The Spelljammer setting offers GMs a lot of room for creativity. A great many GMs (including myself) have risen to the challenge and created worlds and Crystal spheres for exploration and adventures. Below is a list and short description of some of the varieties of worlds and spheres I have created.
I have created a utility for editing and mapping out crystal spheres. The SystemMaker is downloadable as a Java jar file (with some supporting scripts), available HERE. Check out the user guide too.
My primary sphere, and one that I place my primary campaign world on. The following are the planets/suns/moons of Gatespace:
| Hasaril | the Sun, at the center of the sphere. | |
| Wegrya | Warm water world | |
| Belagin | Gas Giant, with rising continents and various tribes of creatures | |
| Phaeris | small red fire-world (sun/star) | |
| Moons: | Vostyl - a small volcanic moon with its own fire ring | |
| Dauveron | Earth-planet with very rough mountainous terrain. | |
| Ganae | My primary campaign world | |
| Moons: | Alinah, Gloran, Herlom, Vensuri | |
| The Braid | asteroid belt | |
| Lindrac | (the Block) | apparently a barren voidworld, large and shaped like a cube |
| Moon: | Cordaji | |
| Krensar | (the Diamond Nebula) | Stationary air-body with wild-magic effects |
| Moons: | Bytsegai, Chendryl, Fascar, Nempeh, Phimogo, Quassim, Shahag, Velamos | |
| Aeslir | Small disc-shaped Ice world | |
| Moons: | Falagos (asteroid cluster) | |
| The Strinads | (the Dancers) | Cluster of fire bodies in wandering vertical orbit |
In addition to its numerous worlds, Gatespace has five small spheres which orbit around it. These spheres are all the same size (1040 million miles in diameter), and indistinguishable to a casual observer approaching from outside the sphere. They make a full revolution around Gatespace once every 10 standard years. The spheres are 2 days outside of Gatespace, though travellers can easily bypass the satellites to reach Gatespace directly. These spheres, in clockwise order, are Splitspace, Windyspace, Chitinspace, Chromaspace, and Shamblespace. In addition, I have included some developer's notes too.
Started by several subscribers to AOL, the Refuge Project sought to define and elaborate on the Crystal Sphere of Refuge. Refuge is a small, Arcane-dominated sphere featured in Dragon #159 and Dungeon #??. Different people worked on different components of this space, so there are pieces at different stages of completion. A Map of the Sphere was created by one of the other collaborators.
Components of Refuge-space:
I am currently seeking the other individuals who contributed to this project. Please email me.
Worlds of the Iron Sun is my entry for a Crystal Spheres contest sponsored by Battlefield Press. Following the text of the actual submission, I will be adding material specific to Spelljammer (and perhaps other games as I get the time).
Octorspace and Thuriaspace are two crystal spheres featured in a spelljamming campaign I am playing in. The Octoreans control their space and are beginning to expand into Thuriaspace. Meanwhile, a small moon is trying to assert its independence. What started as a simple arms-smuggling operation landed our characters in the middle of a quest to reunite the seven holy relics of Octor! (gamemastered by Brian Higbee)
