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Also known as Wildspace, Phlogiston

Spelljammer is a campaign setting originally published for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (2nd edition) role-playing game, which features a fantastic (as opposed to scientific) outer space environment. Subsequent editions have included Spelljammer content; a Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition setting update was released on August 16, 2022.

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Contents
  • Publication history
  • ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (2nd edition)
  • ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (3rd edition)
  • ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (4th edition)
  • ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (5th edition)
  • Fictional setting
  • Spelljamming helms
  • Gravity and air
  • Crystal spheres
  • Wildspace
  • The Phlogiston
  • The ''Spelljammer''
  • Races
  • Official products
  • In other media
  • Comics
  • Music
  • Novels
  • Computer games
  • Web series
  • Reception
  • References
  • External links

Spelljammer is a campaign setting originally published for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (2nd edition) role-playing game, which features a fantastic (as opposed to scientific) outer space environment. Subsequent editions have included Spelljammer content; a Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition setting update was released on August 16, 2022.

Spelljammer introduced into the AD&D universe a comprehensive system of fantasy astrophysics, including the Ptolemaic concept of crystal celestial spheres. Crystal spheres may contain multiple worlds and are navigable using ships equipped with "spelljamming helms". Ships powered by spelljamming helms are capable of flying into not only the sky but into space. With their own fields of gravity and atmosphere, the ships have open decks and tend not to resemble the spaceships of science fiction, but instead look more like galleons, animals, birds, fish or even more wildly fantastic shapes.

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