The Crimson Sphere lies far off the known space lanes. It is the home of Athas, the world of Dark Sun, and the Crimson Sphere is no more hospitable than Athas itself.

Below are provided encounter tables for various parts of wildspace within the Crimson Sphere. It is assumed that there is a base 5% chance of an encounter each time such a check is made. In case of an encounter, roll 1d8 to determine the encounter’s attitude (if applicable): 1-5 Hostile, 6-7 Indifferent, 8 Friendly), and then roll on the appropriate table below.

The Void of Wildspace

Wildspace is devoid of both air and gravity, and populated only by spelljammer crews and those creatures adapted to the void. These encounters also include small, airless bodies with little gravity, such as small asteroids and ring systems (roll 1d00):

Shattered Planet/Asteroid:

Small planetoids are often perfect hiding places - tiny oases of life in potentially hard to reach places. Spelljammer crews found on or near such bodies are likely seeking concealment or to make repairs; such encounters can be fraught with tension (roll 1d00):

The Black Gulf:

Beyond the many worlds of the Crimson Sphere is the Black Gulf, a region of oppressive darkness and unimaginable terror filled with unseen horrors. Seemingly conjured from the Black itself, rather than being actual, preexisting creatures, creatures encountered in the Black Gulf are largely composed of shadow-stuff itself (in 3.5e terms, apply the Black Touched - from Terrors of Athas, Shadow, or Shadow Creature - both from Savage Species] templates to creatures encountered) (roll 1d00):