Well-Adjusted Al's General Store

"Welcome to my humble establishment."

At the bottom of the map of southeast Baldur's Gate, between two warehouses and near the docks that lead to the city's harbor, Well-Adjusted Al's General Store has the doors open all day and night – one of two General Stores in the quarter, the other being the Shop further up north. In the original Baldur's Gate, these two stores build a cooperative, together with two others in southwest Baldur's Gate,[b] while each of them has their own, individual range of goods in the Enhanced Edition.

Background
Male and female commoners browse the store's wares at varying times of the day up into the late evening, while Well-Adjusted Al is here to trade twenty-four-seven … still a bit crazy, ain't he?

Involvement

 * The following information is about Well-Adjusted Al's General Store in the Enhanced Edition – for the General Store in the original game, see Potion Shop[b]

Well-Adjusted Al's General Store offers a standard range of throwing and other ranged weapons. Of note are the twenty-five arrows of piercing that can be found among regular ammunition, of which Al has an unlimited stock. The store's prices are average, one and a half of the ware's base value, as is the offered gold when selling items to it: only the half of what melee weapons, armor or some other stuff are actually worth; see below for a detailed list of what can be divested. The factored-in depreciation, however, is fairly low, only three percent. Any magical item can be identified for the usual rate of one hundred&#8239;gp. Rogues can try to steal from the store, which requires a skill of five only; if that fails nevertheless, a Flaming Fist Enforcer with two colleagues will try to arrest the party.

Buy and Sell
"Hi, I'm Well-Adjusted Al, and my prices are sensible. I used to be called "Crazy Al," but therapy has convinced me that selling plate armor for 3 gold pieces and a small duck was no way to get ahead in business."

Notable loot

 * Arrow of Piercing – for sale
 * Oil of Speed – shelf at northern wall, guarded
 * Potion of Absorption – shelf at central southern wall, guarded

Bugs

 * Though having its own General Store with its own Storekeep in southeast Baldur's Gate, agreeing to trade with Well-Adjusted Al in the original Baldur's Gate will give access to a store that – among others – shares its stock with the Potion Shop in southwest Baldur's Gate; "share stock" means, what is bought here cannot be bought there anymore and what was sold there can be found here again. This is fixed in the Enhanced Edition – all stores have separate stocks.