Miniature Giant Space Hamster
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The Miniature Giant Space Hamster is a classic example of the kind of absolute batshit insanity and goofball humor that was iconic for the Dungeons & Dragons setting of Spelljammer. It is a... well... how do we put this?
The default gnome race in Spelljammer are the Tinker Gnomes of Dragonlance, who basically bungled their way into fantasy-space and couldn't figure out how to get down. One of their main methods of providing power to their spelljammers is using giant running wheels to provide torque to clockwork propulsion units. So, they decided the best way to power these wheels was by breeding Giant Space Hamsters, which are bear-sized versions of the common garden rodent. Amazingly, this actually worked out well for them.
So, in a typical display of gnomish stupidity, they decided to go right back to tinkering with them and bred a subspecies that was just as small as the original hamsters they had started out with. Yeah, tinker gnomes never met a good idea they couldn't absolutely fucking ruin.
Miniature giant space hamsters are one of the Giant Space Hamster variants featured in the Spelljammer Monstrous Compendium Appendix #1. They are most famous for their appearance in the Baldur's Gate games, where beloved Ranger companion Minsc carries around a pet hamster named Boo that he absolutely insists is one of these fantastical creatures, although players are left to draw their own conclusions as to whether he is right or if he was cheated by some unscrupulous merchant who duped a man who wasn't very bright before he developed a history of head wounds.
