City Services

In every city there exists ways to spend the hard-earned gold adventurers collect in their travels. Those ways aren't always apparent, however. This list serves as a guide to services and specialties cities of varying sizes may provide to augment a character's status. Not every city has every service, but a large city can be expected to have multiple of most.

Apothecary

While traditionally a place where people can seek out tinctures and potions, Apothecaries across Vault specialize more specifically in creating able bodies and strengthening muscle power with their wares. Natural herbs and minerals allow for patrons to keep their body in peak physical condition.

Tailor

Not only a place to ensure one is looking sharp, the tailors of Vault have a long tradition of mending, fitting, and adjusting clothing and armor to ensure best fit and maximum maneuverability. When clothes and armor are getting worn and getting in the way, a Tailor can gives flexibility back.

Bathhouse

Whether it's a relaxing steam bath, a dip in herbal infused waters, or a deep tissue massage, a city's bathhouse has many benefits. It's a place where people can restore their strength and ready their bodies for the rigors ahead.

Library

A common enough sight in most cities, a Library can be a place to keep unwanted books or a bastion of information, and everything in between. Regardless the topic, a Library is more than a place to study; it's also a place to sharpen the mind and ready the wit.

University

When seeking wisdom, there are few places better than the marketplace of ideas that is an institute of learning. Ranging from small school houses to sweeping campuses of the best minds in Vault, a University offers new ideas, debate, and discussion that can be found nowhere else.

Theatre

A minstrel in a crowded tavern, a mime on a busy street corner, or an expensive production of a popular stage play, a theater comes in many forms. Regardless of form, an artistic production can inspire the mind and elevate the heart.

Weapon Artisan

Where sparks fly from sharpening wheels and whetstones scrape from skillful hands, those who wield blades and cudgels of all types can give their weapons that extra edge needed in battle. 

Blacksmith

The clanging of hammers on metal and the fires of the forge mark the destination for those who need to give their armor a little extra sturdiness and reinforcement. 

Restaurants 

Where there are many people, there are many various ways to eat. Street stalls selling sun-baked produce to lavish tables adorned with exotic meats, every meal, if prepared well, can prepare an adventurer for the hardships of life on the road.

Temples and Churches

No matter your deity of choice, most cities have some space dedicated to worship. Some have temples to specific gods and goddesses, some are more general purpose. Visiting these places, speaking with the clerics and devouts there, and spending time in prayer or meditation, whatever form that takes, can be beneficial.

General Services

Along with these institutions that can augment a character's statistics, there are usually more general purpose establishments, such as:

Where adventurers can spend their coin. Be sure to note your favorite shops with the best values in each city so you can make use of them on return visits!