Bucklander’s Import Emporium
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The everything store
Description
Rigaletto Brandybuck is a vigorous entrepreneur, always looking for a new angle to increase his already substantial fortune. He dislikes competition, and will use threats or underhanded tactics to maintain his monopoly on sales of many prestigious products (see Dell, Scenarios). Is frequently seen in the company of non-halfling merchants.
Exterior
An immense one-floor stone building, three to four times larger than the other shops on Merchant’s Row. The sign atop the massive double doors says in script “Bucklander’s Import Emporium: The Most Unique Gift Ideas in Haven”. The Bucklander family banner hangs above the sign.
Interior
A cavernous single room, sectioned off into more than twenty alcoves, each labelled with a sign identifying the general class of items contained within. Each alcove contains a number of display cases, tables and shelves. All are immaculately clean, and the individual items are clearly separated ‘and marked with prices. Certain of these items may be marked with Tiny red “Special Sale” tags.
Hours
11:00am - 7:00pm
Price Range
High/Outrageous.
Quality
Fair/Excellent.
Cash Box
One in each alcove, of an open slot variety - all the cashiers wear coin changers. Members of Rigaletto’s personal guard force regularly circulate around the shop to empty the boxes into large sacks. They carry the complete set of keys that open the Complexity Level 4 locks on the boxes.
Staff
There are a cashier and salesman in each alcove. The salesmen are usually quite familiar with the most admirable qualities of the goods they are selling, and can offer very persuasive arguments to a prospective buyer. There are, at any time; 6-10 guards on the premises, identifiable by the cloth sash they wear (emblazoned with the Brandybuck emblem). There is a 30% chance that Rigaletto is present. If not, the Head Clerk Treboc Wexwing is left in charge of the shop.
Customers
Bucklander’s will have 30-120 customers at any time. Only about 30% will be halfling, and the rest a wide variety of other races. There is a 15% chance that 1d4 nobles or prominent merchants of the city will be present in the shop.
NPC Encounters
Dingo Proudbottom | Paladin Brandybuck | Almost everyone in Haven with pretensions of class has been in Bucklander’s at one time or another.
Guards
Outstanding Items
Bucklander’s is the sole source in Haven for a number of goods - the best blends of halfling pipe weed, canisters of dates and nuts from far off lands, the finest Solhedrin crystal, etc. The prices on these goods are, by and large, outrageous, because of their effective monopoly. Any items marked as sale items (never more than 5-10% of the total stock) are goods which have moldered too long in inventory, and tend to be mediocre bargains even at their lowered prices - there is also a 10% chance that the sale goods are flawed or somehow defective.
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General Goods (Shopping)
Owner: Rigaletto Brandybuck
District: The Dell
Grid (Key) Ref.: E13 (IP)
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Type: General Store
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Ruler/Owner: Rigaletto Brandybuck
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World Anvil Metadata
Id: 3737ee0a-7d2a-4738-a381-a8c05cd128e1
Entity Type: Article / landmark
Category: Places: The Dell
Tags: fcoh,the-dell-location,cat-shop,type-general-goods,merchants-guild-location,general-goods
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