Remarkable Shops & Their Wares (Hardcover)

Remarkable Shops & Their Wares is the ultimate inspirational sourcebook to create and roleplay fantastical shops. A richly illustrated book featuring eight ready-made and remarkable shops to use in any campaign world — complete with staff NPCs, items, and exciting quest hooks. This is the sequel to the best-selling Remarkable Inns & Their Drinks.

Turn ordinary shop visits into memorable roleplaying experiences. From numerous shop types and their wares to unique shopkeepers. Currencies, trade routes, exotic mounts, and crafting custom items. You can even let your players build and operate a store. With dozens of random generation tables, game masters can now construct the most detailed shops ever to grace a fantasy world.

Who This Appeals To

Game masters running D&D 5e, Pathfinder, or any fantasy TTRPG who want richly detailed, ready-to-use shops that feel alive — not just a list of items for sale. Perfect for urban campaigns, merchant-focused arcs, or any session where players want to explore a city.

Features

• 8 pre-written shops with staff, items & quest hooks:
  • Emporio Verdantis, Undersea Archives, Thunderspire Forge, House of Harmony, The Shear Dread, Grimble & Sons Tinkerlings, The Old Mill, Bazaar of Markoon
• Dozens of (magical) items to spark your imagination
• Inspirational optional gameplay concepts
• A wealth of random generation tables
• Create your own fantasy shop, staff & motivations
• Crafting custom items chapter
• Let your players build and run a shop
• 8 full-color shop maps included
• 112 richly illustrated pages

What You'll Experience

Your players walk into the Bazaar of Markoon and immediately feel the chaos of a hundred merchants hawking wares. The shopkeeper has a secret. The item they want is available — for a price. Remarkable Shops makes every commercial transaction a potential adventure hook.

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• Pathfinder Map Pack: Marketplace — ready-to-use map tiles for markets, shops & trading posts
• Remarkable Inns & Their Drinks (Hardcover) — the prequel: 8 ready-made taverns with NPCs & story hooks
• Remarkable Guilds & Their Heroes (Hardcover) — 200 pages of guild content for any fantasy RPG
• Remarkable Shops & Their Wares (Softcover) — the softcover edition of this title
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