Equipment: Niceties
Item Price Weight
Food    
Allbuk’s Filling Gruel 1gp/packet ½ lb
Allbuk’s Hearty Meal 3gp/day 2lb
Amphorbitte 40gp/serving 1lb
Qual-Pash 35gp 2lb.
Trull Egg Bake 5sp/serving 1lb
Surgot 8sp 1lb
Brumbee 3sp/serving 1lb
Meat Roll 2sp ½ lb
Potato Bowl
2sp 1lb
Drinks    
Allbuk’s Pick-me-up 12gp ½ lb
Blackmire Swill 5gp/mug 1lb
Blood Tonic 3gp/glass 1lb
Caravaner’s Brew 8sp/glass ½ lb
Dwarven Spirits 1gp/mug 2lb
Dwarven Winter-mead 5gp/mug 2lb
Poisoner’s Choice 100gp/glass 1lb
Rizeni Brandy 150gp/bottle 3lb
Sweetwater Spirits
5sp/glass 1lb
Lodging    
Inn, Extravagant 9gp/night --
Inn, Flophouse 5cp/night --
Inn, Quality 5gp/night --
Inn, Suite 15gp/night --
Inn, Tended
+5gp/night --
Food

Allbuk’s Filling Gruel
Like many foodstuffs sold by the dwarven alchemist, Allbuk, filling gruel is dehydrated, sold as packets of grey powder. When added to boiling water, the filling gruel expands to make a pint of thick porridge.

This porridge is specially formulated to provide a day’s worth of nourishment in one sitting. Unfortunately, it has the texture of wet plaster and a taste to match. Even trail rations are preferable in taste and appearance.

Allbuk’s Hearty Meal
Another dehydrated culinary work of Allbuk, the hearty meal is a great leap forward in presentation, though not quite as filling. When boiling water is stirred into the paper and canvas tray, the meal becomes a delicious and edible meal of beef and mashed potatoes.

Amphorbitte
Amphorbitte is cuisine developed by necromancers as an 'appetizer for undeath'. It has since become popular both with adventurous diners as well as sapient undead.

Amphorbitte is actually (formerly) live creatures called 'ampho', clear, round, gelatinous creatures, not unlike huge amoeba. They are killed with inflict minor wounds and reanimated with a second burst of negative energy, turning their membranes a slick black.

The flavor of amphorbitte is best described as something like the smell of mesquite smoke combined with a sharp, acidic taste.

Consuming a serving of amphorbitte heals undead 1 point of damage.

Qual-Pash
Originally created by the jungle dwelling Sylvan Nagas, qual-pash is a layered dessert, consisting of a base of primitive, dark chocolate topped with a soft sweet bread, covered in a thin later of custard, topped with meringue, then drizzled with clotted cream.

Since society first made contact with the naga society, qual-pash has become a major hit in the larger cities. The naga are deeply amused with this, as in their language, 'qual-pash' translates into 'lover's bread' and is considered a mild aphrodisiac. The idea of humans casually dining on such a thing appeals to naga humor.

Trull Egg Bake
Trulls are the gargantuan, primitive ancestors of dragon turtles that live on river deltas and flood plains. Despite their size, they are slow witted and docile. People near trull herds often harvest the eggs of these gentle giants and bake them with local herbs from the delta.

Trull egg bake is served in the shell with the tip cut off and the semi-solid egg ladled into bowls. A single egg serves six people.

Surgot
A Surgot is a sandwich popularized in the west. It is composed of slices of rattlesnake meat, topped with cheese on a hard roll. The sandwich is then heated until the cheese melts and topped with sliced green pepper.

The sandwich is named for the warlord, Surgot who always had the meal created for him at state functions.

Brumbee
A loaf of diced lamb, shredded fish, potatoes and crushed wheat crackers, served in slices and topped with thick lamb gravy. Brumbee is common dish for many coastal regions. Inlanders generally lack a taste for it, especially the fish and sometimes make brumbee with lamb and beef instead.

Meat Roll
A northern favorite, meat rolls consist of ground beef mixed with finely chopped carrots, peppers and onions browned and injected into palm sized lumps of dough which are then cooked until crisp. Meat rolls are sold by street vendors in most major cities.

Potato Bowl
A frequent product from street vendors, potato bowls are bowls of hard bread filled with mashed potatoes and herbs. The entire edible bowl is usually sold with a piece of hard tack as a spoon on a piece of paper.

