| “ | Welcome to my humble establishment.[4] | ” |
Being one of two General Stores in the southeast of the Gate, both open around the clock, this one to the north and next to Nemphre's Home is marked as Shop on the Enhanced Edition's map and sells standard armor and weapons, while it's more of a potion shop in the original Baldur's Gate.
Background[]
The small General Store is visited frequently by commoners from the early dawn into late dusk, with good chances to hear some rumors between eight in the morning and seven in the evening. When all have left, the storekeep still has an eye on his unlocked shelves that are full of wares, though taking the bullets and the darts from the bag in the side room might go unnoticed. If not done by somebody invisible or by a shadowdancer using their abilities, even taking a look at the other items – including potions of healing and fire breath – or the gold provokes the storekeep to call the authorities to arrest the alleged thieves.[2]
Layout[]
The Shop is a single-floor building with a separate ancillary room, like several other stores on the Sword Coast. Besides some shelves, many empty crates and barrels are lined up along the walls or placed in the corners. The storekeep stays behind his counter, opposite a single door that opens to the north of southeast Baldur's Gate, while the customers are roaming.
Involvement[]
Baldur's Gate (1998)
Content from the original Baldur's Gate main campaign The following information is about the Shop in the Enhanced Edition – for the General Store in the original game, see Potion Shop[b]
The Shop offers a wide range of standard weapons and armor – with nothing specific of note, however. Accessories and jewelry can be sold, as well, with both purchase and disposal for average rates; see below for a detailed list of what can be divested at a depreciation rate of only five percent.
All magical items can be identified for the usual rate of one hundred gp.
Rogues can try to steal from the shop, with a skill of ten usually being sufficient; if that fails, a Flaming Fist Enforcer with two comrades will try to arrest the thief and the other members of the party.[3]
| “ | I'm afraid my stocks are not quite as full as they should be, but I do try to keep a good supply of the basics on hand.[5] | ” |
Buy and Sell[]
| Sells for [gear 1] | 150% | Buys for | 50% |
| To steal | 10 | Depreciation | 5% |
| Identifies for | 100  | Shopkeeper's lore | 100 |
| Item | Stock | Base price | Cheapest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Battle Axe | 5 | 7 | 3 |
|
Throwing Axe (×5) | 5 | 7 | 3 |
|
Club | 5 | 1 | 1 |
|
Flail | 5 | 22 | 10 |
|
Mace | 5 | 12 | 5 |
|
Morning Star | 5 | 15 | 6 |
|
Dagger | 10 | 3 | 1 |
|
Halberd | 5 | 15 | 6 |
|
War Hammer | 5 | 3 | 1 |
|
Sling | 5 | 1 | 1 |
|
Spear | 5 | 1 | 1 |
|
Quarterstaff | 5 | 1 | 1 |
|
Bastard Sword | 5 | 37 | 16 |
|
Long Sword | 5 | 22 | 10 |
|
Short Sword | 5 | 15 | 6 |
|
Two-handed Sword | 5 | 22 | 10 |
|
Chain Mail | 5 | 112 | 50 |
|
Splint Mail | 4 | 120 | 53 |
|
Leather Armor | 5 | 7 | 3 |
|
Studded Leather Armor | 5 | 30 | 13 |
|
Plate Mail | 2 | 900 | 402 |
|
Small Shield | 5 | 4 | 2 |
|
Medium Shield | 5 | 10 | 4 |
|
Large Shield | 5 | 15 | 6 |
- ↑ - Base price applies to charisma < 16 and reputation in 10-14. See shop prices for details.
- Cheapest price applies to charisma ≥ 20 and reputation 20.
Encounters[]
- Commoners – at varying times between 5:30 in the morning and 9:29 in the evening, moving around
Notable loot[]
- One potion each of fire breath and healing – large shelf in northwestern corner (127.350)
- 23 , together with a Battle Axe – large shelf near door (490.489)
- Bullet (×20), Dart (×20) – bag in side room (510.145)
- Morning Star – shelf next to counter (219.293)
Notes[]
- Baldur's Gate (1998)
Content from the original Baldur's Gate main campaign The respective store file,STO1320, is already present in the original Baldur's Gate code, but isn't referenced by any merchant in that game; instead, this General Store shares its stock with the Potion Shop (see also below). - This above mentioned original version of the store has a stock identical to others in the city and includes the offer of five large shields +1. When eventually opening doors in the Enhanced Edition, these are replaced by non-enchanted ones, as well as the amount of available throwing axes now is limited.
Bugs[]
- Baldur's Gate (1998)
Content from the original Baldur's Gate main campaign Though being a storekeep of his own running a General Store of his own in southeast Baldur's Gate, agreeing to trade with him 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.