Bambur - Tobacconist
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Pipes, weed, and accessories
Description
Bambur is a very rotund dwarf with a long reddish beard and large ears. He is also a rather garrulous fellow, prone to seriously overselling the quality of his wares. On a patron’s first visit to the shop, Bambur will offer to let him sample a prospective purchase (test smoking a particular tobacco, or a new pipe). On future visits, this privilege will only be extended if the character actually made a purchase on that first occasion. Bambur has an excellent memory for names and faces, and can recall almost any customer that passes through his shop on a given day. When he is not smoking his well-used briar pipe, he is usually eating.
Exterior
A small stone building with a large plate glass window in front, behind which is a two-tiered counter upon which a variety of pipes, pouches, tinder boxes, and humidors are displayed. (The window is enchanted with a variant of a Magic Mouth spell known as the Screaming Banshee. If broken, it will emit a horrific shriek at 10 second intervals until the magical charge expires - total duration about 5 minutes). A sign in one corner of the window reads “Yes - We Have Drumhold Glen Tobacco”. Bambur’s name is etched in a bronze panel set in the heavy oaken door.
Interior
Both side walls are lined with more of the same wares, and large, labelled glass jars filled with various blends of tobacco (The alert browser might note that none of these containers, strangely, bears the legend Drumhold Glen). In the rear of the room is a desk littered with loose tobacco and by afternoon, food remains, behind which the proprietor sits. At the absolute rear of the room is a wooden staircase that leads down to Bambur’s living quarters.
Hours
9:00am - 6:00pm
Price Range
Fair/High
Quality
Poor/Fair
Cash Box
Also kept under lock and key, in the right-hand desk drawer. Bambur keeps both keys on a ring with about 20 others, most of which are obsolete precursors that fit earlier locks. (The key ring almost always remains in his pocket when not in use; 2% chance it is left out in the open). Cash box contains 4d20gp in coins, and 7d100gp in small gems.
Staff
Only Bambur.
Customers
70% chance of 1d4 patrons in the shop at any time. Most will be chatting loudly with Bambur in the rear of the room, pipes in hand. The most common subject talked about is women (politics is rarely discussed here).
NPC Encounters
A. Gori Greataxe | Thriven
Outstanding Items
Bambur’s selection of pipes and tinderboxes include the stylish as well as the functional. There are pipes in the shape of dragons and serpents, and boxes made of ivory or inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
Dwarven tobaccos tend to have a good bit harsher taste than halfling pipe weed. Anyone sampling it for the first time must make a CON saving roll, or succumb to a rather nasty coughing fit (providing great entertainment to any dwarves present in the shop). On the positive side, these tobaccos tend to burn less rapidly, so that a supply of it will last the user about 50% longer than a similar amount of normal pipe weed.
The best of the dwarven tobaccos is universally agreed to be Drumhold Glen. It costs about 3x more than any other blend in the shop and is worth the difference. Bambur keeps his supply of it under lock and key, in the bottom left-hand drawer of the desk.
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Tobacco (Shopping)
Owner: Bambur
District: The Dwarrow
Grid (Key) Ref.: A13 (HN)
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Type: Shop, Generic
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Ruler/Owner: Bambur
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World Anvil Metadata
Id: e73bb284-b3f1-4f19-a938-c3267a73ed1e
Entity Type: Article / landmark
Category: Places: The Dwarrow
Tags: fcoh,the-dwarrow-location,cat-shop,type-tobacco,guild-of-provenders-location,tobacco
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