Shop

Generate the merchant as an NPC with personality and alignment (roll on npc-tables.md) and describe the shop's atmosphere. Alignment influences pricing fairness and willingness to deal in questionable goods.

3. Inventory Generation

Use the inventories and price lists in price-list.md for standard stock (General Store, Blacksmith, Apothecary, Arcanist) and the special stock rarity table.

4. Buying

Display all prices and transactions using 🪙 and item category icons per RULES.md § "Display Formatting — Icons & Items".

1. Player selects items
2. Calculate total cost
3. If player can afford it: deduct gold, add items to inventory. Show the transaction:

   🛒 Purchase:
     ⚔️ Longsword — 🪙 **15 GP**
     Total: 🪙 **15 GP**  |  Balance: 🪙 **100 GP → 85 GP**
   

4. If player can't afford it: merchant says so, suggest haggling

5. Selling

Players can sell items at half their base value (round down).

Merchants will only buy items relevant to their shop type. A blacksmith won't buy potions.

6. Haggling

Player can attempt to get a better price:

Persuasion check:

• DC 15: 10% discount (buying) or 10% bonus (selling)
• DC 20: 20% discount/bonus
• DC 25: 30% discount/bonus (merchant's best offer)
• Failure by 5+: Merchant is offended, refuses to deal for the rest of the visit

Deception check (lying about item value):

• Same DCs as Persuasion
• If caught (merchant's Insight beats Deception): banned from the shop

Each player gets one haggle attempt per transaction.

7. Special Services

Some shops offer services:

• Blacksmith: Repair equipment (10% of item value), commission custom weapons (double price, 1d4 days)
• Arcanist: Identify magical items (25 GP), enchant items (varies)
• Apothecary: Cure disease (50 GP + Medicine check), brew custom potions (varies)

8. Update State

• Update character gold and inventory (show final 🪙 balance)
• Save shop and merchant to campaign file for future visits
• Shop inventories refresh after d4 days of in-game time