The Embered Tally

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Est. 2026 • Duergar Artificer

The Embered Tally

The shop smells of hot stone, ash, and metal dust. Every shelf is stamped with a black spiral cult sigil, and the clerk insists on weighing coin before counting...

Shopkeeper

High Foreman Varkesh, a Duergar Artificer (Lvl 6)

Keeper's Species

Duergar

1 Weapons10 Misc1 Armor1 PotionsEst. 40 gp

Shop Inventory

(13)

Weapons1

Miner's Pick

A stout miner's pick forged for tunneling through volcanic rock and stubborn seams.

2 gp

A stout miner's pick forged for tunneling through volcanic rock and stubborn seams.

Atk Advantage on checks to break loose packed ore or masonry when used for mining

Miscellaneous10

Crowbar

A heavy iron bar for lever work, salvaging, and discouraging thieves.

2 gp

A heavy iron bar for lever work, salvaging, and discouraging thieves.

Advantage on Strength checks made to force open stuck hatches or mine supports

Hempen Rope, 50 feet

Fifty feet of sturdy rope woven from rough hemp fiber.

1 gp

Fifty feet of sturdy rope woven from rough hemp fiber.

Climbs and crossings are safer when properly tied off

Piton, 10

A set of iron spikes for climbing and anchoring gear in stone.

5 sp

A set of iron spikes for climbing and anchoring gear in stone.

Useful for securing loads on volcanic ledges and mine walls

Torch

A bundle of pitch-soaked torches that burn hot and smoky in drafty tunnels.

1 cp

A bundle of pitch-soaked torches that burn hot and smoky in drafty tunnels.

Can be used to mark tunnels or drive off darkness

Oil Flask

Useful lamp fuel for miners and sentries patrolling the forge-caverns.

1 sp

Useful lamp fuel for miners and sentries patrolling the forge-caverns.

Can be poured to fuel lanterns or create slippery hazards

Rations, 1 day

Salted jerky, hardtack, and dried fungus packed for long shifts below the mountain.

5 sp

Salted jerky, hardtack, and dried fungus packed for long shifts below the mountain.

No special effect beyond keeping a worker fed

Waterskin

A plain waterskin stamped with the cult's black slag sigil.

2 sp

A plain waterskin stamped with the cult's black slag sigil.

Can hold fresh water or diluted ash-wine

Adamantine Filings★ PRIZED

A tiny pouch of shimmering black-gray filings from the deeper seam.

15 gp

A tiny pouch of shimmering black-gray filings from the deeper seam.

Worth extra to smiths, alchemists, or anyone seeking adamantine stock

Blue Ash Chalk

A small packet of chalk for marking safe paths, ritual doors, and ore veins.

3 sp

A small packet of chalk for marking safe paths, ritual doors, and ore veins.

When sprinkled on a fire, produces a brief blue flame and the scent of sulfur

Ore Sorter's Kit

A rough kit of sieves, tongs, and iron tags used to sort valuable ore from waste.

8 gp

A rough kit of sieves, tongs, and iron tags used to sort valuable ore from waste.

Advantage on simple checks to sort mixed rock, slag, or scrap metal

Armor1

Ash-Soot Apron

A soot-dark apron stitched with heat-hardened leather plates for forge work.

6 gp

A soot-dark apron stitched with heat-hardened leather plates for forge work.

AC +1Resistant leather lining helps against sparks and cinders

Potions1

Cinder Tonic

A cheap tonic brewed from emberleaf, molasses, and miner's herbs.

4 gp

A cheap tonic brewed from emberleaf, molasses, and miner's herbs.

Heal 2 HPHeals 2 hit points when consumed

Lootable Stash

(4)

Where The Take Sits

The real stash is hidden in a false-backed supply cage behind sacks of charcoal and lamp oil, watched by the shopkeeper from a slit window to the furnace room.

1 Money1 Personal Items2 Valuables

Security Check

Dexterity (Thieves' Tools)

DC 15

On Failure

If the theft attempt fails, the watch-bell rings from the back tunnel, two cult laborers and an armed foreman rush in from the forge-room, and the party is forced to flee or face a loud confrontation. The cult also locks down the supply cage and marks the intruders for later revenge.

Estimated haul

90 gp

MoneyLoot target #1

Cash Till

18 gp total

Counter drawer beneath a false ledger board

A locked till drawer under the counter holds the day's sales, mostly low coin and a few silver pieces from ore buyers.

Personal ItemsLoot target #2

Shopkeeper's Personal Effects

7 gp

Hanging from a nail behind the counter and in a coat pocket

A soot-stained signet ring, a prayer bead cord, and a well-used wool scarf belonging to the shopkeeper.

ValuablesLoot target #3

Ore Ledger and Tunnel Notes

25 gp to the right buyer, far more as leverage

Locked drawer in the rear desk

A small leather ledger lists ore deliveries, names of buyers, and a coded route to the deeper adamantine shaft.

ValuablesLoot target #4

Sample Pouch of Adamantine

40 gp

Sealed jar on a high shelf in the back storage alcove

A fist-sized sack of adamantine filings and mixed slag samples, kept as proof of the mine's output and for private trade.

High Foreman Varkesh

Duergar•Artificer•Lvl 6

Shop Atmosphere

“The shop smells of hot stone, ash, and metal dust. Every shelf is stamped with a black spiral cult sigil, and the clerk insists on weighing coin before counting it. The owner is polite but unsettling, always speaking as if the mountain itself is listening.”

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