Spelljammer - Ship Creation Tables

The Sun Giant is a converted tavern with a Spelljammer installed on the top floor. It's former owner has placed a bounty on its capture and it carries a library of books as cargo.

Tables for detailing your own Spelljammer Ships, their names, quirks and cargo.

Tables for Spelljammer Ship Type(levels 1-4 & levels 5-10), Unusual Ships, Ship Names, Ship Names Generator, Ship Extras & Complications and Ship Cargo.

[Art by Indi Martin]

Spelljammer Ship Encounters

Ships come in many forms and variations. In addition to classics such as the Space Galleon, Turtle Ship or Shrike, spelljammers might be installed in a kindori skeleton or a small castle. Names are just as varied, being named after famous seafarers or using similar rules to ocean going vessels.

Older ships tent to have quirks too, and what a ship is carrying can also affect its crew and atmosphere.

More tables at Spelljammer Encounter Tables on DM's Guild

Ship details found in the Astral Adventurer's Guide (AAG).

Spelljammer Ship Types (Levels 1-4)

d20	Spelljammer Ship Types lvl 1-4
1	Space Galleon
2	Shrike
3	Shrike
4	Shrike
5	Damselfly
6	Damselfly
7	Flying Fish
8	Flying Fish
9	damaged... Space Galleon (or roll on ships 1-4/5-10 for different ship type)
10	Living Ship
11	Squid Ship
12	Squid Ship
13	weaponless... Bombard (or roll on ships 1-4/5-10 for different ship type)
14	Scorpion Ship
15	Scorpion Ship
16	Wasp Ship
17	Wasp Ship
18	Wasp Ship
19	kindori husk with a spelljammer helm or roll on Unusual Ships
20	Lamprey or roll on Spelljammer Ship Types lvl 5-10

Spelljammer Ship Types (Levels 5-10)

d20	Spelljammer Ship Types lvl 5-10
1	Squid Ship or roll on Spelljammer Ship Types lvl 1-4
2	Bombard or roll on Unusual Ships
3	Turtle Ship or Bombard
4	Nightspider or Turtle Ship
5	Nautiloid or a converted airship
6	Nautiloid or Scorpion Ship
7	Scorpion Ship
8	Tyrant Ship or roll on Unusual Ships
9	Flying Fish
10	Flying Fish or Space Galleon
11	Hammerhead or Space Galleon
12	group of 1d3 Wasp Ships or Hammerhead
13	Damselfly or Star Moth
14	Star Moth
15	Living Ship
16	group of 1d3 Damselflies or Living Ship
17	converted tavern with a spelljammer helm or roll on Unusual Ships
18	group of 1d3 Shrikes or Space Galleon
19	Space Galleon
20	Space Galleon

Unusual Ships

The innovative, weird and unique.

d20	A spelljammer helm installed in ...
1	a kindori skeleton
2	a huge cauldron or a massive rotting carcass
3	a monument
4	a galley ship (DMG)
5	a longship (DMG)
6	a giant cube or a dinosaur skeleton
7	an armored wagon
8	a tomb or a wizard's tower
9	a huge stone tablet carved with dwarven runes
10	a converted tavern
11	a huge chariot or linked chariots
12	a dead god
13	a gnome ship powered by wheels containing giant space hamsters (BAM)
14	a hill or a keelboat
15	a rock with seaweed
16	an asteroid
17	a small castle
18	a massive wooden hut
19	a raft or a dragon turtle skeleton
20	a mountaintop or a townhouse

Spelljammer Ship Names

d20	Spelljammer Ship Names
1	Misadventure
2	Torchbearer
3	The Starfall
4	The Laughing Comet
5	Moonrunner
6	The Lucky Roll
7	Oathbreaker
8	The Astral Dragon
9	Shanty of the Stars
10	The Chimera
11	Side Quest
12	The Kraken's Envy
13	Cosmic Singer
14	Troll's Folly
15	Doomed Pilgrim
16	Winged Whale
17	The Natural One
18	Starseeker
19	The Misery
20	The Bard of Bral

Spelljammer Ship Names Generator

Roll each for Start and End and combine.

d20	Start	End
1	Celestial	Serpent
2	Star	Seeker
3	Spell	Voyager
4	Ethereal	Strider
5	Ghostly	Dolphin
6	Galaxy	Nomad
7	Moon	Dragon or Hamster
8	Eternal	Runner
9	Silver	Nymph
10	Zodar's	Reaver
11	Sky	Whisper
12	Sun	Quester
13	Lunar	Demon
14	Mercane's	Dancer
15	Astral	Bargain
16	Infinite (or Infinity)	Singer
17	Solar	Chaser
18	Starlight	Giant
19	Cosmic	Wizard
20	Planar	Spirit

Ship Extras and Complications

d20	The Ship...
1	is heavily damaged (at half hit points remaining)
2	has a stowaway (or several stowaways) on board
3	has an expanded air envelope that can support double the normal number of creatures
4	has an experimental spelljammer helm that sometimes takes it to random planes
5	is constantly trailed by space eels (BAM) (or gray scavvers* (BAM)*
6	has passengers - a pair of priests (or roll on Space Merchants)
7	is towing another spelljammer ship or a spirit haunts the cargo hold
8	has a crewmember who adores and feeds several mollymawks (BAM)
9	has several rowing boats (or canoes) on board (or attached to it)
10	has a second spelljamming helm
11	has no functioning weapons or is following a kindori* (BAM)*
12	has a mixed crew (roll on Crew Encounters for ideas) or is carrying several dohwar* (BAM) merchants*
13	has an infestation of jammer leeches (BAM)
14	has a bounty on its capture by the former owner
15	has a space swine (BAM) mascot
16	has a crewmember possessed by a starlight apparition (BAM)
17	has red shirts that many of the crew wear. Bad things often happen to them.
18	is towing a heavily laden cargo barge or has a deadly (or enhanced) ram
19	is specialized in Astral Fishing, with many nets and ways to preserve what they catch.
20	is carrying a message for one of the characters (or an NPC they know)

Ship Cargo

d20	Ship Cargo
1	Barrels of gnomish (or fungal) ale
2	Bolts of silk or satin
3	Carved bones or a wardrobe of fine clothes
4	A variety of unusual and weird pets
5	Someone important with their guests who have hired the ship for a special occasion
6	A mix of herbs, spices, wine and perfume
7	Casks of elven wine or several spellbooks
8	Weapons or a variety of dungeon doors
9	A variety of farm animals or several board games
10	Spices or ship parts
11	A zoo of stuffed beasts and monsters
12	A party of adventurers or carefully stored flasks of alchemist's fire
13	Captives or a dangerous monster
14	Healing supplies and potions or a collection of finely crafted furniture
15	A library of books
16	Artwork from many different artists
17	space hamsters and other cute animals or mined ore
18	Firearms or a merchant and their wares
19	Gnomish devices or planks of rare wood
20	A hoard of treasure