Races from Other Crystal Spheres


Samru Races—Otherplanar Races
Portal by J. PagliassottiItalics=races with civilizations

Boldface=spelljamming races

WILD SPACE

Dragons (MM, FF, MM2, Dragon, MC etc)
Gith, Pirate (MC)
Microscopic Single-Cells (Dragon)
Microscopic Worms (Dragon)

ATTRAHENT: THE CRYSTAL SPHERES

There are eight crystal spheres in the area of phlogiston known as The Orcade Crux. The Orcade Crux is dominated by the spelljamming satamharanthu of The Iron Autocracy on Samru.

ABHASA

A single yellow star system with two planets, one of which revolves as a satellite around the other. The central planet is Samru, and its satellite is Moha. This system is also filled with the sentient Dragon Stars. The satamharanthu who form the Iron Autocracy spelljam from Samru.

SAMRU: See The World of Samru. MOHA: Moha is the satellite of Samru, a small land-dominated world with a hollow crust that covers an extensive underground realm. Use Al-Qadim.

Amiq Rasol (MC2)
Aseku, Winged (MC2)
Baldandar (MCMy) symbiotes with rakasta
Booka (FF)
Cat Lord (MM2)
Cat, Winged (MC1)
Cats (MM, MC)
Chitine (MC1), underground
Deep Glaurant (MCMy)
Familiar (MCMy)
Ghul, great (MC2)
Ghul-kin (MC2)
Gugs, underground (COC)
Hippocampus (MM) aquatic
Hook Horror (FF, MC)
Kech (MM)
Kopru (MCMy) icthyoid, warm
Lovecraft Ghouls (COC) underground
Luck Eater (MM2)
Mermen (MM, MC)
Nymph (MM)
Sirine (MM2)
Tibbit (Dragon)
Troll (MM, MC)
Troll Marine (MM2)
Troll, Giant 2-headed (FF)
Troll, Ice (FF)
Troll, Snow (MC1)
Troll, Spirit (FF, MC)
Yikaria (MC2)

BEACON

A single yellow star with three planets. From sun outward, they are Whistwar, Echlord and Amorrow. The Amorrow giants are a spelljamming race, noted as healers and philosophers.

WHISTWAR: Whistwar is a cool-temperate planet with varied terrain and two moons.

Bargda (MCMy) Brays, mutant minotaurs
Carbuncle (FF)
Centaur (MM) Equus
Centaur-Kin, Dorvesh (MC2)
Centaur-Kin, Gnoat (MC2)
Centaur-Kin, Ha'pony (MC2)
Centaur-Kin, Zebranaur (MC2)
Chevall (MCMy) Equus
Korred (MC) Brays
Kuo-Toa (MM, MC) aquatic
Minotaur (MM, MC) Brays
Nuckalavee (MCMy) Equus, aquatic centaur
Pegataur (MCMy) Equus
Satyr (MM, MC) Brays
Treant (MM)

ECHLORD: Echlord is heavily forested and mostly land.

Boggle (MM2, MC2)
Campestri (MC1) mushroomoids
Gremlin (MC)
Gremlin, Fremlin (MC)
Gremlin, Galltrit (FF, MC)
Imp, Bog (MCMy)
Imp, Garden (MCMy)
Imp, Wood (MCMy)
Jermlaine (FF, MC "Gremlin")
Mite (MC, "gremlin")
Pasari-Nimi (MC1), antoids
Snyad (MC, Gremlin)
Surtaki (MCMy)
Tasloi (MM2, MC)
Tatalla (MC1)
Topi (MCMy) undead littles
Xvart (MM2)

AMORROW: Amorrow is a cooling, dying world of equal parts land and water. Most races dwell in underground kingdoms, although the giants live on the surface when they are on the planet at all.

Cyclopskin (MM2)
Ettin (MM)
Giants, "Hallanar":
Giant, Athach (MCMy)
Giant, Cloud (MM, MC)
Giant, Cyclops (MC)
Giant, Desert (MC)
Giant, Ettin (MC)
Giant, Firbolg (MC)
Giant, Fire (MM, MC)
Giant, Fog (MC)
Giant, Fomorian (MC)
Giant, Frost (MC)
Giant, Hephaeston (MCMy)
Giant, Hill (MM, MC)
Giant, Jungle (MC)
Giant, Mountain (MM, MC)
Giant, Reef (MC)
Giant, Stone (MM, MC)
Giant, Storm (MC)
Giant, Verbeeg (MC)
Giant, Wood (MC)
Gnomes:
Gnomes, Forest (MC)
Gnomes, Tinker (MC)
Half-Giant (DS, MC2)
Halfling (MM, MC, DS)
Kna (MCMy) icthyoids/giant
Skeleton, Giant (MC)
Spriggans (MM2, MC "Gnome")
Svirfneblin (FF, MC "Gnome")
Zorbo (MM2, MC2) forests

BORDAR

A single yellow sun with four planets. From sun outward, they are Cricuriss, Thalough, Rismskaith and Sasakur. No races from the Bordar system spelljam; however, Thalough is a living greenplanet, and Rismskaith a popular hunting territory for spelljammers.

