types of shops [Archive] - Wizards Community

types of shops [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Xidis
10-24-03, 07:13 PM I am compiling a list of types of shops to incorporate into my world so the PCs have a large variety of places to go and buy equipment, plus it will make the actual designing of the shops easier...

I have come up with these:
Armorsmith
Weaponsmith
Blacksmith
Alchemist
Magic
Clothier
Cartographer

I would also like services such as:
Slaver
Workhouse
Inn
Tavern

You get the idea, thanks for your contributions...
Kuje31
10-24-03, 07:28 PM General store (for all those other items that are listed in the PHB)
Bakery
Herbalist
Cunning Linguist
10-24-03, 07:45 PM Locksmith
Shar Baenre
10-24-03, 09:01 PM as dainty as it sounds, a tailor is imparitive... especially if you're in a coastal city where sails and such might need mending.
Also, a leather tanner is a good choice. I'll think of more.
Shar Baenre
10-24-03, 09:09 PM oops... I just noticed that you already had clothier, so I guess that would supercide the tailor.
One thing that I do is make the magic shop broken up into different sub-specialties:
alchemist-potions
jeweler-rings, amulets (also will appraise jewelry and gems found in adventures for a fee)
Scribe (could be in the same office as the cartographer) for scrolls and spellbooks
(can't think of a suitable name for one, but) a guy that makes staffs and wands
Also, figure in a few stores for just the locals. Not every shop will be suited to help in the adventure... some are just grocery stores.
Raeke
10-25-03, 05:07 PM How could you forget a Sage? Don't have knowledge of some place, item, legend, or myth? Go visit your handy-dandy neighborhood Sage. Plus, he fits in most overhead compartments.
knightserpent
10-25-03, 06:59 PM A TrapSmith or Trapmaker is a must. All those rich folk like to keep their homes and stuff safe from thieves.
Harlamond
10-25-03, 08:18 PM Black market equivalents are fun also, some place you can attain illegal goods such as drugs, military grade type items like a wand of fireballs and forged documents that sort of thing.
Kuje31
10-25-03, 08:26 PM I'll add another reply and say a Wheelwright(sp?), for some one who can repair and make wagons, and wagon wheels.

Or maybe a book shop, who sells text's of all kinds.

Or a curio shop, where adventurers sell all those things they find in dungeons, and no longer want.

A instrument shop.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Xidis 10-24-03, 07:13 PM	I am compiling a list of types of shops to incorporate into my world so the PCs have a large variety of places to go and buy equipment, plus it will make the actual designing of the shops easier... I have come up with these: Armorsmith Weaponsmith Blacksmith Alchemist Magic Clothier Cartographer I would also like services such as: Slaver Workhouse Inn Tavern You get the idea, thanks for your contributions...
Kuje31 10-24-03, 07:28 PM	General store (for all those other items that are listed in the PHB) Bakery Herbalist
Cunning Linguist 10-24-03, 07:45 PM	Locksmith
Shar Baenre 10-24-03, 09:01 PM	as dainty as it sounds, a tailor is imparitive... especially if you're in a coastal city where sails and such might need mending. Also, a leather tanner is a good choice. I'll think of more.
Shar Baenre 10-24-03, 09:09 PM	oops... I just noticed that you already had clothier, so I guess that would supercide the tailor. One thing that I do is make the magic shop broken up into different sub-specialties: alchemist-potions jeweler-rings, amulets (also will appraise jewelry and gems found in adventures for a fee) Scribe (could be in the same office as the cartographer) for scrolls and spellbooks (can't think of a suitable name for one, but) a guy that makes staffs and wands Also, figure in a few stores for just the locals. Not every shop will be suited to help in the adventure... some are just grocery stores.
Raeke 10-25-03, 05:07 PM	How could you forget a Sage? Don't have knowledge of some place, item, legend, or myth? Go visit your handy-dandy neighborhood Sage. Plus, he fits in most overhead compartments.
knightserpent 10-25-03, 06:59 PM	A TrapSmith or Trapmaker is a must. All those rich folk like to keep their homes and stuff safe from thieves.
Harlamond 10-25-03, 08:18 PM	Black market equivalents are fun also, some place you can attain illegal goods such as drugs, military grade type items like a wand of fireballs and forged documents that sort of thing.
Kuje31 10-25-03, 08:26 PM	I'll add another reply and say a Wheelwright(sp?), for some one who can repair and make wagons, and wagon wheels. Or maybe a book shop, who sells text's of all kinds. Or a curio shop, where adventurers sell all those things they find in dungeons, and no longer want. A instrument shop.