Spelljammer Ships[edit]
Preparing Ships as Adversaries[edit]
Ships to be used in combat against the PCs should have the following information:
- The ship statistics as noted above.
- What spell slots the helmsman (or equivalent) has available. The helmsman will probably already have expended some spell slots for the purpose of travel.
- What NPCs are on the ship and what actions they might take. In particular, a ship that has NPCs able to take the Rigging or Direct Weapons actions can make combat more challenging.
- Since a ship-to-ship battle relies more on the ships' capabilities rather than the PCs level, the XP awarded as though this was a noncombat challenge (DMG p. 261)