Alright! Buying everything listed. Skill penalty gone, but we still don't have a sword.
Hotsalt the Herbalist can sell you any of the following items:
Medicinal herbs 2 Gold Pieces per bag
Preservative spices 2 Gold Pieces per bag
Potion of Healing 4 Gold Pieces
You can buy, and carry, a maximum of two of each item. The single Potion of Healing will restore 5 points of STAMINA when you drink it, and you can do this at any time except during combat.
There are many food shops selling small sweet cakes, good bread, hot slices of peppered beef in poppy-seed buns, and other delicious foods. They also sell preserved food for adventurers. 1 Gold Piece will buy you enough food for 2 meals - but don't forget: you cannot carry more than 12 Provisions in a backpack (and only 4 if you don't have a backpack!)
We do now have a backpack. I guess we'll go to the travel shop for the sake of completeness, as the book maybe doesn't make it clear, but that guy is also our one stop shop for ferry tickets, so we may or may not want to deal with him even if we have no interest in camels. There's a map in the start of the book I'll post now, as well. Hiking with or without a camel is an option, and the ferry won't take us all the way.
Bokhannon offers travel services of various kinds. He can sell you passage on a riverboat heading for Rahasta, the last town in the wastelands, not very far from Kabesh. This costs 10 Gold Pieces; after you have paid you may leave by boat at any time by turning to 243 (make a note of this paragraph number). He can also sell you a camel for overland travel, which could take you all the way to Kabesh. The camel has the advantage that you can carry an extra 12 Provisions in the beast's saddle-bag (included in the price) above your usual maximum of 12 in a backpack. However, Bokhannon wants 18 Gold Pieces for a camel! He is sorry that he cannot offer you a cheaper animal, say a mule, but these have been in great demand lately for mule pies. If you
want to buy the camel (and you have the money to pay for it), tum to 329. If you don't want to buy the camel - or if you don't have enough money for it - you can either continue shopping or go to another part of town.
So! Twenty two gold pieces left, Notoriety up to 5 now (we've not done anything illegal, unless foreigners can't own magic or weapons, but we've hung out with a talking mongoose, we've killed a gladiator champion in the arena, we've purchased a suit of leather armour and a shield and we've visited a magic shop.)
What other purchases do we want to make, and then, where do we want to go? Also, remember we can leave Ashkyos voluntarily at any time, if you think there's nothing more to be gained by staying here.
Adventure Sheet
Huge Nuge
SKILL 11/11
STAMINA 17/17
LUCK 12/12
Notoriety: 5/8
Skills: Blindsight, Acute Hearing, Tracking, Move Silently
Equipment: 2/12 Provisions
Boots with hidden coin compartments
22gp (including 2 hidden)
Silver Whistle
Backpack
Waterskin
Leather armour and shield
Lantern
Ring of Endurance
Boots of Stealth