CRICURISS: Cricuriss is a young, tropical world covered with jungle, swampland and marsh.

Ankheg (MM)
Ant, Giant (MM)
Aspis (MM2)
Assassin Bug (FF)
Bee, Giant (MM2)
Cifal (FF)
Fly, Bluebottle (MM2)
Fly, Horsefly (MM2)
Formian/Centaur-Ants (MM2) enemies of Hivebrood, Greelox
Garbug (FF, MC1)
Greelox (MC1) enemies of Formian, Hivebrood
Herex (MCMy)
Hivebrood (MCMy) enemies of Formian, Greelox
Hornet, Giant (FF)
Kalin (MC2)
Stego- centipede (MM2)
Tick, Giant (MM)
Tiger Fly (FF)
Wall-Walker (MC2)
Wasp, Giant (MM)

RISMSKAITH: Rismskaith is a subtropical to tropical planet with a heavy cloud cover. It rains often and has large warm oceans.

Catoblepas (MM, MC)
Choker (MCMy)
Froghemoth (MM2, MC2)
Gibbering Mouther (MC1)
Gorynch (MC1)
Gulguthhydra (MC2)
Hydra (MM, MC)
Neo-Otyugh (MM)
Otyugh (MM)
Pteraman (MC1)
Squealer (MM2, MC2)
Tarrasque (MM2, MC)
Tentamort (FF)
Thessalahydra (MM2)
Webbird (MM2, MC2)

THALOUGH: Thalough is a rainy, subtropical planet with scum-covered lakes and a large ocean. The planet itself is a living plant, and the races dwelling within it are also plant-based.

Algoid (FF)
Ascomid (MM2)
Basidirond (MM2)
Elemental, Nature (MC2)
Flail Snail (FF)
Moor Man (MCRa)
Myconid (MM2) mushroom man
Needleman (FF)
Phycomid (MM2)
Plant, intelligent, thorny (MC) myconid pet
Shambling Mound (MM)
Sussurus (FF)
Vegepygmy (MM2)
Zygom (MM2)

SASAKUR: Sasakur is a wet, subtropical planet dominated by marsh. Its races dwell underground in a network of caverns.

Blindheim (FF)
Grimlock (FF, MC)
Neogi (MC) enemies of troglodytes, superior
Spellweaver (MC1) neutrals
Trogolodyte (MM, MC) enemies of neogi, less developed

DETH

A red giant with two planets. From sun outward, they are Cordok and Ehroke. The illithidi spelljam from Cordok and are noted as strategists and political manipulators.

CORDOK: Cordok is a bare, stony world. Little grows on its barren, radioactive surface. All races dwell in subterranean tunnels.

Brain Collector (MCMy) planar travel
Brain Mole (MM, MC)
Cerebral Parasite (MM)
Cessirid (Dragon)
Darktentacles (MC2)
Embrac (Dragon)
Hakeasher (MC2)
Illithid/Mind Flayer (MM, MC)
Intellect Devourer (MM, MC)
Kigrid (Dragon)
Klar (DS)
Laraken (MC1) magiceater
Lythlyx (MC1)
Mongrelmen (MM2, MC) slaves
Nishruu (MC1) magiceater
Nyth (MC2)
Saltor (Dragon)
Shattered Brethren (MCRa) slaves
Spider, Brain (MC1)
Thought Eater
Ulitharid* (MC1) noble mind flayer
Ustilagor (MC, "intellect devourer")

EHROKE: Ehroke is a temperate, windy planet with high mountains and forest-covered valleys.

Bird, Eblis (FF, MC) avianoid
Clubnek (FF)
Dire Corby (FF) avianoid, underground
Gyerian (MCMy) avianoid, slaves
Nagpa (MCMy) vultoids, some travel the planes
Owlbear (MM, MC)
Peryton (MM, MC) enemies of Nagpa
Vulchling (MM2): desert/wastland

HOKAR

A white dwarf with three planets. From sun outward, they are Yvail, Wessoric and Daloth. The dopplegangers, notes as spies and explorers, spelljam from Wessoric and the beholders, fierce warriors and traditional enemies of the illithidi and satamharanthu, spelljam from Daloth.

YVAIL: Yvail is a cold, glacial world covered with ice and freezing seas.

Dakon (FF)
Flind (FF) superior gnolls
Gnoll (MM, MC)
Quaggoth (FF)
Taer (MM2)
Yeti (MM)

WESSORIC: Wessoric is a rapidly cooling planet with a near-glacial surface. Its races dwell within deep caverns warmed by the planet's core.

Adherer (FF)
Doppleganger (MC)
Doppleganger, Greater (MC2)
Doppleganger, Ravenloft (MCRa)
Enveloper (FF)
Flumph (FF, MC2)
Imorph (FF)
Jelly, Mustard (MM2)
Mimic (MM, MC)
Mimic, Greater (MC2)
Mimic, House Hunter (MC1)
Mujina (MCMy) dop mutants
Peltast (MC2)
Protein Polymorph (FF)
Scamille (MCMy)
Shapeshifter, polymar (MCMy) dop mutants
Suwyze (MC1) works for dopplegangers
Symbiotic Jelly (FF)
Tirapheg (FF) dop slaves
Xaver (MC1)

DALOTH: Daloth is stony, covered with close, dark forests and high, cold mountains. The seas are salty and blood-warm on top, icy cold in the depths. The mountains are riddled with caverns.

