Spelljammer 2E says a mage is required to pilot a space vessel. Would that be exclusively wizard in 5E? Or could anyone with arcane magic do it? Anyone who has the natural ability to wield arcane magic can spelljam (move a vessel through the phlogiston). Navigation (i.e. getting to where you want to go, as opposed to wandering) isn't "automatic" if you can wield arcane magic, though. Just possessing a magic item with…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 4, 2019
…arcane magic discharges/effects doesn't qualify the possessor to spelljam, though someone who knows how can drain the right sort of magic item to boost certain spelljamming effects.
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 4, 2019
