5E Ship / vehicle / Spelljammer - How manage inventory

[VV0lficus]

I have given my player a Spelljammer vehicle with lots of items. But we are having a hard time managing inventory.

I want the players to have full access to the item in the groups inventory like a Parcel, but have it stored on the ship.

How can I do this?

I do not have the Spelljammer module, but i did not see any inventory options in some reviews I saw.

[Zacchaeus]

There is no inventory for any kind of NPC or ship in 5e without an extension.

You can have items in a character's inventory as being in a location so you could just designate whatever items you want that is in the player's inventory as being on the ship. If you make the ship 'not carried' then the weight of the items won't get added to the players carry weight (assuming that you bother with encumbrance). Another way to do it is keep the ship and the items in it in the Party sheet. Anything that is in the Party Sheet inventory that isn't assigned to a character can't be sold. And the player can add items to the party sheet or take things out of it via drag and drop.

Another option is to create the ship as a player character but don't put it on the Party sheet (otherwise they'll share XP etc) and the player who has the ship can control that character.

[LordEntrails]

Also, in the party sheet you can assign an item to "Ship" (or similar) and it won't be sold or distributed.