Face Monstrous Threats to Spelljammer Ship and Crew
The vastness of Wildspace and the Astral Sea hides a multitude of secrets, both dangerous and benign. One of the strangest is the existence of massive monsters known collectively as star beasts. They vary in temperament, capabilities, and even general shape and features, but overall they are enormous on a scale that threatens life and safety in a wide area.
Thankfully, star beasts are rare encounters in most stellar systems. They tend to avoid smaller creatures in favor of targets closer to their size, and the most readily available targets of sufficient size are the spelljamming ships sailing the starry seas between planets, moons, and systems. This makes the presence of a star beast a threat to trade as well.
Star beasts are not fought like regular monsters, and they often threaten the spelljamming ship as much as the characters aboard. Facing one requires careful planning and patience as the great star beast moves between modes of attack while damaging the captured ship and targeting those onboard with strange powers and features.
Facing and defeating a star beast aboard a spelljamming ship focuses on the exploration and combat pillars of D&D; these creatures are not intelligent like a humanoid so there’s rarely a social component to the larger encounter. The guidelines and rules presented in this supplement are designed to facilitate the types of play involving exploration and combat.
- from the publisher's blurb