D&D‘sSpelljammer: Adventures in SpaceIs Exactly What’s on the Tin

Years afterSpelljammer : Confirmedbecame a meme , we ’re mother an in - deepness smell at whatDungeons & Dragonshas in depot for the revitalizedscience - fantasysetting . At a late jam event , Chris Perkins ( D&D ’s principal story designer ) and Greg Tito ( D&D ’s senior comms coach ) inclose the updated mise en scene and hold us abunch of artto show off .

“ Spelljammer has always been a routine of aweirdo , ” Perkins said , while discussing the three books that are included in the revamp setting : anadventurer ’s guide , a bestiary , an adventure , and a Dungeon Master ’s screen alongside a massive mapping of the Rock of Bral . The Fifth Edition setting need a plenty of the lore from the 1989 place setting , and translates it into modern stats and descriptions , but there are no really magnanimous loss from the place pirate aesthetic of the original . It has adjusted some of the world - construction to fit the “ cosmology ” of Fifth Edition , and in doing so take aim aside some of the weirdness — and the uniqueness — of the original .

Still , the selection to have a blank - faring campaign in Fifth Edition is a fun improver , and while there are some gonzo elements ( like place clowns and giant space hamster ) that feel just a little too bizarre for a book that is also attempt to balance out intergalactic political intrigue with the Light of Xaryxis adventure , the whole endeavour will appeal to hoi polloi who were already concerned in what Spelljammer has to offer .