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Oops, a mistake was made?
I do have an idea for a game where the nobles ruling the starting village are vampires. In that setting it makes sense.
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Avoiding blatant discrimination against our Vampire-Andorans? Nah, Waterhammer's probably right.
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I imagine that in undead-ruled lands, it would make sense for garlic to be a black market item. In lands with strong feelings against the Green Faith or druids (the Worldwound for example) holly and mistletoe would also make sense. If you think of the black market as crossing country boundaries, what is illegal in one area might not be in another nation. I doubt that the River Kingdoms care much about some herbs after all, but Geb? Hmm.
In the Adventurer's Armory itself the category is "Herbs and Black Market Items", so that looks like a minor issue with AoN not having the full category name.
Why the two sets of things are in a single table is probably just down to space or not wanting to have two small tables
I believe it is largely due to the fact that many herbs can and are used in the creation of poisons. An assassin or anyone else who deals in poisons may not wish to purchase their herbs from a traditional herbalist since the quantity and types of herbs they would buy on a regular basis may arrouse suspicion, so it is better to buy off the black market for their line of work. Similarly, in some regions certain herbs may be outlawed for various reasons. One such reason, as mentioned in an earlier post, is that the lord of the land might actually be a vampire and as such has outlawed anything that could be used against him.
Really, herbs are a fairly common item on the black market... not only are their clientele looking to get their hands on various herbs without others knowing, but should a black market dealer be caught in most areas, they can often play it off as delivering herbs to an apothecary or something similarly innocent.
The reason is simple: The government is secretly run by a cabal of Rovagug-worshipping cannibalistic pedophilic vampires that run a global child sex-trafficking ring!
In the Adventurer's Armory itself the category is "Herbs and Black Market Items", so that looks like a minor issue with AoN not having the full category name.
Huh? It's called "Black Market Items" both in the actual rule section and on the table.
So why is a Pump Organ on the Black Market list? And stop sniggering at the back.
Easy. Organs are something only certain villains use.
On the other hand, accordions are outlawed everywhere.