Practical Planetology

by Nigel Findley

Groundlings have no idea, but any spelljamming adventurer worth his salt knows the universe is huge! Let Practical Planetology open new possibilities for your ADandD SPELLJAMMER campaign.

Herein find fifteen unique planets, exotic and mysterious, ripe for plunder or other less profitable adventures. Weigh anchor at the air world Alabeth, and float with marooned elves atop their massive holbags. Visit the mithril dragons of Radole who ride the hot thermals over lakes of molten tin. Endure the searing flames of the efreeti city on Ignia, ow swim among the island necrocracies - nations of undead from a destroyed planet - on Charon.

These and other bizarre worlds of adventure await you in Practical Planetology, along with beasts native to them, eleven new monsters in all. All you'll need is a ship, a helm, and a star to steer them by!

Practical Planetology contains material suitable for characters of any level.

Genres: Role Playing Games, Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons, Gaming

64 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1991

About the author

Nigel D Findley (July 22, 1959 – February 19, 1995[1]) was a game designer, editor, and an author of science fiction and fantasy novels and role-playing games (RPGs). Findley died suddenly on February 19, 1995, at his home in Vancouver, British Columbia. He suffered a heart attack at the age of 35.

Reviews

[Louis Norton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This supplement covers a series of fantasy planets, most of which are brutally inhospitable alien places. It seems that Spelljammer characters would have to research a variety of elemental and environmental survival spells to explore most of these worlds. Then, once they gained enough fire resistance to survive on or near a fire world - they'd be immune to most of the monsters found there. So there are some real problems with the viability of things in this book; it's either going to kill everyone or be ineffective. The last section of the book covers some interesting new monsters. All in all, it is an interesting supplement of questionable play value.

[Chris Philbrook · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm prepping for a new Spelljammer 5th ed port, and to do so, I'm re-reading all my old Spelljammers stuff.

This one is fun, with a slew of worlds for use in your campaigns. The content is good, but I'm definitely shocked by how badly these old 2nd ed books were laid out. Minimal page breaks, terrible sidebars running on for pages and pages, and the art... boy is the art inconsistent.

That being said, 4 stars, because I love this setting, and the content is good.

[Leif · Rating 3 out of 5]

Old Spelljammer modules are WILD.

But also, great inspiration. Much better than 5E spelljammer!

[Dustin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good addition to your SpellJammer collection.