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Okay first off let me say that I have been a fan of spelljammer since I was a kid. I love the setting. I love the concept. I even love the stuff that most people find weird like giant space hamsters. So I'm a fan. I'm only saying this because when my wife asked me recently why it's called spelljammer and I couldn't answer her I want you to know it's not because I don't know anything about the setting. I couldn't answer because well I don't know what the answer is. So now I'm turning it over to you, fellow SJ fans. Why is it called spelljammer?
Now I know it's supposed to be named after the Spelljammer, the city-sized flying manta ray, but c'mon they could have called it anything. Why spelljammer? I mean Dark Sun, Ravenloft, even the Forgotten Realms, all have names that evoke something important about the setting, but I'm not sure I understand what "spelljammer" is meant to evoke. The setting that comes the closest to having an equally hard to explain name is Eberron, which is as near I can tell just a made up word, but at least it's completely made up, you know. I mean when I told my wife it was called spelljammer she thought it was a game about a spelling bee. Then she asked what exactly is being jammed?
I don't know how to answer questions like that. I might be tempted to just dismiss it as her not "getting it" but honestly I'm not seeing what there is to get. Why is it called spelljammer?
Thank you.
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