Gip’s Clothing
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Off the rack ready-to-wear
Description
Algipon the Crafty - (known as Gip, for short - the name’s the only thing about him that is short) stands 6’9”, and weighs 150 pounds. In overall appearance, he resembles Boris Karloff. He will dicker on the price of the clothing he sells, but never goes below the actual value (he usually starts by asking 3 times his normal price).
Exterior
A three-story Brick building, on a street corner. The lower half of the second floor is painted white, and various scenes of well-dressed people decorate the strip of white.
Interior
Dimly lit, with scores of racks with various robes, tunics, pantaloons, dresses, etc. hung about them, the sales room occupies all but the last 10’ of the depth of the lower floor. There is a three-mirrored corner, even more poorly lit that the rest of the room, and one changing room masked off by a curtain. The back of the store contains the office, and a stairway up to the second-floor flat occupied by Gip and his assistant, George.
Hours
6:00am to 9:00am, and 4:00pm to 8:00pm.
Price Range
High.
Quality
Cheap.
Cash Box
Kept in the back office. Gip or George will disappear behind the door to the rear with whatever money is given them, returning with a receipt (and possibly change).
Staff
Gip and George are the only staff. George is Gip’s nephew, and has lived with the haberdasher since his parents died as a small boy. As a result of Gip’s training, the lad is totally without scruples when it comes to making money.
Customers
Usually only 1 or 2, rarely 3 or 4.
Loiterers
Gip does not encourage browsers. They might discover what they’re buying before they buy it (there is, of course, a no returns policy).
NPC Encounters
Few self-respecting NPCs would admit that they shopped here.
Outstanding Items
There is a 15% chance one might actually find a good quality cloak or dress among the apparel in the shop. Gip buys many second hand items, cleans and presses them, and presents them as new merchandise. Sometimes he gets lucky.
Special Options
Gip does not know, but there is a second-hand embroidered linen shirt in his shop that is embedded with a spell which increases sex appeal (+4 to CHA, when dealing with the opposite sex). There is a 10% chance that a given selection of shirts will contain the magical item. Because of the fancy embroidery, Gip’s asking price starts at 5 times normal cost. He can be bargained down to only 150% of his normal price.
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General Clothing (Shopping)
Owner: Algipon
District: The Commons
Grid (Key) Ref.: S12 (AB)
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Type: Shop, Tailor
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Ruler/Owner: Algipon
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World Anvil Metadata
Id: 1dfb0303-6d7b-4981-bc73-a98bb39e3aca
Entity Type: Article / landmark
Category: Places: The Commons
Tags: fcoh,the-commons-location,cat-shop,type-general-clothing,guild-of-the-loom-location,general-clothing
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