Drink

Allbuk’s Pick-me-up
A powerful, but short lived stimulant, Allbuk’s Pick-me-up comes in vials meant to be mixed into water or other drink.

When used as directed, the pick-me-up removed the effects of fatigue for two hours. Additional pick-me-up have no effect for 1d6 hours.

If a character drinks a pick-me-up without diluting it, they take 2 temporary Dexterity damage in addition to the above effect.

Blackmire Swill
A favorite of young and foolish minotaurs seeking to prove their mettle, Blackmire Swill is a thick, black concoction made from the dregs left from distillation of other beverages.

Imbibing a mug of Blackmire Swill requires a Fortitude saving throw DC 15 or the imbiber takes 1d6 temporary Wis damage and 1d4 temporary Int damage. A character rendered unconscious by imbibing Blackmire Swill suffers 1 permanent Wis and Int damage.

Blood Tonic
A drink popularized in recent years by unknown groups, blood tonics are exotic mixes of fruit juices mixed with a cup of blood from a spirit beast or other monster. The drink has no actual effects on the imbiber, but in some circles, drinking blood tonic indicates virility.

There are rumors of some underground bars that deal in blood tonic made from the blood of sapient beings; humanoids, dragons, doppelgangers and the like.

Caravaner’s Brew
Invented in the caravans of impatient halflings, caravaner’s brew is made of grain mash combined with alchemical ingredients. It is known for its constant chill, even when left to sit on hot days.

Imbibing a glass of caravaner’s brew requires a Fortitude save (DC 10) or the imbiber becomes dazzled for 1d4 hours.

Dwarven Spirits
Served hot with traditional dwarven mineral spices, dwarven spirits are potent alcoholic beverages almost universally favored by dwarves.

Imbibing dwarven spirits requires a Fortifude saving throw (DC 18) of the imbiber takes 1 temporary Con damage and 1d6 temporary Wis damage.

Dwarven Winter-mead

A version of dwarven spirits reserved for the dead of winter, a mug of dwarven winter-mead has the same effect as a mug of Dwarven spirits, plus it grants a +2 alchemical bonus to Fortitude saves vs. the effects of a cold environment.

Poisoner’s Choice
Members of the sect called Bloodmyst Poisoners are immune to the effects of poisons. To this end, they have devised an alternate method of intoxication that gets around this. Poisoner’s Choice is actually a fast acting, fast metabolizing, benign plague.

Imbibing a glass of this green-brown substance deals 1d2 temporary Wis damage over the next 3 hours. A cure disease spell ends this effect.

Rizeni Brandy
Mashed from the pods of the whey weed plant, Rizeni brandy is a milky white liquid, sometimes called ‘milk of the land’. Rizeni brandy is no more alcoholic than wine, but possessing and regularly drinking the vaguely sweet beverage is a sign of the upper class outside Rizen.

Sweetwater Spirits
Called ‘candied water’ by many serious drinkers, sweetwater spirits are a cheaply made derivative of the sap of the nyara plant, favored by druids and other naturalists. While it does tend to have a mild, relaxing effect, it has no addictive properties and needs to be consumed in truly copious amounts (at least a gallon over the space of an hour) to intoxicate.

Lodging

Inn, Extravagant
An extravagant inn room features a king sized bed with a down mattress with silk sheets, wool blankets, and pillows. The room has a fireplace, wardrobe, a table and two leather chairs. The locks are of amazing quality. The room also has fresh fruit delivered daily and a wash basin willed with hot water on demand.

Inn, Flophouse
Flophouses are cheap shelters for travelers with little money. They are usually lofts above taverns with a hard wood floor. Patrons sleep where they will on the floor.

Inn, Quality
Quality inn rooms are private rooms with a four person table, chairs, fireplace, wardrobe and a queen sized bed with heavy blankets, pillows, silk sheets and a feathered mattress. The doors and windows in a quality room are of good quality.

Inn, Suite
In addition to a quality room, a suite features; a sitting room with a couch, bookcase (stocked with popular reading material), two arm chairs; a full service, private bathroom complete with a large tub; and a breakfast nook. The locks are of good quality.

Inn, Tended
Tended inn rooms include turn down service, meals delivered to the room, daily cleaning by a maid and the services of a runner to deliver messages or do light shopping. Quality or excellent inns often offer this service.

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