Publication:Practical Planetology
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SJR4 Practical Planetology is an accessory for the Spelljammer Campaign Setting.
It provides setting information about fifteen planets. The product consists of one 96 page book and one poster. It was published by TSR Inc. in 1991.[1]
Practical Planetology
The Practical Planetology book provides fifteen example worlds that can be incorporated into a Spelljammer game. It also introduces the idea of The Geonomicon, a large and expensive book that contains detailed information about approximately 80 worlds.
Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction - This chapter mentions: Trevis Pelor, captain of the squidship the Far Star and the Geonomicon. It also explains the layout of the following chapters.
- Chapter 2: Earth Bodies - This chapter covers: basic information about earth bodies and has subsections about five earth worlds.
- Comporellon - This section of the Earth Bodies chapter covers: basic information about Comporellon, climate, apperance from space, continents(including Zilber, Veraine and Panaga, local flora (including unusual blue and violet plants and plants that gain energy from temperature change) local fauna (mostly reptiles), local inhabitants (the ai'ir) and their 75 gods, other issues (Comporellon's acidic atmosphere), and four adventure ideas.
- Falx - This section of the Earth Bodies chapter covers: basic information about Falx, climate, apperance from space, continents (of which there is technically only one), surface flora (including mobile plants), surface fauna (exclusivly reptile), subterranean life (including myconids and aboleths), local inhabitants (including illithids and their two cities Brain-in-the-Skull and Tenticles-Grip-Tightly, orcs, goblins, dwarves and drow, other issues (Falx's high CO2 atmosphere) and five adventure hooks.
Extras
Credits
References
- ↑ SJR4 Practical Planetology
- Spelljammer reference: SJR4
- TSR reference: TSR 9328
- ISBN: 1-56076-134-2
