Aloe’s and Buys
Aloe and buys is a franchised apothecary shop. Dealing in small materials that people can use to create their own potions and medicinal products. As well as having a collection of healing items premade for purchase. These shops are usually employeed by apprentice wizards or individuals with an interest in herbs.
Purpose / Function
Aloe and Buys is one of the many apothecary shops in Rowsite. The building itself could serve as either a home or a shop with a versatile layout that features closed rooms and a large open area near the entrance that could be used as a lobby or a living area.
Design
The interior walls are cover in shelfs with a splattering of items on them. The walls are painted white. The shape of the room is mostly square with an slight protusion on the front making a slight L shape.
Entries
There is only one entrance to the building and a back room with an open entrance. In the backroom there's another exit that is often used for shipments and an exit for workers at the shop. There is also a second level that is used for extra storage and a workshop for in-house potions.
Sensory & Appearance
When you walk into the room you can hear occasional walking from the ceiling above and muffled sounds of bottles hitting each other. If you come at the right time you can hear the grinding sound of a mortal and pestil. The smell of the shop is very floral and earthy. The air is a bit stagniant, so it doesn't smell fresh more like a heavy scent. The windows in the front of the building allow a lot of the light into the building.
Denizens
There are occsaional potion makers and medicinal wizards that come. The main people that work here are just the apprentice and workers.
Contents & Furnishings
The shop is separated into two areas of premade potions and potion making material.
Premade Potions
Potion of healing: 2d4+2 50GP
Potion of climbing: climbing speed is equal to walking speed for 1hr 50GP
Potion of minor healing: 1d4 25GP
Herbs of health: Makes you feel better 10SP
Perfume: 5GP
Fine Perfume: 10GP
Herbs of wounds: Seals minor scratches and wounds quickly 5SP
DIY Materials
Healers kit: stablize 0hp target 10 Uses 5GP
Component pouch: minor items for spellcasting 25GP
Bottle: Empty glass bottle 2GP
Flask: Small tin flask 2CP
Jug: medium metal jug 2CP
Vial: small 1GP
Cook's Utensil: tools to make food 1GP
Valuables
The shop has a small metal secure vault that is used to keep the weekly income for the shop. It's picked up every 4th day of the week and replineshed with 100GP in different denominations. The contents of the vault fluxuates between 90GP - 450GP 1d20 to decide how much.
Special Properties
The shop has a communication system where people can send small items and messages in small container. The use of this cost 10CP charged to the customer. Usually, the cost ends up adding up to 20CP or 40CP to send a message and recieve the message/item and if that shop doesn't have it that interaction could happen up to 4 times. 1d4 to figure out the cost. 20CP/40CP/60CP/80CP if they want to get an item sent to them. just 10CP if they want to send a hold item message to a different shop.
Alterations
The building was created before the advent of the messaging system built in Rowsite. Because of that this shop along with other shops in the vicinity have small ventricals justting from the buildings. The small pipes converge together and connect along the rooftops to form a larger tube used for communication between buildings.
Architecture
The building is a Tudor style with small altercations like the pipes sticking out from the bottom of it. The building has an overhang in the front of it that features the name of the shop as well as a chimney connected to a small basement level.
History
During Rowsite's early after the last Orc attack, it began to develop more stable wooden structures from the materials around it. Tudor structures were favored for the abundance of wood. The building was designed as a versitile unit. There was a need for houses and shops and Rowsite was expanding quickly. Most units have a similar interior layout that could serve functionality as either a shop or home.
Tourism
The Aloe's and Buys shops aren't prestigous but locales use them as a place of convinence. You won't find anything extraordinary and thus aren't often used by tourist unless its for a minor emergency.
Type
Apothecary
Parent Location
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