General Store Battle of Five Armies & The Third Age of Middle-Earth The current year for our Middle-Earth campaign is set during the year of 2946 of the Third Age. Inspired By J.R.R. Tolkien

The General Store is located on the south side of Bree. It is the first shop that would be seen when entering the settlement from the southern road. Virtually every sort of saleable goods is sold here. Rare and/or unusual items might be obtained at a price and in time (and will often be spurious or faulty).

The Elrand family runs the store, Elara, Beren and two sons run this business, in a large structure rebuilt after a fire a few years ago. It still bears the original name in honor of its long service providing the community with supplies of all sorts.

Elara mostly runs the store while her husband works in the back with their two sons but both are always here during business hours unless the store is closed. Elara frequently wears a colorful, patchwork dress that she claims brings good luck. She is perceptive and can tell when someone is lying. She is vibrant and resourceful when dealing with others.

This is a fairly well-kept establishment with an assortment of farm implements and cooking utensils and various adventuring gear and supplies. The door stands open, and a well-painted sign depicting a pot, a plow, a sack, and a lantern hangs over all. There are a table and several benches in the store. When strangers visit, they will be invited to sit and have a glass of wine.

Although other shops and merchants have operated in the settlement in the past, this store remains standing and a favorite of adventurers and travelers. This shop has stood throughout the lifetime of Bree and is the only location for buying trade goods in the settlement.

The establishment seems to always be well stocked. The store itself is medium sized to large with a single floor but it does have many alchoves along the upper walls that are accessed with ladders. The store is mainly operated by a woman named Elara.

This store acts basically as a general store, and is open from dawn until dusk. It sells low-cost trade wares, such as adventuring gear, as well as rations and other simple goods, and is perhaps the only place in the region that carries specialty skull-shaped butter from a local Ranch not far from Bree.

The children unload and load carts of goods and resources that come into, or go out of Bree via wagon. Beren brokers deals for large sales of livestock and similar goods, bringing together local sellers from around the region with buyers from far off towns and cities.

1. Clothing and Packs: peasant equipment is about 70% of list price, rounded down; dungeoneering items are 100% rounded up.

2. Footwear, Gloves & Belts: Prices to adventurers is 125% of list, 80% to villagers.

3. Lighting Equipment: Tinderboxes, candles, oil, lamps, wicks, lanterns etc are 110% of list, rounded up.

4. Hand Tools: Hammers, adzes, planes, nails, saws etc. A file sells for 1sp and up. Saws cost cost about the same as a hand axe or hatchet.

5. Food & Herbs: Rations packed to go are 120% of list, and herbs are 150% of list.

6. Ropes, Chains & Dungeoneering Gear: (including writing materials and religious items) 110% of list. 7. Polearms & Shields: 120% of list.

8. Other Weapons, Missles and Associated Gear: 140% of list.

9. Armor & Helmets: Padded, studded and leather armor are always in stock. There will be a 70% chance that ring mail is currently in stock, 50% for scale mail, 30% for chain mail, and 10% for a set of banded mail & above. These are all 160% of list. All orders will be at 200% of list. (use d6, 1 being to small, 6 being too large and other rolls will fit).

10. Tack, Harness, Wheelbarrows & Dungeon Carts: All in stock will be at 75% of list.