d20 4e ComStar Games Markets & Merchandise.pdf

Ma r k e t s

Me r c h a n d i s e

By David Caffee

ComStar Games

www.Comstar-Games.com

Contents

Clothing .............................................................................. 46

Musical Instruments ....................................................... 47

Food and Drink ................................................................. 48

Eateries and Restaurants ................................................. 50

Lodging per Night ............................................................ 52

Apartments......................................................................... 52

Shops................................................................................... 53

Entertainment .................................................................... 53

Services ............................................................................. 54

Financial Services ............................................................. 56

Bounties .............................................................................. 57

Temple Services and Religious Artifacts..................... 58

Medical Services and Apothecary ................................ 59

Potions and Alchemical Items ....................................... 60

Land..................................................................................... 62

Appendix: Treasure Parcels ................................ 63

Party Level One................................................................. 63

Party Level Two ................................................................ 63

Party Level Three .............................................................. 63

Party Level Four ................................................................ 64

Party Level Five................................................................. 64

Markets and Merchandise................................... 1

Introduction ....................................................................... 1

Chapter One: Currency and Wealth .................. 2

Currency ............................................................................ 2

Building a Currency System........................................... 4

Transporting Wealth ........................................................ 7

Barter ................................................................................... 7

Fabulous Riches ................................................................ 8

Chapter Two: Places to Buy Things................... 9

Local Trader ..................................................................... 9

Trading Post....................................................................... 10

Slaves .................................................................................. 11

Military Camp ................................................................... 11

Nomads............................................................................... 13

Fairs and Festivals ............................................................ 13

Town Market ..................................................................... 14

Civic Marketplace............................................................. 15

Grand Bazaar ..................................................................... 16

Forum .................................................................................. 17

Curia .................................................................................. 18

Chapter Three: Item Listings .............................. 19

Pricing ................................................................................. 19

Legality and Availability ................................................ 19

MASTER INVENTORY LISTINGS ............................ 19

Mount Weapon Table ...................................................... 27

Dire Hound Level 3 Brute ............................................... 27

Dire Hound Tactics .......................................................... 27

Elephant Level 6 Brute..................................................... 28

War Elephant Level 8 Brute ............................................ 28

Transport ........................................................................... 29

Livestock and Animals ................................................... 29

Crops and Wild Plants ..................................................... 31

Metals.................................................................................. 33

Gemstones.......................................................................... 33

Luxury Items 1 .................................................................... 34

Jewelry and Artwork........................................................ 38

Slaves .................................................................................. 40

Race and Slavery............................................................... 42

Monsters and Rare Animals ........................................... 43

Manufactured Goods ....................................................... 44

Markets and

Merchandise

By David Caffee

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Markets and Merchandise

By David Caffee

“Two high-priced courtesans, a ine

meal, a jug of ale, and a tattoo. The best

ten gold pieces you ever spent!”

an excellent resource for players who have a little

gold to spend. The goods and services in here can

make life easier for a character or help give your

equipment list its own unique lair.

Introduction

Markets and Merchandise is the ultimate

guide to buying and selling in a fantasy setting.

More that just a bunch of expanded equipment

lists, this book contains almost anything that your

newly wealthy adventurers might ever want to

purchase. It doesn’t matter if your characters are

interested in building a fortress, establishing a

business, or just hitting the town for supplies, they

will ind everything they could possibly want

right here. This book covers all sorts of goods

from the magical to the mundane and everything

in between.

How to Use This Book

This book serves as a guideline for DMs when

they are deciding what goods and services will

be available in a given area. It also serves as a

tool for establishing currency systems, handling

large scale trade, and dealing with inancial

transactions. The idea is to make purchasing

things quick and easy for the players, without

creating the impression that a merchant’s shelves

magically stock themselves with everything that

the characters would ever need (though there may

be a shop where the shelves do just that.) Use this

book to build treasures, lesh out NPCs, and ill in

the details of your campaign world. This book is

more than a list of things that characters can buy;

it is a comprehensive look at the marketplace as an

adventure setting and a crucial component of any

fantasy world.

Markets and Merchandise is a supplement

for DM’s who want to present realistic economic

systems in their fantasy worlds. This book is also

Chapter One: Currency and Wealth

In any economic system, the most important

facet of trade is currency. Even in a purely barter

driven society, there will be certain items whose

perceived value makes them indispensable as

symbols of wealth and standards by which the

value of other things is measured. The type of

things people value tells you a lot about them. By

the same token, the way the characters deal with

money and wealth is going to strong inluence

the way they view the campaign world. Consider

the following scenes where the characters are

approached by a shady looking merchant;

Currency

One of the easiest ways to give your campaign

world a unique lavor is to create your own coins

of the realm. By moving away from generic “gold

piece, silver piece” descriptions, you can add

atmosphere and local character to your kingdoms.

