name: Merchant Generator
source: Gonzo RPG content from someone who can't decide what to run
source-url: https://boxfullofboxes.blogspot.com/2025/03/far-afield-in-search-of-riches-merchant.html
type: object-generator
properties:
  - question: Where are they from?
    roll-type: d8
    results:
      - min-roll: 1
        max-roll: 1
        value: Far, far away. So far that you may not have even heard of it.
      - min-roll: 2
        max-roll: 4
        value: From across the continent.
      - min-roll: 5
        max-roll: 7
        value: From a neighboring kingdom or state.
      - min-roll: 8
        max-roll: 8
        value: Your own homeland.
  - question: What are they selling?
    roll-type: d8
    results:
      - min-roll: 1
        max-roll: 1
        value: Raw materials like timber, ores, or unworked stone.
      - min-roll: 2
        max-roll: 2
        value: Something illegal or heinous in nature such as slaves, harmful drugs, or stolen goods.
      - min-roll: 3
        max-roll: 3
        value: Weapons, armor, and other accouterments of war.
      - min-roll: 4
        max-roll: 4
        value: Cattle such as cows, horses, or something even more exotic.
      - min-roll: 5
        max-roll: 5
        value: Fine goods such as carpets, jewels, or silks.
      - min-roll: 6
        max-roll: 6
        value: Exotic raw goods such as medicinal plants, rare preserved fruits, or ivory.
      - min-roll: 7
        max-roll: 7
        value: Information. This could take the form of rumors and hearsay, but more likely books, maps, or scrolls.
      - min-roll: 8
        max-roll: 8
        value: Services. They could be actors, tinkers, or traveling laborers.
  - question: What is their demeanor, along with the bargains they strike?
    roll-type: d8
    results:
      - min-roll: 1
        max-roll: 1
        value: Honest and forthright.
      - min-roll: 2
        max-roll: 2
        value: Misleading and exploitative.
      - min-roll: 3
        max-roll: 3
        value: Harsh and stand-offish. Fair.
      - min-roll: 4
        max-roll: 4
        value: Kind but ultimately unyielding.
      - min-roll: 5
        max-roll: 5
        value: Eccentric, impressed by strange or otherwise unique goods.
      - min-roll: 6
        max-roll: 6
        value: Criminal, actively seeking to fleece.
      - min-roll: 7
        max-roll: 7
        value: Quibbling and endlessly desiring to haggle.
      - min-roll: 8
        max-roll: 8
        value: Easily fooled and equally easily agitated.
  - question: "How do they defend themselves?"
    roll-type: "d8"
    results:
      - min-roll: 1
        max-roll: 3
        value: Mercenary guards. Heavily armed and armored.
      - min-roll: 4
        max-roll: 5
        value: The prestige of their tradehouse or guild. Being blacklisted by them would be ruinous.
      - min-roll: 6
        max-roll: 6
        value: Great, ferocious beasts trained to kill on a word from their handlers
      - min-roll: 7
        max-roll: 7
        value: Mystical wards or shields which can be activated to keep attackers at bay.
      - min-roll: 8
        max-roll: 8
        value: Magically animated wagons which roll and smash attackers by their own accord.