Ever wonder what your character might find in a shop? While villages and hamlets may only support a general store, larger towns and cities have a wide variety of specialty shops and professionals. If you’re looking to add a bit of flavor to your shops, consider having them offer specific items!
Listed below are various specialty shop types, and items from the Dungeons & Dragon 5th Edition Player’s Handbook that you might find in such an establishment.
Alchemist’s Lab
Acid, alchemist’s fire, alchemist’s supplies, antitoxin, basic poison, brewer’s supplies, glass bottle, gunpowder*, healer’s kit, herbalism kit, herbs, holy water, oil, perfume, poisoner’s kit, potion of healing, sealing wax, soap, spices, vial
*If such items are normally available in your campaign
Artist’s Shop
Book, calligrapher’s supplies, cartographer’s supplies, chalk, disguise kit, dyes, forgery kit, ink, ink pen, lamp, map case, mason’s tools, musical instruments, painter’s supplies, paper, parchment, potter’s tools, scroll case
Bowyer/Fletcher
Arrows, bolt case, crossbow bolts, longbow, quiver, shortbow
Brewery/Winery
Brewer’s supplies, flask, jug, pitcher, tankard, waterskin; ale, beer, mead, or wine (depending on the nature of the establishment)
Enchanter
Arcane focuses, book, calligrapher’s supplies, component pouch, druidic focuses, holy symbols, holy water, ink, ink pen, paper, parchment, potion of healing, spellbook
Fishery
Fish, fishing tackle, hemp rope, navigator’s tools, net, pole, silk rope
General Goods
Basket, bedroll, bell, blanket, block and tackle, bucket, bullseye lantern, candle, chain, chalk, climber’s kit, common clothes, cook’s utensils, crowbar, feed, flask, gaming sets, grappling hook, hammer, hemp rope, hooded lantern, hunting trap, ink, ink pen, iron pot, jug, ladder, lamp, mess kit, net, oil, pitcher, pouch, rations, sack, shovel, silk rope, soap, steel mirror, tankard, tinderbox, torch, trade goods, waterskin, whetstone
Jeweler
Arcane focus (crystal), arcane focus (orb), gems, glass bottle, glassblower’s tools, jeweler’s tools, precious metals, signet ring
Smithy
Battleaxe, breastplate, caltrops, chain, chain mail, chain shirt, crowbar, dagger, dart, flail, glaive, greataxe, greatsword, halberd, hammer, handaxe, half plate armor, iron pot, iron spikes, lance, light hammer, longsword, mace, manacles, maul, metal ingots, miner’s pick, morningstar, pike, piton, plate armor, rapier, ring mail, scale mail, scimitar, shield, shortsword, shovel, sickle, sledgehammer, smith’s tools, spear, splint armor, trident, war pick, warhammer
Tack & Harness
Barding, bit & bridle, feed, saddles, saddlebags
Tailor/Weaver
Backpack, bedroll, blanket, bolts of cloth, cobbler’s tools, common clothes, costume, fine clothes, padded armor, pouch, robes, sack, tent, traveler’s clothes, weaver’s tools
Tannery
Animal hides, backpack, hide armor, leather, leather armor, leatherworker’s tools, pouch, sack, saddles, saddlebags, scale mail, studded leather armor, tent, waterskin, whip
Tinkerer’s Workshop
Abacus, ball bearings, bullet*, hand crossbow, heavy crossbow, hourglass, light crossbow, lock, magnifying glass, manacles, merchant’s scale, musket*, navigator’s tools, pistol*, signal whistle, spyglass, thieves’ tools, tinker’s tools
*If such items are normally available in your campaign
Woodcarver
Arcane focus (staff), barrel, bucket, carpenter’s tools, chest, club, druidic focus (wooden staff), greatclub, javelin, ladder, pole, quarterstaff, torch, woodcarver’s tools
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