Playing with currency and barter also adds an

extra dimension to situations where the player

characters have to deal with wealth (which is

a lot). It is ine if you just want to stick with the

conventional gold, silver, copper approach. If you

do decide to create your own monetary system,

it is advised that you stay with the standard

exchange rates for gold and silver coins. Focus

instead on the naming of the coins and their

physical appearances.

“I have a job for you,” he says. “If you do this thing

for me, I will pay you one hundred pieces of gold.” To

illustrate his point, the merchant tosses a bag of coins

on the table.

“I have a job for you,” he says. “If you do this thing

for me, I will pay you ten thousand drachmas.” To

illustrate his point, the merchant pounds the table with

two small bars of gold.

Copper Piece

Copper coins hold little inherent value and may

not be widely accepted outside of the region where

they were minted. Treasury coins are backed by

the wealth of an individual kingdom or city and

may have to be exchanged for local currency before

they can be spent in another region. These lesser

coins are usually minted from bronze or brass,

though some are made from reddish copper or a

mixture of copper and lead. These coins are often

pressed with crude images of animals, monsters

or historical and political igures. The name of the

mint is often displayed and sometimes the coins

are stamped with the name of the monarch and

the year of his rule in which the coins were minted.

The quality of these coins varies greatly from one

type of coin to another. Older copper coins are

often turned into crude trinkets after their oficial

markings wear off.

“I have a job for you,” he says. “If you do this thing

for me, I will shower you with silver.” To illustrate his

point, the merchant motions to his servant who presents

you with a chest illed with twenty pounds worth of

silver trinkets.

“I have a job for you,” he says. “If you do this

thing for me, I will give you three ine ponies or ten of

my fattest cows.” To illustrate his point, the merchant

points out the window to a nearby herd of cattle and the

mounted drovers attending them.

“I have a job for you,” he says. “Do this thing for

me and you can have the woman.” To illustrate his

point, the merchant shoves a frightened looking woman

onto your lap.

In all of the above scenes, the monetary amount

being offered to the characters is roughly the same.

The only differences between them are differences

of style. Neither is better than the other, they each

have their own distinct lavor. A DM can use

situations like these to introduce his or her own

special twist to a setting, storyline, or NPC.

Markets and Merchandise

Some common names for copper coins include

the following.

You ind two hundred danarii in a ine silk

purse. The worn silver disks are stamped with

image of a grand temple on one side, while the

other bears the sword-and-star motif of the

kingdom of E’non.

Kruger

Drachma

Gold Piece

Sestertius

Gold is gold no matter how it is minted or by

whom. Naturally gold coins have to be minted

from the purest metal in order to represent an

honest exchange value. These coins are almost

always pressed with images of important gods,

sacred places or holy symbols. Gold coins are

always marked with the name of the mint where

they were pressed, along with the name of the

monarch who was ruling at the time and the year

of his rule. Gold coins are pressed with the inest

methods available and only rarely will you ind

coins that are irregular or misshapen. Many gold

coins have security features such as raised ridges

around the edge that prevent coin shaving. Some

gold coins are even marked with individual serial

numbers that allow the treasury to track their

movements and slow the movement of coins that

are leaving the country. Other mints will change

their molds frequently and remold older coins in

order to hamper counterfeiters. These criminals

will melt a gold piece down in order to create ten

false coins that are made of base metals and then

plated with gold.

You ind two thousand sestertii in a pair of

worn leather satchels. The irregular brass coins

are marked with the head of a dragon on one side

and the olive branch heraldry of the Free States on

the other.

Silver Piece

The smallest coins of any real value, silver

coins must be pure in order to be worth anything.

These coins are often pressed with the images

of lesser gods or igures from myth and legend.

These coins always have the name of the mint

displayed proudly on their surface, along with the

name of the local monarch and the year of his rule

in which the coins were minted. Silver coins are

often crafted with great care, though some mints

stamp them with cruder methods that result in

oddly shaped coins.

Some common names for silver coins include

the following.

Danarius

Sometimes people will split a gold coin in half

in order to make change during a transaction.

Generally speaking though, it is illegal to shave,

split, melt or otherwise deface a gold coin. There

are exceptions to this rule, of course, such as in the

case of coins that are extremely old or worn down.

Once a gold coin has been dilapidated to the point

that the images and symbols become hard to read,

the coin is no longer considered currency and is

merely a chunk of gold.

Farthing

Hekte

Nomos

Obol

Shekel

Stater

Talent

Ten-coin

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