The Sorrel Patch

Shop · kept by Olli

The Sorrel Patch

The shop is called The Sorrel Patch, named for the stubborn sorrel that once choked the neglected garden plot before the building went up.

Stock

9 items · 230 gp

Other

4 items · 2 cp to 5 gp

Healer's KitA waxed cloth roll stocked with clean bandages, salve5 gp
OilA small flask of smoky lamp oil, suitable for lanterns,…1 sp
Scented Herb and Wax BundleA cheap bundle for masking unpleasant smells or keeping a…5 cp
Scrubbing PasteA household cleaner made from ash, rendered fat2 cp

Potions

2 items · 50 gp

Potion of HealingPrizedHeals 2d4 + 250 gp
AntitoxinBitter, with a sharp smell of mint and vinegar.50 gp

Alchemicals

2 items · 25 gp to 50 gp

Acid2d6 acid damage25 gp
Alchemist's Fire1d4 fire damage50 gp

Tools

1 item · 50 gp

Alchemist's SuppliesA compact traveler's set for measuring and mixing…50 gp

About

The shop is called The Sorrel Patch, named for the stubborn sorrel that once choked the neglected garden plot before the building went up. Its narrow windows are clouded with vapor, and bunches of dried leaves hang from the rafters above orderly shelves of stoppered bottles. The air smells of vinegar, crushed herbs, and warm clay. Olli, a middle-aged human alchemist with ink-stained fingers and a practical manner, runs the counter himself. He keeps the dangerous stock behind the workbench, labels every bottle twice, and insists customers describe what they need before he recommends a remedy. At night he sleeps in the small room above the shop, close enough to hear the glass chime at the rear door.

Stash

4 items to steal

The stash · GM only

The shop's modest cash and records are hidden in the workroom behind the retail counter. Its rear door has a glass chime, and the owner sleeps upstairs.

Security check: DC 14Dexterity (Thieves' Tools) to open the workroom drawer quietly, or Dexterity (Stealth) to avoid waking the owner
If they fail: A loose stair tread creaks loudly, and the glass chime over the rear door rings. Olli wakes in the room above the shop and calls for the night watch; if the party lingers, he blocks the front exit with a stout bench and tries to keep them talking until help arrives.
The whole haul: About 27 gp

Till Purse8 gp
Kept: Under a loose floorboard beneath the counter's rear corner.
A leather purse holding the day's small change and a few silver coins, not the shop's full takings.
Value: 8 gp, 14 sp, 20 cp
Olli's Locket2 sp
Kept: On a peg beside the narrow bed in the upstairs room.
A worn copper locket containing a pressed sprig of sorrel. It has sentimental value to Olli but little resale value.
Silver Assay Weights12 gp
Kept: In a locked drawer beneath the workbench.
A small silver weighing set with nested weights, prized by a careful trader or craftsperson.
Supplier and Credit Ledger5 gp
Kept: Inside a flour tin on the high shelf behind the drying rack.
A stitched ledger listing suppliers, unpaid tabs, and several customers who prefer their purchases kept discreet.
Value: 5 gp to a buyer interested in the names; otherwise little