Argos (MC)
Bat, Sporebat (MC2)
Beholder, "Eye Tyrants" (MM, MC)
Beholderkin (MC)
Broken One (MC)
Decapus (MCMy)
Eye Killer (MM2)
Eye of the Deep (MM, MC) aquatic
Gas Spore (MM, MC)
Gibberling (MC1, MC)
Gorbel (FF)
Grell (FF, MC)
Rautym (MC1) su-monster mutants
Su-Monster (MM, MC)

K'LAIK'L

A single yellow sun with three planets. From sun outward, they are Histoff, Eril-Tar and Hilthore. The thri-kreen spelljam from Hilthore, and are noted for their diplomacy and skill with handling first-contact situations.

HISTOFF: Histoff is a dry, desert world with hot winds and bare, rocky cliffs and mountains.

Animal, domestic (DS)
Bugbear (MM)
Dune Stalker (FF)
Dustdigger (MM2)
Gambado (FF, MC1)
Goblin (MM, MC)
Hobgoblin (MM, MC)
Laerti (MC2)
Nilbog (FF, MC) goblin mutants
Nikaal (DS)
Norker (FF, MC)
Thoul (MCMy)

ERIL-TAR: Eril-Tar is a desert world of tropical climate, with stone caverns in the mountains.

Bakhna Rakhna (MCRa)
Ogre Magi (MM, MC)
Ogres (MM, MC)
Ogres, aquatic (MC)
Ogrillon (FF, MC)

HILTHORE: Hilthore has a gentle climate with rolling hills and wide grasslands.

Bulette (MC)
Loxo (MC1) pachydermoids
Thri-kreen (MC, DS)
Tohr'Kreen, J'ez (DS)
Thor'Kreen, J'hol (DS)
Thor'Kreen, T'keech (DS)
Thor'Kreen, Tondi (DS)
Trin (DS)
Wemic (MC)

SAITHISHURHA

A yellow sun with two planets. From sun outward, they are Merthan and Hathashir. The lizards spelljam from Hathashir, and are the most successful merchant race of the Iron Autocracy.

MERTHAN: Merthan is an aquatic world, upon which are scattered small rock islands that support the few land-dwelling organisms. Merthan has two moons and violent seastorms.

Bullywug (FF, MC) frogmen, land
Crabman (FF, MC) caverns, ormyrr slaves
Land Lamprey (MM2)
Land Urchin (MM2, "Urchin)
Locathah (MM, MC) fishmen, water
Mantari (FF) flying ray
Morkoth (MM, MC)
Ormyrr (MC1) caverns

HATHASHIR: Hathashir is a jungle and marshland, warm and filled with primeval life.

Babbler (FF)
Bonesnapper (FF)
Dinosaurs (MM, MM2, MC2)
Lizard Kings (MM, MC)
Lizard Men, "Hur Kevakka" (MM, MC)
Lizard-Kin, Cayman (MCMy)
Lizard-Kin, Chameleon Man (MCMy)
Lizard-Kin, Gator Man (MCMy)
Lizard-Kin, Sis'thik (MCMy)
Muck Dwellers (MM2)
Ssurran (DS)
Tortle (MCMy) turtlemen

TABOR AND KET

Twin yellow suns with two planets inscribing shared orbits. They are Tenterone and Ystre. No races from this system spelljam.

TENTERONE: Tenterone is a temperate planet with varied terrain and three oceans. The gravity of Tenterone is very high, and its season vary widely depending on the path it orbits between Tabor and Ket.

Grig (MM2, MC, "sprite") plains
Grippli (MM2, MC) swamp/marsh
Killmoulis (FF) underground
Meenlock (FF, MC2) underground
Minimal (MM2)
Rothe (FF)

YSTRE: Ystre is similar to its sister planet Tenterone, with high gravity and eccentric seasonal patterns.

Atomie (MM2, MC, "sprite)
Baobhan Sith (MCRa)
Brownie (MM, MC)
Brownie, Dobie (MC2)
Buckawn (MM2)
Colt Pixie (MCMy)
Faerie, Petty (MC1)
Firefriend (MM2)
Hybsil (MM2) faerie centaur
Kholiathra (MC2)
Leprechaun (MM, MC)
Meazel (FF) underground
Nixie (MM, MC "sprite) aquatic
Pixie (MM, MC "sprite)
Quickling (FF)
Shapeshifter, randara (MCMy) faerie mutant
Shargugh (MCMy)
Sprite (MM, MC)
Sprite, Sea (MC) aquatic
Sprite, Seelie Faerie (MC2)
Sprite, UnSeelie Faerie (MC2)
Sylph (MM)