The Homestead Mercantile The World of Greyhawk & The World of Greyhawk Wiki The current year for our World of Greyhawk campaign is set during 579CY. Inspired By Gary Gygax

The Homestead Mercantile occupies a broad timber-framed building along one of Westbridge’s narrow lanes, a short walk from the bridge. A covered porch keeps sacks of grain and stacked firewood out of the rain, while muddy boots have worn the threshold smooth.

Inside, shelves and barrels leave just enough room for two customers to pass. The air smells of lamp oil, dried apples, rope, and the faint sweetness of soap. Mara Wescott runs the shop with a sharp memory for what each household needs.

She stocks flour, salt, candles, nails, twine, blankets, fishing line, and the other ordinary things that can become urgent when the roads turn bad. Farmers bring her eggs, preserves, and surplus produce to trade. She keeps a few travelers’ supplies behind the counter, though anything unusual must be ordered from Portown or Saltmarsh.

Mara knows that a village of three hundred cannot thrive on coin alone. She allows trusted neighbors to buy on account until harvest or payday, recording each debt in a ledger she keeps beneath the counter. She is patient with a family facing a hard season, but expects people to speak plainly with her. Customers who try to deceive her find that Westbridge has very few other places to buy lamp oil.

The mercantile is also where small pieces of news gather. A ferryman mentions a damaged landing downstream; a carter reports armed strangers on the road; someone comes in for candles and leaves knowing which neighbor needs help. Mara passes along what matters, usually while wrapping a purchase in scrap paper. Travelers seeking supplies will find them here, along with a fair account of what the road ahead has been like lately.

FOOD & HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Flour (5 lb. sack): 2sp
Salt (1 lb. pouch): 1sp
Dried Apples (1 lb.): 1sp
Dried Beans (2 lb. sack): 1sp
Salted Fish (1 lb.): 2sp
Honey (small crock): 3sp
Soap (one bar): 1sp
Tallow Candles (six): 1sp
Clay Storage Jar: 2sp
Plain Wool Blanket: 5sp

FARM & WORKSHOP SUPPLIES
Iron Nails (one dozen): 1sp
Twine (50 ft. ball): 5cp
Hemp Rope (50 ft.): 1gp
Sack (small): 1gp
Sack (large): 2gp
Wooden Bucket: 3sp
Work Gloves: 2sp
Whetstone: 1sp
Hand Trowel: 3sp
Fishing Line and Hooks: 2sp

TRAVELER'S NECESSITIES
Standard Rations (seven days): 5gp
Iron Rations (seven days): 15gp
Waterskin: 1gp
Backpack: 5gp
Lamp Oil (one flask): 2gp
Torches (six): 1gp
Tinder Box (flint and steel): 3gp
Wool Cloak: 8sp
Bedroll: 1gp
Bandages (six clean strips): 1sp