The Leaf and Jar
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A working class tavern
Description
Hambo Stoutbarrel - A middle-aged halfling of tremendous girth, who is always dressed in a tent-like brown tunic and a grease-stained leather apron. He dislikes working hard, and gets angry when patrons become impatient for service.
Hambo is extremely chauvinistic (one may note the absence of female employees in this establishment), and an accomplished spinner of tall tales.
He knows a smattering of lore (just enough to be dangerous) on about a thousand different subjects.
Exterior
A T-shaped structure made of earth and thatch, 50’ feet long across the front. A wood-carving of a sprig of flowering dogwood in an earthenware jar hangs above the circular doorway. In seasonal weather, both the door and the windows on either side of it will be thrown open, filling the street with the sounds of loud conversation. There is a small, well-tended vegetable garden on the east side of the building, toward the rear.
Interior
The front portion of the T is a single long room with a dirt floor and a wooden cross beamed ceiling 6’ above it. There is a large open hearth along the west wall. An immense pot of soup or stew is always simmering there. The bar stands at the cross of the T, made of rough wood planking. A door behind it leads to Hambo and Furry’s living quarters.
Hours
Noon - 10:00pm
Price Range
Cheap.
Quality
Poor but filling food and drink.
Cash Box
Kept beneath the bar, it holds 1d10sp in silvers, coppers, and bits for each hour of operation.
Staff
Besides Hambo, only one, Forindoc Bucket, aka Furry. Furry is waiter, cook, and clean-up crew, and looks like Laurel to Hambo’s Hardy (he is extraordinarily thin for a halfling - only slightly overweight). He is somewhat slow-witted, and has almost no hair on his feet or hands (resulting in his nickname). He is occasionally the butt of practical jokes, but most of the patrons like the lad because of his eagerness to please. His two loves in life are whittling and his vegetable garden, which he tends with great care.
Customers
- [roll:2d8+2] customers during the afternoon;
- [roll:5d10+5] during the evening, almost all lower class types.
Non-halfling patrons are rare, and often suspected of being government officials. If one has recently been on the premises, he will be a major topic of conservation.
The place is full of gossip and chatter. However, there is a 60% chance that any rumor heard here will be greatly exaggerated, and a 30% chance that it is utter fabrication. It is often possible to find someone in the crowd willing to undertake a bit of theft for a price. In fact, if a character enters the Leaf and Jar looking well-dressed or flashing money, he is quite likely to meet such a cutpurse under less than pleasant circumstances.
NPC Encounters
Elias Pennywhistle | Mardo Breakwater | Burley Stonecastle | Benham Barleyman
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Tavern (Inns & Taverns)
Owner: Hambo Stoutbarrel
District: The Dell
Grid (Key) Ref.: F12 (IM)
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Type: Pub / Tavern / Restaurant
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Ruler/Owner: Hambo Stoutbarrel
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World Anvil Metadata
Id: 275162bf-bd5f-4fc0-a2b8-79b45a5945cd
Entity Type: Article / landmark
Category: Places: The Dell
Tags: fcoh,the-dell-location,cat-entertainment,type-tavern,guild-of-the-hearth-location,entertainment
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