Spelljammer Spelljammer in 5e

[atanakar]

Never read it but it was tempting :

Dragonstar (role-playing game) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[jayoungr]

For all those saying "I'd like to see science fantasy options for D&D," you do know about the upcoming Arcana of the Ancients from Monte Cook Games, right?

 

[gyor]

I think Spelljammer is going to get a massive bump in popularity thanks to BG3 which makes getting the setting much more likely.

 

[atanakar]

For all those saying "I'd like to see science fantasy options for D&D," you do know about the upcoming Arcana of the Ancients from Monte Cook Games, right?

I forgot about that one!

 

[Larnievc]

In my game Spelljammer helms exist but Crystal Sphere’s don’t.

The Phogiston is hyperspace and you need to get far away enough from a star to make the jump to the Phlogiston.

I’ve kept the rest.

 

[George Mayhew]

Never read it but it was tempting :

Dragonstar (role-playing game) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

We played the heck out of that. Really well thought out for the V3/3.5/d20 system.

 

[Ath'kethin]

I would love to see Spelljammer 5e as long as they kept it Spelljammer. And your idea sounds awesome but not as Spelljammer.

D&D had a long and well-established absurd streak that has been almost completely abandoned in the WotC era. 5e is better about it than 3e and 4e were, but seriously; Spelljammer doesn't need a gritty reboot. Keep the Giff. Keep the Ptolemaic physics. Keep the giant space hamsters.

Keep It all, and you will get my money.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

I liked Starfinder, and really wish that was in 5e rules.

But to the OP, I think that would be a really cool setting. Would it still be D&D if you don't have the normal races but alien species instead?

 

[jgsugden]

I use a simplified version - the ships travel the astral sea. There are stable gates to many places in the Astal Sea. As my campaign world(s) are quite large, powerful beings (and merchants) will use the Astral Sea as the shortest path to move between places. It is frequented by Giff, Gith, Elves and Dwarves, primarily.

 

[R_J_K75]

Never read it but it was tempting :

Dragonstar (role-playing game) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Saw it on the shelf at our local game shop and thought about buying it but there was such a glut of d20 products coming out at that time that I passed on it. Also we were either playing D&D 3.x or d20 Modern that I new I'd probably never use it.