| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
So, it was late, and I had an idea. What if there was a merchant who traveled through time and space specifically to sell to adventurers, because he knows what they will need at the exact time from reading the fables of the future?
Here's what I've come up with:
His name is merely the Merchant. He would say his actual name, but that would disrupt the time-stream in unpleasant ways. He has a small shack that follows him around via mechanical spider legs. The shack is his shop, and from the outside only appear to measure 20' by 20'. However, on the inside, it measures 200' by 200', and is chock full of magic items. He has his "recommended" items, which consist of, oddly enough, exactly what would be useful either in the next leg of the adventure or to a PC's build.
It's basically an in-game excuse for GM fiat with "yes, the magic shop /does/ have exactly what you need!"
Plus, there is definitely no inspiration from the Doctor. /sarcasm
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
I may steal this.
We'll need to give this guy a goal, though. He obviously has extensive resources and a vast need for gold. Where does he get his resources? What does he need all that money for (other than restocking his shelves, of course)?
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Possibly he wants to see the great-earth shattering events that take place end in the good guy's favor?
The vast resources we could say either he's a high level wizard (who has some sort of curse where he can't actually participate in events, only give advice and sell stuff) who crafts, or we could say an ex-adventurer who accumulated all this from his travels?
He needs the money for powering his shack, of course! It runs on money. Not gold, silver, platinum, nothing specific. Just money ("In fact, there is a culture in the future on another world that uses paper money. She still runs on that. However, I tried putting just raw paper in, but it didn't have any reaction. I think it somehow is a greedy little construct or something.")
We need a name for the shack.
Edit: Edited for clarity.
| 2 people marked this as a favorite. |
Bloodbath and Beyond. *ducks incoming Gibbs-slap*
I legitimately laughed for a good minute there. XD
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
It's Dr. Who crossed with A convince store.
I do something similar in games, but I use Mercane.
If I were a smart mercane I'd study wizardy and set up an information network specifically to learn about adventuring parties because they have resources. Then at the right moment I'd make myself known to them. A plane shifting blue box used as the doorway to my greater demiplane and magic emporium would work nicely.
Scene: adventuring group kills an elder dragon. Preceded by a peculiar sound a blue box appears a short distance away. The top half of the side facing the adventurers opens to reveal a friendly looking human/elf/Orc (a disguise flavored to the target customer).
"I hear you're in need of supplies and have some gold weighing you down. I can help with both those issues. Step right up. Step right up."