A Crown of the Stars is a magical item that functions like a portable minor helm from the Spelljammer campaign setting.[1][2]
Description[]
Despite its name, a crown of the stars can resemble any form of jewellery that is worn on the head (like a circlet), around the neck (like a necklace), on the arm (like a torc), or around the waist (like a girdle). All known crowns of the stars are significantly larger than a ring and all contain some silver in their construction.
Powers[]
A crown of stars functions like a wearable minor helm that allows its user to power a vessel, as well as move around normally. Once a crown of the stars has been used to power a ship for longer than a week, it is bonded to that particular vessel. It cannot be used to power a different ship unless it has been removed from its bonded ship for over a week, severing the bond.
The crown of the stars is effective up to one mile (1.6 kilometres) from the ship it is bonded to, so a helmsman can operate the vessel even if they are not onboard.
A crown of the stars cannot override an active helm, but can be used to power any appropriate vessel at spelljamming speed.
References[]
- ↑ Jeff Grubb, AD&D Adventures in Space, Concordance of Arcane Space, 1989, (TSR Inc.), Power Sources section, chapter 3: Ships of Wildspace, pages 37-38
- ↑ Barbara Kesel, Jim Lowder, Kate Novak-Grubb, Dan Mishkin, "Jammers", TSR WORLDS Comic Book #1, 1990, (DC Comics Inc.), pages 1, 5, and 7-8