Splatbook #136: Urban Adventures
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Building Blocks, City Style The Long Arm of the Law Merchants Inns & Taverns NPCs: 50 Ways to Foil your Players
AL: Charging Magic Items Building Golems Creating Martial Arts Styles - Dragon
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Merchant (136.22)
Table 1
Inn Prices
                                                    Cost by inn rating
Lodging * ** *** ****
1 night w/meal - 1 sp 5 sp 15 sp
1 night 1 sp 10 sp 1 gp 5 gp
1 week 6 sp 3 gp 5 gp 33 gp
1 month 1 gp 11 gp 19 gp 130 gp
(136.28)

Table 2
Inn Service Prices
                                                                Cost by inn rating
Services * ** *** ****
Armor repair - - - 2 gp
Blacksmith - - - 15 sp
Guide - - 8 sp 15 sp
Horse grooming - - - 10 sp
Horse meal - - - 1 gp
Laundry - 3 cp 20 cp 1 sp
Library - - - 2 gp
Messenger - - 3 sp 8 sp
Night guard - - - 1 gp
Stable - - 18 sp 2 gp
Storage closet - - 10 sp 1 gp
Weapon repair - - - 1 gp
(136.29)
 

Table 3
Tavern Drinks
                                                    Cost by tavern rating
Drink * ** *** ****
Ale1 10 cp 1 sp 2 sp 5 sp
Ale, dark1 1 sp 2 sp 5 sp 9 sp
Beer1 2 cp 5 cp 1 sp 3 sp
Bourbon2 2 sp 7 sp 11 sp 1 gp
Brandy2 - 15 sp 1 gp 3 gp
Grog1 1 sp 2 sp 5 sp 9 sp
Juice, apple - - 3 sp 8 sp
Juice, grape - 1 sp 3 sp 8 sp
Juice, orange - 2 sp 3 sp 8 sp
Juice, tomato - - 3 sp 8 sp
Mead 3 sp 5 sp 8 sp 12 sp
Milk, cow3 - 1 cp 4 cp 1 sp
Milk, goat3 - 2 cp 5 cp 1 sp
Tea - 2 sp 5 sp 7 sp
Water, spring 1 cp 2 cp 5 cp 15 cp
Wine, common 2 sp 5 sp 10 sp 15 sp
Wine, fine - 10 sp 18 sp 2 gp
1 Prices are per pint mug.
2 Prices are per shot glass.
3 Prices may be higher if facilities for getting the milk are not local. Milk could easily be an "upper class" item.
All other prices are per 12 oz. mug
(136.30)

Table 4
Tavern Foods
                                            Cost by tavern rating
Food * ** *** ****
Abalone - - 2 gp 7 gp
Apple 2 cp 3 cp 6 cp 1 sp
Banana 2 cp 2 cp 3 cp 6 cp
Bass - 3 sp 10 sp 18 sp
Beans 4 cp 8 cp 1 sp 2 sp
Beef 7 sp 15 sp 1 gp 4 gp
Berries - 2 cp 6 cp 1 sp
Boar - 1 gp 2 gp 7 gp
Bread 1 cp 1 cp 3 cp 6 cp
Broth 4 cp 8 cp 1 sp 2 sp
Cabbage 1 cp 2 cp 5 cp 18 cp
Carrots 1 cp 2 cp 3 cp 5 cp
Chicken 5 cp 1 sp 4 sp 8 sp
Cheese 3 cp 8 cp 1 sp 4 sp
Clams - 8 sp 14 sp 1 gp
Coconut 3 sp 6 cp 10 cp 1 sp
Corn 1 cp 2 cp 5 cp 8 cp
Crab - - 15 sp 1 gp
Dove - 4 sp 8 sp 13 sp
Duck 2 sp 3 sp 6 sp 10 sp
Eggs 4 cp 6 cp 1 sp 3 sp
Game hen - 4 sp 8 sp 18 sp
Goose - 8 sp 14 sp 1 gp
Grapes - 2 cp 5 cp 6 cp
Gruel 2 cp 6 cp 1 sp -
Lamb - 2 gp 4 gp 7 gp
Lobster - - 4 gp 8 gp
Mushrooms 1 cp 4 cp 10 cp 2 sp
Mutton 10 sp 15 sp 1 gp 2 gp
Orange 2 cp 4 cp 7 cp 1 sp
Oyster - 15 sp 1 gp 5 gp
Peas 5 cp 9 cp 1 sp 2 sp
Peach - 5 cp 8 cp 15 cp
Pear - 5 cp 8 cp 15 cp
Pheasant - 10 sp 15 sp 1 gp
Pork 12 sp 1 gp 2 gp 5 gp
Potatoes 1 cp 3 cp 5 cp 11 cp
Rabbit - - 15 sp 1 gp
Red Snapper - 4 sp 8 sp 1 gp
Ribs - 1 gp 4 gp 7 gp
Rice 1 cp 1 cp  2 cp 4 cp
Salmon - 6 cp 12 sp 24 sp
Snake - - 5 sp 16 sp
Soup 5 cp 1 sp 2 sp 4 sp
Stew 1 sp 2 sp 5 sp 9 sp
Squid - - 15 sp 1 gp
Trout 1 sp 3 sp 8 sp 18 sp
Tuna - 5 sp 10 sp 1 gp
Turkey 5 cp 1 sp 5 sp 10 sp
Venison - - 2 gp 4 gp
All prices here assume easy availability and could be much higher if this is not so.
(136.30)
 
 


The Golem's Craft
    Want to build a golem? It isn't easy . . .
    by John C. Bunnell

Table 1
Lesser Golems
Type Cost to 
construct (gp)*
XP value
Straw 250 110
Rope 500 220
Leather 750 440
Wood 1,000 880

Table 2
Greater Golems
                                    Cost in gp/Months
- standard with manual *
Pillar 30,000 / 4 80,000 / 6 **
Flesh 40,000 / 1 50,000 / 2
Clay *** 50,000 / 1/2 65,000 / 1
Stone 60,000 / 2 80,000 / 3
Iron 80,000 / 3 100,000 / 4

Table 1
Lesser Golems
Type Cost to 
construct 
(gp)*
XP 
value*
Straw 250 110
Rope 500 220
Leather 750 440
Wood 1,000 880
* If an expert craftsman is employed, cost
is doubled but construction time is cut in
half. This figure includes the cost of top-
quality materials (note that straw golems
require clothing which must be stuffed, as
with a scarecrow) and necessary herbal
powders which enable the animation to
take place.
** In the case of golems which have been
possessed, all attacks which hit will do
maximum damage, and the experience
awarded should be 11/2 to 2 times normal.
 (136.55)

Table 2
Greater Golems
                                                Cost in gp/Months
- standard with 
manual*
Pillar 30,000/4 80,000/6**
Flesh 40,000/1 50,000/2
Clay*** 50,000/1/2 65,000/1
Stone 60,000/2 80,000/3
Iron 80,000/3 100,000/4
* Except for the pillar golem (caryatid
column) information, this date is taken
from the DMG. However, since the chief
purpose of adding expense and time to the
process of creating golems with manuals
seems to be to deter low-level spell-casters,
DMs may elect to use the "standard" costs
for any golem built by a character able to
do so without a manual, even when a
manual is used. (Reduction in time
required would still apply in the case of a
manual of caryatid columns.)
** As noted in the text, the manual of
caryatid columns allows creation of two
such creatures.
*** Statistics given are for clerics who
personally shape the golem and are successful
on the first attempt. See note 4 in
the text for additional information.
 (136.55)


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