Spelljammer Travel (5E Spelljammer Setting)

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Movement

In Atmosphere

A ship can fly at a speed of 10 miles per hour, per each level of Tactical Rating provided by the helmsman.

Taking Off and Landing

When taking off from a planet or moon, once the helmsman sits at the spelljammer helm, it takes 1 minute for the vessel to be ready for liftoff.

Leaving a Planet

The larger the planet or moon, the longer it takes for a ship to escape its gravity well. The times given in the table below assume the ship is traveling straight upwards.

Planet Size	Escape Time
A	10 minutes
B	15 minutes
C	20 minutes
D	30 minutes
E	40 minutes
F	1 hour
G	2 hours
H	4 hours
I	8 hours
J	16 hours

Strong winds double the time required

A storm or gale quadruple the time required, and the ship has disadvantage on Dexterity checks.

In a hurricane, a ship cannot takeoff or land.

In Wildspace

Wildspace is the interplanetary medium within a Crystal Sphere.

A ship capable of spelljamming can travel through wildspace at 4 million mph each level of Tactical Rating provided by the helmsman This speed can only be maintained in a straight line.

A vessel drops to tactical speed if it comes within 7 miles of a Large or larger object. Tactical speed in wildspace is 30 mph, per each level of Tactical Rating provided by the helmsman

In Phlogiston

Phlogiston is the material/plane between Crystal Spheres.

A ship capable of spelljamming can travel through Phlogiston at 4 million mph for each level of Tactical Rating provided by the helmsmanThis speed can only be maintained in a straight line.

A vessel drops to tactical speed if it comes within 7 miles of a Large or larger object. Tactical speed in Phlogiston is 30 mph, per each level of Tactical Rating provided by the helmsman

See Spelljammer Combat (5E Spelljammer Setting) for ship combat at tactical speeds.

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