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The large dragon skull (perhaps an old mate, rival, grandfather, or eaten young) contains a mass of archaic coins, surrounding a shredded pile of musty and moth-eaten green cloth, reeking of old rot and spice. It was probably the wrapping of the layer below it, a set of six coral brooches made to look like eyes and a filigreed hand mirror inlaid with fire opals. Next to the skull is a statue of an owlbear made of fine mahogany and 1 and a 1/2 times the size of the real thing, with peridots for eyes. The right hand is broken off at a sharp angle. The full floor length mirror, with the slightly alarming dragon "inside", stands beside it and kitty-corner from a table with a medium size chest and a large horn made from bone, horn, or ivory and gilt along its edges. Inside the chest are more coins, a set of scroll paintings with gold and silver leaf, an ivory mask from a Mwangi witchdoctor, a huge pearl, a set of 12 gilded griffon quills, a vial of mermaid tears, and a flower made of silver with petals of some sort of large iridescent scale.

The Mother Of All Treasure Tables is a great resource for this sort of non-magical items with personalized character. A lot of the things I use are adapted from there.

Ketchup upon a hot dog is an abomination so terrifying it has yet to even be included in any bestiary for fear of sanity loss and corruption.

"You know what makes me really sick to my stomach? It's watching you stuff your face with those Hot Dogs! Nobody - I mean nobody puts ketchup on a Hot Dog!" - Clint Eastwood, Sudden Impact

"Don't use ketchup on your hot dog after the age of 18." - National Hot Dog & Sausage Council

"the flavor of ketchup overpowers and destroys the taste of the Hot Dog instead of complementing it." - Hot Dog Chicago Style

Are the squares on these sized for miniature combat? Anyone know?

Ive seen both listed in potential morning meets and, considering both are based in the Seattle area, what's the best of the two? I always considered SB's White Chocolate Mocha (with nice shavings of white chocolate) to be the better of the two. Yes, I am looking to incite a religious war among locals ;-)

But also - are there any good, non chain contenders near the hotel?

Shhhhh. Not everyone knows, but they're owned by the same company. The products are mostly different though. What hotel are you at? For smaller chains in the area check out Cafe Ladro, Cafe Fiore, or Cafe Vita. They each have several stores scattered around the emerald city.

I am from Battle Creek Michigan and spent many hours browsing the tomes in that very store. Now to see the very things I may have touched in my local gaming store posted on Paizo is amazing! What an honor for both.