Mechanical Contraptions Merchants

Up to her elbows in cogs and covered in grease, a rock gnome tirelessly fiddles with the intricate metal creation in front of her. Pulling out a key from one of her apron’s many pockets, she winds the contraption up, before setting it upright on the table. The hand-sized mechanical dragon at once whirs, roars, and belches a gout of flame that sets the gnome’s wooden tabletop alight. The gnome cheers gleefully, and applauds her latest work.   Trudging along a dusty forest trail, a kobold weighed down by several heavy hunting traps on his belt drags an equally-heavy satchel over his back. Every step causes clanks and clatters, but the kobold pays them no mind. He finds a simple satisfaction in selling his work, as, in his opinion, the world could always use more traps.   Merchants that sell mechanical contraptions are tinkers, dabbling in the bleeding edge of clockwork technology. These merchants are more than happy to give (overly) detailed instructions on the proper use of their wares.  

Items for Sale

Tier	Item	Price	Notes
0	Abacus	2 gp	—
0	Ball and cup	2 cp	A DC 10 Dexterity check catches the ball in the cup
0	Bolt, crossbow	1 gp / 20	—
0	Bolt case, crossbow	1 gp	Holds up to 20 bolts
0	Hoop and stick	2 cp	A pass-time from a simpler time
0	Ball bearings, bag of 1,000	1 gp / 1,000	—
0	Block and tackle	1 gp	—
0	Chain	5 gp / 10 ft.	—
0	Cogs	1 sp / handful	—
0	Crossbow, hand	75 gp	1d6 piercing; light, loading, ranged (30/120)
0	Crossbow, heavy	50 gp	1d10 piercing; heavy, loading, two-handed, ranged (100/400)
0	Crossbow, light	25 gp	1d8 piercing; loading, two-handed, ranged (80/320)
0	Crossbow, light repeating	150 gp	1d8 piercing; two-handed, ranged (40/160 has 6 shots, can be reloaded with an action
0	Hunting trap	5 gp	DC 13 Dex check vs. 1d4 piercing and getting stuck
0	Lock	10 gp	Key included
0	Manacles	2 gp	Key included
0	Merry-go-round, toy	9 sp	Held in two hands, winds up and plays music
0	Mobile, wooden	9 cp	Bats, birds, or dragons; wings flap as it spins
0	Nesting dolls, wooden	9 cp / set	Painted to resemble commoners or animals
0	Oil	1 sp / flask	—
0	Puppet, wooden	9 sp	Looks like a historical or mythological figure
0	Thieves’ tools	25 gp	—
0	Tinker’s tools	50 gp	—
1	Backpack parachute	100 gp	Wearer can fall safely after 60 ft.; 10 mins. to repack
1	Barking box	50 gp	Wind up: barks when it detects vibration for 8 hrs.
1	Barrel organ	30 gp	Musical instrument; turn the crank to play
1	Clockwork songbird	50 gp	Wind up: sings 1 of 3 songs; does not move
1	Pocketwatch	10 gp	Wind up: reliably tells time of day for 24 hrs
2	Clockwork dog	50 gp	Wind up: follows you for 12 hrs.
2	Clockwork dragonchess	50 gp	Wind up: plays dragonchess against you for 2 hrs.
3	Clockwork dragon	75 gp	Wind up: roars and breathes fire for 1 min
3	Clockwork orrery	100 gp	A complex and abstract model of the multiverse
4	Celestial orrery	1,000 gp	An intricate, accurate clockwork model of the multiverse; small enough to be held in two hands
4	Clockwork mount	250 gp	Same stats as riding horse; does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe, immune to poison
4	Clockwork rocket sled	2,500 gp	Wind up: travels 60 ft. / round in direction it faces for 1 min.; cannot be steered; holds 2 creatures