Canonfire! - Merchant Ships of Greyhawk

Sea trade bustles across the Azure Sea, and you’ve encountered a merchant vessel. Perhaps the party are catching a ride on a merchant ship. Perhaps the party have joined a pirate crew and hope to plunder a merchant vessel. Where did it come from? What cargo does it contain? The twelve costal realms of the Azure Sea, Densac Gulf, and Vohun Ocean are listed below. The cargo lists for each realm are mainly drawn from their respective resources listed in the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. This is especially useful if you're a pirate crew searching for plunder, which was my point in making it.

Origin of Merchant Ship

d12	Port of Origin (By Realm)
1	Ahlissa
2	Domain of Greyhawk
3	Furyondy
4	Irongate
5	Keoland
6	Nyrond
7	Onnwal
8	Pomarj
9	Scarlet Brotherhood
10	Sea Princes
11	Sunndi
12	Ulek, Principality

In addition to goods specific to each realm, find below a general list of common goods which might be traded across the sea. The DM can always pick the cargo based on the situation or needs of the story.

Common Goods

d6	Cargo
1	Medicines
2	Weapons or armor
3	Equipment or components
4	Textiles or furs
5	Pulp, paper, or parchment
6	Illegal goods or substances

Goods by Domain

Ahlissa

d12	Cargo
1	Foodstuffs
2	Livestock
3	Cloth
4	Silver
5	Copper
6	Common Goods (see table)
7	Gold
8	Iron Products
9	Timber
10	Herbs
11	Fine ale and beer
12	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 12s)

Domain of Greyhawk

d8	Cargo
1	Silver
2	Electrum
3	Gold
4	Common Goods (see table)
5	Platinum
6	Gems (I-IV)
7	Timber
8	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 8s)

Furyondy

d8	Cargo
1	Foodstuffs
2	Cloth
3	Gold
4	Common Goods (see table)
5	Wines
6	Fish
7	Shipbuilding Supplies
8	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 8s)

Irongate

d4	Cargo
1	Gems (II, III)
2	Common Goods (see table)
3	Iron ore
4	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 4s)

Keoland

d8	Cargo
1	Foodstuffs
2	Cloth
3	Gold
4	Common Goods (see table)
5	Gems (III)
6	Fish
7	Timber
8	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 8s)

Nyrond

d8	Cargo
1	Foodstuffs
2	Cloth
3	Copper
4	Common Goods (see table)
5	Gems (I, II)
6	Fish
7	Silver
8	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 8s)

Onnwal

d4	Cargo
1	Gems (III, including pearls)
2	Common Goods (see table)
3	Platinum
4	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 4s)

Pomarj

d8	Cargo
1	Silver
2	Electrum
3	Gold
4	Common Goods (see table)
5	Slaves
6	Gems (I, II)
7	Timber
8	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 8s)

Sea Princes

d4	Cargo
1	Foodstuffs
2	Common Goods (see table)
3	Slaves
4	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 4s)

Sunndi

d6	Cargo
1	Gems (II, IV)
2	Electrum
3	Common Goods (see table)
4	Platinum
5	Foodstuffs
6	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 6s)

Ulek, Principality of

d8	Cargo
1	Foodstuffs
2	Cloth
3	Silver
4	Common Goods (see table)
5	Gems (II-IV)
6	Electrum
7	Copper
8	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 8s)

If a nine is rolled, then roll a d4 to find the origin of the Scarlet Brotherhood the merchant ship.

Provinces of the Scarlet Brotherhood

d4	Province
1	Amedio
2	Lordship of the Isles
3	Hepmonaland
4	Tilvanot

Amedio

d10	Cargo
1	Gems (I, III, IV)
2	Gold
3	Slaves
4	Silver
5	Common Goods (see table)
6	Rare woods
7	Platinum
8	Foodstuffs
9	Spices
10	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 10s)

Lordship of the Isles

d6	Cargo
1	Fish
2	Rare woods
3	Common Goods (see table)
4	Spices
5	Shipbuilding supplies
6	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 6s)

Hepmonaland

d12	Cargo
1	Foodstuffs
2	Gems (I, III, IV)
3	Rare woods
4	Metals (iron, bronze, copper)
5	Timber
6	Spices (including sugar)
7	Ivory
8	Slaves
9	Gold
10	Platinum
11	Silver
12	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 12s)

Tilvanot

d8	Cargo
1	Rare woods
2	Foodstuffs
3	Gold
4	Common Goods (see table)
5	Spices
6	Gems (I, III, IV)
7	Slaves
8	Dual cargo (roll twice, rerolling any 8s)

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