Colstan's Curio Shoppe

Colstan's Curio Shoppe (#20/28; #51/365)

In a dusty back alley behind the Souq is this dingy emporium, stuffed full of curios, knick-knacks, trinkets and bric-a-brac. Most of it is useless junk (and feel free to use the appropriate table from Encyclopedia Arcana: Volume 1 (pp. 42-43) to roll up extra contents), but amongst the random crap are a few items that adventurers and Heroes may find useful.

The proprietor, Colstan, is a Gnome Sorcerer (stuttering, collector), who, if he thinks he can make a sale, will show purchasers some of his better items. Time-wasters will be allowed to rummage through endless piles of trash and old souvenirs until they get bored. To deal with would-be thieves and robbers, Colstan has a pouch of 2-7 Giant Teeth - he will cast the YOB spell outside the shop, whereupon the summoned Giant(s) will hold the victims upside down by their legs until all their possessions are on the ground. Colstan will pick through these to add to his inventory, and the City Watch will arrive shortly afterwards to claim what is left, and to arrest the miscreants.

Items for sale include (given page numbers are all for the Encyclopedia Arcana: Volume 1):

• 2 Runestones (p. 100) 15GP each
  
• 1 phial of Dust of Levitation (p. 111) 10GP
  
• 2 vials of Sleeping Draught (p. 118) 3GP each
  
• 1 Scroll of Pangara's Protection (p. 97) 60GP
  
• 2 sets of Prayer Beads (p. 122) 10GP each
  
• 1 pair of Boots of Climbing (p. 125) 60GP
  

If one of the Heroes is a Sorcerer, Colstan will only be too happy to sell them several Components as well if needed (but his Giant Teeth are not for sale):

• 3 Gold-Backed Mirrors (p. 104) 50GP each
  
• 3 Sun Jewels (p. 107) 35GP each
  
• 2 Cloth Skullcap from Kaynlesh-Ma (p. 103) 3 GP each
  
• 3 vials of Stone Dust (p. 107) 25GP each
  

Colstan is friends with Shang Monoa, the Dungeoneering merchant of the Found Tombs of Arvakaten who occasionally visits Pellod to stock up, but has not seen him for a while and is worried about what may have happened to him. Colstan is also deeply interested in the lost city of Vatos and can speak Vatosian. He will happily purchase any Vatosian artefacts or treasures that the Heroes may acquire. Such interests have brought him to the attention of both the Dark Disciples and the Phoenix Cult; both groups have visited the curio shop in recent weeks just to aimlessly wander about, and Colstan worries about what either group, though he does not know fully who they are, may have planned for him and his Vatosian collection.