Master Pett’s Your Whispering Homunculus presents only the finest in British gaming. Indeed, you are not likely to find a more comprehensive assortment of miscellany anywhere.
(So much more than just another bloke in a dress.)
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“Sleep pretty master. Dream. Let me whisper in your ear whilst you slumber, casting my spell as we go. One day, I shall be inside that head of yours, and I shall be the master. For now, my list is complete—you make things too easy for me. ‘A curious market slug,’ you said, ‘must sell strange and obscure objects from even stranger shops and emporiums.’
“Now my simple task is over, and I can once again continue my vigil. Whispering, whispering as I cast my own spell to become you.”
In a city, not every shop sells potions or adventuring items, not every street is given over to smithies and armorers, leatherworkers and carpenters. Some markets have darker, stranger, and rarer traders. Use them to fill your streets, give locations for random street encounters, or as the basis for clues or intrigue. Be varied not only with the exotic nature of goods available in a larger settlement but also in the owners’ and workers’ characters. Are the traders desperate merchants down to their last copper and about to be ousted by cruel landlords, or are they haughty snobs who hold clues they are reluctant to share with friends in high places…
- Longman Sleen—Purveyor of Skins, Tusks, and Fingers of Beast and Monsters
- Dark Shorgwell’s Exotic Fish Mart
- Togwort’s False Teeth and Barbers
- Hobbyhorses and Fine Singing Birds
- Magnificent Chimney Sweep Rods by Larkwell
- Peerless Sables
- Tanperenemy, Kifman, and Sludd—Rare Tobaccos and Pipes from across the Known World
- Living Carpets from Kosk
- Hog Fetishes and Stuffed Lampreys
- Bat Hide and Gargoyle Gums to Cure All Ills
- The Dragon Teeth Corner Shop
- Dragon-Scale Objects by Royal Appointment
- All Things Owlbear
- Maester Foffurd Q. Wentwen—Portrait Artist to Kings
- The Sitar Shop
- Shortstone’s Luxurious Leather Hats—None Better!
- The Curious Books About Fish Emporium
- Chirurgical Attire and Butcher’s Aprons
- The Powdered Leech Shop
- Rare Seeds by the Erbedium Company
- Catchford Quip—Spire Wig Maker to Royalty
- The Potion Gourd Market
- Scrimshaw Bulettes and Other Carvings
- Capable Barm’s Pigment and Paint Hall
- Cag’s Rag and Bone Yard, Antiquaries Our Specialty
- Ornate Gates Bazaar
- The Carven Angelic Anchor and Devil Sail Warehouse
- The Lobster Boy
- Cannder Horrage—Fire Beetle Dealer
- Slott’s Silver-Threaded Slippers and Gowns
- Barghies’s Dog Armor
- Yuttman and Sredge—Silver Ballistae Bolt Makers to the Crown
- Roses’ Carriage-Breads
- M. Marp—Oiled Cloak Suppliers
- Singing Coffins by Tirgep
- The Choker-Skin Book Binding Company
- The Mammoth Horn Emporia
- Saints seen in Mundane Objects Entrepot
- Kobold Skin Attire by T.L. Warrener
- Zarrs’s Colossal Kites
- Peacocks and Albino Pheasant Menagerie Suppliers
- Pig Mask Shop
- Rare and Exotic Leeches
- The Gong Emporium
- False Legs by T. Uldrell
- Xorn Parts
- J. Kollis’s Elixirs to Cure Lycanthropes
- The Animated Objects Bazaar
- Things in Brine
- Giant Paper Lanterns
- Yellow Hats by Karl
- Leopard and Tiger Skins Market
- Leather Elephants Decoration House
- Squard’s Witch Protection and Charm Store
- Hives by Torrim
- False Arms by P. Uldrell
- The Unicorn Horn Brandy Shop
- Chitin Helms and Armor Establishment
- Colossal Candles Mart
- Every Incense
- Church-Bell Makers of Threem Street
- The Hound Collar and Leash Bazaar
- Trained Mastiffs by Ruddjy Gorsewell, Hound Breaker to the Aristocracy
- The Griffon Training Mercantile Company (Associated with the Pegasus Training Brotherhood)
- The Green Slime Removal Company
- Waterclocks by T. Hubbins
- The Alchemist’s Lab Merchants Warehouse
- Sailing Ships and Passage by the West Range Seaboard Society
- The Pantomime Horse Makers and Entertainer’s Outfit Bazaar
- Ertwin’s Luxury 10-Foot Pole Store
- The Harpsichord Hall
- Grand Organs by Tord, Cathedral Organs a Speciality
- Chains for Beast, Bulls, and Monsters
- The Choker Blood Physicians Store—Charm the One You Love with a Choker Charm Elixir
- Life-Size Stone Carvings of Monsters Warehouse
- Rare Maps and Treatises
- The Hooded Nun Confessionary Cabinet Company
- The Ship-On-Land Spice Warehouse
- Mighty Rope Bazaar
- The Howdah Trade House
- H. J. Porris—Ship Figurehead Carvers Extraordinaire
- Powdered Mice and Other Rodent Components
- Serendipity Antiquarian’s Hall
- Flags to Order by Artrim Horb Witwell
- The Rope Ladder, Hat and Hose Store
- The Gilt and Liquid Gold Mercantile Society
- Leaded Window Artisan Courtyard
- Patril McRoggurt’s Magnificent Coach and Luxury Carriage Warehouse and Workshop
- The Powder and Perfume for Gentlemen Trading House
- Great Fishing Nets and Harpoon Company
- The Black Pig Iron Ingot Company
- Rare and Exotic Poultry Market and Auction
- The Silver and Gold Weather Vane Artisan’s Mart
- Pantaloons and Kirtles
- Butts, Barrels, and Bags
- The Black Bread Bakery
- P. Whatt Builders and Architectural Engineers—Long Ladders and Scaffolding Experts to the Crown
- The Alembic Market
- Pews
- The Exotic Unguent Mart and Bazaar
(For additional exotic shops and curiosities, check out the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Gamemastery Guide, which the estimable Mr. Pett also contributed to.)
The Uldrell dynasty sure have the fake bodypart market in their grasp!
Another awesome list, love it! <3
PS: Do they sell lasers/guns at "Pews"? :D
“Pews” must indeed be a shop run by cat-people. I’m sure of it. :D
I can see [i]Ertwin’s Luxury 10-Foot Pole Store[/i] being popular with my group. and FINALLY, a source of pantomime horse costumes!
Excellent stuff.