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The Red Kettle Roadside Store

Est. 2026 Human Commoner

The Red Kettle Roadside Store

Mara Venn is a broad-shouldered human widow in her early fifties who runs the store with meticulous practicality. She wears a faded green apron, keeps a brass t...

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Shopkeeper

Mara Venn, a Human Commoner (Lvl 1)

Keeper's Species

Human

3 Weapons12 Misc1 Armor2 PotionsEst. 71 gp

Shop Inventory

(18)
Weapons3

A balanced knife suitable for cutting provisions, defense, or throwing at close range. Each has a plain wooden handle and a serviceable iron blade.

A sturdy walking staff of ash wood, capped with iron. Road travelers often use these as both walking aids and emergency weapons.

A compact hand axe intended for chopping firewood, though it is sharp enough for combat when necessary.

Miscellaneous12

A leather pouch containing twenty smooth clay or stone sling bullets. The shopkeeper keeps several sacks beneath the counter.

A durable canvas backpack with leather straps and several exterior loops for bedrolls, waterskins, and cooking gear.

A corked leather waterskin treated with wax to prevent leaks. The shopkeeper sells them empty or fills them from the rain barrel outside.

A thick beeswax candle wrapped in paper. The shopkeeper recommends carrying at least two on any overnight journey.

A clay oil lamp with a simple wick and shutter. It is less likely to blow out than a candle and can be refilled with lamp oil.

A stoppered ceramic flask of lamp oil, packed in straw to prevent breakage during travel.

A wrapped bundle of hardtack, dried apples, smoked roots, and salted meat. It is filling, durable, and intentionally lacking in flavor.

Fifty feet of hempen rope, coiled and bound with twine. Each coil bears a faded red mark indicating the shop's stock.

A compact sewing kit made for repairing cloaks, packs, tents, and road-worn clothing.

A locally made map covering roughly two days of travel in every direction. It includes inked warnings about washed-out roads and an abandoned tollhouse.

Grants useful local guidance at the DM's discretion, but contains outdated notes and several questionable rumors.

A small iron signal whistle with a piercing tone. The shopkeeper gives one to trusted customers who are traveling after dark.

The noise may frighten animals or alert nearby creatures and travelers.

A weatherproof fire-starting kit in a hinged tin. It has seen frequent use but remains dependable.

Armor1

Quilted travel clothing reinforced with leather strips at the shoulders, ribs, and forearms. Better than ordinary clothes, but no substitute for proper armor.

AC +11
Potions2

A sealed red glass vial containing a sweet-smelling herbal mixture. The shopkeeper purchases these from a licensed traveling apothecary.

A tin of rendered fat, crushed yarrow, and bitter green herbs. It is inexpensive, unpleasant, and surprisingly effective for small cuts and burns.

Useful for stabilizing minor injuries, but it does not replace a Potion of Healing.

Lootable Stash

(5)

Where The Take Sits

The shop is a narrow timber building with a crowded public counter at the front, a flour and tool storeroom behind it, and a small family bedroom separated by a curtain. Most valuables are kept beneath the counter or in the locked storeroom chest. The most valuable records are in a back office reached through a half-hidden door beside the shelves.
1 Money On Hand1 Personal Item1 Valuable Stock1 Records1 Valuables

Security Check

Dexterity (Thieves' Tools) or Wisdom (Perception) to locate the hidden drawer and avoid the shop's improvised alarms
DC 13

On Failure

A failed theft attempt triggers a loose row of tin cups behind the counter. The shopkeeper, Mara Venn, calls for help from her teenage nephew in the attached living quarters and bars the front door. If the party flees, word spreads to the nearest village watch and the shopkeeper refuses future service. If they are caught, Mara demands repayment, a public apology, or assistance repairing the damaged stock before considering leniency.

Estimated haul

150.16 gp

Money On HandLoot target #1

Daily Till

18 gp, 43 sp, and 86 cp
Under the counter, inside a false-bottomed drawer beneath the scales
A locked wooden cashbox containing the day's earnings, mostly in copper and silver with a few gold coins from travelers buying emergency supplies.
Personal ItemLoot target #2

Mara's Locket

5 gp as silver, much more to Mara
In a cloth pouch beneath the pillow in the small bedroom behind the store
A worn silver locket containing a faded portrait of Mara's late husband. It has little resale value but is emotionally priceless to her.
Valuable StockLoot target #3

Reserve Healing Potions

100 gp total
Inside a locked iron-bound chest in the storeroom, beneath sacks of flour
Two sealed Potions of Healing purchased for an upcoming caravan escort. They are wrapped in wool and marked with a blue wax seal.
RecordsLoot target #4

Road and Debt Ledger

10 gp to a merchant, criminal group, or local official
On a high shelf in the back office, hidden behind a stack of blank account books
A ledger listing debts, caravan schedules, supply orders, and the names of several travelers who have paid for information about the roads.
ValuablesLoot target #5

Tollhouse Silver Tokens

12 gp
In a nailed shut crate labeled WINTER NAILS near the rear loading door
A bundle of old silver trade tokens from a discontinued toll road. They are worth slightly more than their face value to collectors and metalworkers.
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Mara Venn

HumanCommonerLvl 1

Shop Atmosphere

Mara Venn is a broad-shouldered human widow in her early fifties who runs the store with meticulous practicality. She wears a faded green apron, keeps a brass tally counter on a cord around her neck, and remembers every customer's face even when she forgets their name. The shop occupies a low, weather-beaten roadside building beneath a leaning sign painted with a red kettle. Its interior smells of lamp oil, dried herbs, flour, leather, and rain-damp wool. Shelves are packed from floor to ceiling with rope, cookware, tools, preserved food, travel gear, and a few weapons intended for emergencies rather than adventurers. A bell made from a horseshoe hangs above the door, while tin cups and loose spoons are arranged behind the counter as a crude alarm. Mara is honest about the quality of her goods, but charges desperate travelers slightly more for scarce supplies. She offers a free cup of weak tea to anyone who brings news about the road ahead. Her nephew Cal sleeps in the adjoining room and helps unload caravans, giving the shop two alert occupants during business hours.
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