Spelljammer What classic Spelljammer sources are worth getting?

[Weiley31]

we can't tell the people there are werewolf armada's and mindflayers out there in empires... but a small 4-6 man team or two can go out, explore, and try to find weapons and allies...

wait SG1 WAS a D&D game...

And SG-1 is a 5E TTRPG third party spin-off too!

 

[Voadam]

The core 2e Spelljammer box set lays things out well and evocatively. You get a sense of beholders and illithids, how lizardmen are a not uncommon spelljamming race, a bit about the elven orc unhuman war, a bunch of different core concept ships, etc. A lot of the supplements and adventures are nice but fairly self contained and not really necessary for general lore unless you want the specific subject (like individual planets in a specific setting).

I like the Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 7 and the Second Spelljammer Monstrous Compendium Appendix MC 9 for a bunch of lore you can use wherever and some fun monster concepts.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Not pure Spelljammer, but Champions of Mystara has flying ships and a ton of ship designs that perfectly fit Spelljammer.

 

[Jer]

Likely two reasons, to not make the groundlings look dumb and so they wouldn’t have to explain why the one Spelljammer culture hadn’t taken over the planet and the crystal sphere.

You credit TSR with more planning than I would. I figure they shifted approaches because someone decided it was easier/better/more fun/more interesting to have everyone know about spelljammers and they just shrugged and said "sure why not". Things seemed to be a lot looser in those days.

 

[James Gasik]

Not pure Spelljammer, but Champions of Mystara has flying ships and a ton of ship designs that perfectly fit Spelljammer.

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Princess Ark!

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Personally, I always wondered if Spelljammer would ever tackle the question of where the ship from Expedition to the Barrier Peaks came from...

tech sspace ships in a spelljammer game would rock...

I may pull out the old Tales of the Comet 2e I can't believe they aren't the borg

 

[Jer]

tech sspace ships in a spelljammer game would rock...

I may pull out the old Tales of the Comet 2e I can't believe they aren't the borg

If you want to bring in tech spaceships, Starfinder has a lot of maps and other materials that could be useful.

(I cut my teeth on Mystara, so spaceships in my games are always a possibility...)