)
- **Duration:** One week, or until you leave the current Crystal Shell

You mentally establishes a tenuous link through the Astral Plane between your present location and that of the power you receives guidance from. This link permits the Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, and Warlock to regain spells above 3rd level as if their divine link was revered in the Crystal Sphere they currently reside.

Distance has no effect upon the attempt to contact the home power, but dimensional gates, anti-magic fields, and the effects of dispel magic will prevent the use of the spell. Additionally, the spell will not function in areas that power has been specifically banished from (whether from *Banishment* or some previous action by the power itself).

If power is forbidden, the caster will be informed through the spell that such contact is forbidden, but not the reason why. Passage into another plane, or into the ethereal will break the connection. While the spell is in effect, the caster will react positively to a *Detect Magic* spell.

The spell cannot be cast in the Phlogiston.

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#### Softwood
*4th level Transmutation*
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- **Casting Time:** 1 action
- **Range:** Touch
- **Components:** V, S, M (a handful of tree bark)
- **Duration:** Concentration, up to 1 minute

You attempt to turn one creature that you can see within range into a soft, spongy lump of wood, similar to that of a rotting stump.

The creature must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it is restrained as its flesh begins to grow mossy and brown. On a successful save, the creature isn’t affected. A creature restrained by this spell must make another Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns. If it successfully saves against this spell three times, the spell ends. If it fails saves three times, it is turned to softwood and subjected to the petrified condition for the duration. The successes and failures don’t need to be consecutive; keep track of both until the target collects three of a kind.

A shapechanger automatically succeeds on this saving throw.

The softwood lump is immune to all damage. A character turned to softwood could fall to Earth and the heat and impact of the fall would be absorbed by the spell.

If you maintain your concentration on this spell for the entire possible duration, the creature is turned to softwood until the effect is removed., or until the target is brought into contact with open air for 30 minutes.

#### Create Helm
*5th level Enchantment (Ritual)*
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- **Casting time:** 1 minute
- **Range:** Touch
- **Components:** V, S, M (Chair, stool, or other seat-like object)
- **Duration:** Concentration, up to 1 hour

By casting this spell on a normal chair or other seat, this spell transforms that chair or seat into a Spelljammer Helm suitable for powering a Spelljamming ship. The Helm this spell creates provides a Helm rating of 1:3, similar to a Minor Helm. If this Helm is dispelled, the chair or other seat used for the Material component of this spell is destroyed.

*At Higher Levels.*

When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you may select that the Helm this spell creates provides a Helm Rating of 1:2, similar to a Major Helm.

When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, you may select that the Helm this spell creates is permanent.

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# Feats

##### **Spacefarer**
You've learned the in's and out's of moving through a weightless atmosphere, and are adept at travelling the stars and navigating your way through Wilspace and the Phlogiston.

- Attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws done in zero gravity are done so normally; not at disadvantage.
- You have advantage on Survival checks to navigate and Perception checks that rely on Sight in Wildspace and the Phlogiston.
- The air envelope around a creature with the Spacefarer feat lasts twice as long. This does not include when the individual is on a ship.

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