Living next to an alleged necromancer in Southeast Baldur's Gate, this innocent and true neutral storekeep operates a General Store for potions in the original Baldur's Gate, while having become an armor and weapons dealer in the Enhanced Edition — now advertising his shop on the map of the city.
| “ | 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.[1] | ” |
Background[]
The storekeep is found standing behind the counter at the center of the northern wall, while male and female commoners browse the store's wares at varying times of the day up into late evening. With a couple of weapons and potions on display in his shop, the storekeep – unarmed himself and with no gold in his pockets – is on his feet all day long, always ready to trade. He trusts in the authority of the Flaming Fist to guard his small establishment.
Attacking the storekeep will decrease the party's reputation unless already "despised" and at a level of 1. He isn't really able to defend himself and will go down with the first hit on him. He doesn't drop anything, and access to his store will be lost.
Rogues can try to steal from his shop which requires a skill of ten or greater to succeed. Looking into the shelves or the bag, if not unnoticed, or getting caught trying to steal from him will result in a Flaming Fist Enforcer and one (thieving) or two (stealing) comrades being summoned to arrest the party.[2][3]
Involvement[]
Baldur's Gate (1998)
Content from the original Baldur's Gate main campaign The following information is about this storekeep's shop in the Enhanced Edition – for his general store in the original game, see this section on the Potion Shop page.[b]
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The storekeep offers a wide range of standard weapons and armor – with nothing specific of note, however.
His prices are average: one and a half of the ware's base value; as is the offered gold when selling items to him: only the half of what weapons, armor, accessories and jewelry are actually worth, with a depreciation rate of five percent on top; see below for a detailed list of what can be divested.
The storekeep is able to identify all magical items and will do so for the usual rate of one hundred gp.
General Store[]
| Sells for [gear 1] | 150% | Buys for | 50% |
| To steal | 10 | Depreciation | 5% |
| Identifies for | 100  | Shopkeeper's lore | 100 |
| “ | Welcome to my humble establishment.[4] | ” |
| 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.
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 this storekeep or any other merchant in that game; instead, this storekeep shares his stock with the Potion Shop (see also the bugs). - In that above mentioned original version of the store, the storekeep has a stock identical to others in the city, and he offers five large shields +1. In the Enhanced Edition, these are replaced by regular large shields and the amount of available throwing axes is also now limited.
Bugs[]
- Baldur's Gate (1998)
Content from the original Baldur's Gate main campaign Though being a storekeep of his own in 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 from this storekeep cannot be bought from the Potion Shop anymore and what was sold to him can be found with this one again. This is fixed in the Enhanced Edition – all stores have separate stocks.