Spelljammer Spelljammer Academy: Get Free Spelljammer Adventures From D&D Beyond

If you have a D&D Beyond account you can access a promotional Spelljammer supplement for free. Spelljammer Academy is a series of four adventures -- the first, available now, is called Orientation, and will be followed later by Trial by Fire, Realmspace Sortie!, and Behold....H'Catha.

Fall in cadets! It's time for your introduction to Wildspace! Spelljammer Academy is a series of four adventures that will prepare you for your journeys into space, and it's available to you at no cost with your D&D Beyond account. In the first adventure, you’ll undergo your orientation at the Spelljammer Academy, where you'll learn whether you have what it takes to traverse the deadly expanse of the cosmos. Over time, subsequent adventures in Spelljammer Academy will drop. Unlock one adventure in the series and you'll automatically receive the others upon their release.

Claim Spelljammer Academy now! - D&D Beyond

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[pukunui]

I guess we'll have to wait for the fourth adventure to be released to find out!

 

[bedir than]

Much like the weapons in Steven Brust's Jhereg series, its evil, illegal, used by assassins to perma kill if they dont like you or were paid to..(you should really read Jhereg).

repeating for emphasis

 

[ProfessorDetective]

Oh my!

Swipe!

Oh yeah, Cubical 7's doing DW 5E...

You've been to E-Space, now we're going to D&D-Space!

 

[Demetrios1453]

Finally got off work and got time to claim and read the adventure. It's actually a neat little 1st level adventure will interesting and differing challenges. The way it starts out should really ignite players' interest and imagination with the setting.

One thing really caught my eye:

"Orientation Task: Collect Service Weaponry. Upon arrival, each corps cadet is assigned a simple or martial weapon of their choice. Cadets can also spend their 50 gp requisition voucher to purchase additional equipment from any of the following sources:

• The Armor, Weapons, Adventuring Gear, or Tools tables in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook
• The Equipment Packs sidebar in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook."

It reads to me that characters don't start with their normal starting gear, but instead are given a weapon and 50 gp each to spend on other gear once they arrive (they get another 50 gp each at the end of the adventure, so they can presumably upgrade if they wish). Melee types might have to settle for ring mail! That's definitely an interesting and non-standard way to start a 5e adventure...

 

[darjr]

Oooh interesting insight here.

Is Mirt founding this school new lore?

 

[Demetrios1453]

Oooh interesting insight here.

Is Mirt founding this school new lore?

I mean, it wouldn't be out of character for him to be caught out in questionable deals and have to flee Waterdeep until things cool off a bit (as he was a bit player in Dragon Heist, perhaps he absconded with some of the treasure?). He's probably doing this to have something exciting to do in the meantime.

 

[darjr]

Someone is giving away battle maps to the adventure here is the first one

Spelljammer Academy Part 1 "Right into the action" battle map!
All the VTT, printable, grid and no grid versions are here: Spelljammer Adventures in Space and Academy - Google Drive

More to come! <3

Spelljammer Adventures in Space and Academy - Google Drive

drive.google.com

Here is their main folder

Yeah! Link people to my Spelljammer folder (link above) or the whole drive

Tessa Presents Maps - Google Drive

drive.google.com

 

[darjr]

Oh! This adventure takes place in the future?!

 

[Zarithar]

I love the Max Dunbar artwork and think this whole thing is pretty damned cool. Have to just shake my head in disbelief over all of the people complaining about free content though. Edited... Max Dunbar artwork (not Jim Zub).

 

[Weiley31]

And you always come with this same complaint about free stuff about wanting it in PDF form. So maybe actually talk about the actual content instead of the form it takes.

The same ones always complain.