Glantri Tavern Series - Taverne du Sanglier Ivre (Drunken Boar Tavern)
by David MelikThis unique Glantrian tavern is
located in the town of Loupmont (Details of Loupmont are in PC4:
Night Howlers). On the map of Loupmont, it is the southernmost
building of the group of buildings that is south of the
northwestern gate of Loupmont.
The tavern is a sturdy, two-story,
sort of light coloured wooden building. Above the yellow letters of
the sign is a mural of a boar dancing on its hind legs, with a mug
of liquor, a red nose, and a crazy, intensely amused look on its
face. It was done by a famous Glantrian artist. It is open from 10
to 10. It has decent prices for drinks, but the owners original
brews, "Les Spiriteux du Visions Strange" cost 4 times as much as
the normal drink. These are detailed later. Inside are excellent
oaken bar stools, chairs, and large round tables, which the owner
really likes, and really does not like them abused in any way. In
the tavern area, along with wooden beams, the roof is held up by 4
tusks of gargantuan boars, with intricate carvings of important
events of Glantrian history, going from each corner to the centre,
even though the roof is prism-shaped. There is a large fireplace on
the southwestern wall, beside the bar. The bar is in the centre of
the building, against the wall that separates the tavern from the
rooms. The door to these is between the bar and the stairs, which
are on the northwestern side. The few rooms behind the tavern area
(in the northwestern rectangular part of the building) are
available for a slightly more expensive cost than the local inns,
as this is a tavern, not an inn. Upstairs lives the owner, in a
large room. There is no rivalry between the Drunken Boar Tavern and
Taverne du Loup Savage. In fact, the owner is friends with
Villebois. Perhaps they went adventuring together in the past. The
tavern is a meeting place for groups of werecreatures.
The owner of the tavern is
Jacques-Pierre Pommetęte. His stats are: Magic-User 6th; AC
D&D: 8, AD&D: 10; hp 15; #AT 1; Dmg 1D4 (dagger) or by
spell; MV D&D: 120' 40', AD&D: 12'; ML D&D: 9,
AD&D: 75%; AL D&D: neutral, AD&D: true neutral (with
good tendencies); STR 9, INT 18, WIS 17, DEX 14, CON 12, CHA 16,
COM 15 (These ability scores were rolled using the method of
rolling 4D6, and dropping the lowest roll.). 20
He has skills such as: alchemy,
herbalism(2), magical engineering, brewing(3), cooking(2),
gambling, storytelling, food tasting, fire-building, etc. His
additional languages include dwarf and halfling. He has most of his
weapon specialisation/mastery in dagger. These various skills are
neither complete nor necessary. The DM should modify everything to
their own taste, of course.
His personality and background are:
Pierre is a somewhat retired
adventurer, who was born on the day of Thaumont 15th, 967 AC. He
was born and raised in Loupmont. He learned how to run a tavern
from his uncle Marinois, who previously owned the tavern. His uncle
was also a wereboar. When he was 19, he began avidly adventuring,
and continued to help at the tavern between adventures. When he was
23 years old and 3rd level he served for two years in La Garde
d'Obsidienne as Sire Malachie sometimes needs a wizard or two, and
then returned to a life of adventuring. When he served in The
Obsidian Guard, he was given an obsidian dagger +1 instead of a
sword, as he is a wizard, which he still has, among other magical
items.
In 996 AC, his uncle was brutally
murdered by an evil travelling member of The Fellowship of
Were-Hunters who met him in wereform in La Foręt des Ombres, on
the trail to Vignes. As Marinois had no sons, Pierre inherited the
tavern from him. He lost much of his adventuring ambition and
settled back down in Loupmont to run the Drunken Boar Tavern.
Pierre is an active member of The
Canine Protection Society (or practically, but not officially a
member if you don't allow wereboars in this organisation in your
campaign). He often performs tasks and occasionally goes on
adventures to help Sire Malachie, The Canine Protection Society, or
werecreature society in general. He might go on adventures in PC4
like The Black Horse, The White Wolf of Morlay, or similar ones. He
goes on adventures about two to four times a year now, leaving the
tavern in the hands of someone that has been working for him for a
long time, who he trusts. In the his spare time, he does magical
research and whatever other magely things mages do, and reads
because of curiosity and for fun. He is a 6' 1", 210 lbs. portly
man, with a pinkish tint of skin and dark brown hair and eyes. He
is a friendly person who likes conversations, a good bartender. He
is not afraid to say what he wants when he wants to or has to. He
will not speak or act very foolishly though. He has an average
spellbook, and always has spells that he might need memorised, in
case of a bar fight, and that could help with bartending. He first
tries to sleep, charm, hold, etc. troublemakers, and he has also
devised a spell called Pierre's Stunning Missile, that is identical
to magic missile except that it does double damage, which is
non-lethal.
Pierre's famous original brew, his
specialty is "Les Spiriteux du Visions C9trange", or "Liquor of
Strange Visions", locally known as "The Weird Liquor". There are
versions of it for all standard drinks. One might ask for "a mug of
weird ale" for example. Pierre buys a certain type of extremely
aged cheese from a local farmer, who is named Bob or something.
This cheese is not normally consumed at such an age, because of the
old and extensive growth of the mould, which is hallucinogenic and
tastes very bad. There is actually a sort of cheese mould like this
on earth. In this state, the mould probably has a negative effect
on the body if eaten much, or even a little, but it is a medieval
time, and no one really knows about this. The mouldy parts are
removed from the cheese. Then, it is included in the mixture when
the liquor is fermented. Afterwards, concentrated juice of the
appropriate type is added, because most people find the taste of
the mould disgusting. Pierre has the base ready, and mixes the
desired type of juice or other liquor with it for customers.
Popular mixtures that he keeps on hand are with standard drinks
mixed with the concentrated juice of their ingredients, or with
mint, apple cider, wine, and whisky. he also sells bottles of
desired mixtures, and the base so one can mix their own
desires.
When someone quaffs it, they will
begin to hallucinate in 2D3 plus their constitution adjustment
minutes. Pierre has experience, so the recipe includes enough so
the drinker is normally still in touch with reality. Because of
this, the effect on the body is probably not as bad as it would be
otherwise. This probably depends on constitution. Anything from
their imagination and memory can appear. This probably depends on
intelligence and/or wisdom. If a character frequently drinks this
brew, it should eventually effect certain organs of their body
adversely, probably their brain.