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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isida Kep'Tukari" data-source="post: 1373430" data-attributes="member: 4441">*For those desiring to stay outside, one can buy a spot in a fenced in field to camp for only a couple copper.  Many of the poorer travelers look to be doing just that.  Or you could take your chances outside the city walls, if that is your wish.**The Pauper's Purse is made of rough wood that's been lovingly polished by years of use.  The common room in a simple huge room supported by large timbers.  Trestle tables are lined up in rows with benches, and a mug of stew and one of ale only costs three copper (water can be had for free).  A space either on this floor or the one above is another three.  The place is dimly lit, and there is no kitchen, just a large fireplace and a bunch of cupboards.  It's painfully clean, swept out twice a day, and has obviously seen a great deal of use.  Prayers to Pelor, Alnaria, and other deities of healing, peace, and charity are said at every meal.**It is usually fairly full, mostly with priests and laymen of the poorer orders as well as wandering hermits and those on pilgramage.  Today is no exception, and while anyone going there can find a seat, they will be sharing their bench.**There are many clad in the practical leather garments of Fharlanghn, as well as several plainly-clad clergy of Pelor.  Two white-robed priestesses of Alnaria stand out in the relative gloom of the room, and a contingent of earth-touched dwarven priests of Grumbar sit closest to the door.**The Golden Chalice is brightly lit as a scriptorium, with elegant tables carved into pleasing shapes and comfortable chairs and booths.  It has its own kitchen, from which savory smells eminate.  The menu tonight is roast venison, fresh new vegetables, and eggs, along with wine or ale, fresh cider, or sweet spring water.  Rooms generally hold no more than six, or solitary cells can be had, though they are miniscule.  A typical dinner and a semi-private room costs four gold.**As in the Pauper's Purse, prayers are said before each meal, though usually to Heironeous, Siamorphe, or other deities.  The people here are typically priests of wealthy orders, or noble laymen.  One somewhat curious thing of note is that there's a contingent of priestesses of Wee Jas around a large table in the back.  All wear the traveling black and red robes of their order, and their holy symbols are prominatly exposed.  The elaborate headdress that one wears, her hair piled around a complex arrangement of red rods, marks her as a high ranking priestess.  All of the six women are engaged in some quiet conversation.**Also in the room are clergy of Heironeous, Siamorphe, Boccob, Corelleon Latharian, and one pox-scared priestess of Talona.*</blockquote>

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