The Steel Piece Inn
The Cataclysm & The War of the Lance
The current year for our Dragonlance campaign is set during 351 AC "After Cataclysm".
Inspired By Trampas Whiteman
This building is one of the oldest buildings in Gateway. The structure is a three story stone building that withstood the dragonarmy destruction of the town. It is run by Stan Whiteguard, formerly from village of Ravenvale, and it rarely has a free room for the night. This inn is also famous for its Dragon Stew that is rumored to be made from dragons. Stan has a cousin named Toby Whiteguard that runs an inn in the settlement of Esker.
The Steel Piece is a quaint inn in the settlement of Gateway. Outside the inn, hanging over the entrance, is a square wooden sign that shows a buxom and smiling girl holding a flagon of beer with a customer handing over his coins. The Steel Piece, is a place renowned for its good food and excellent drink! Passing merchants make a point of stopping, as do many other sorts of wayfarers, and it is said that the place is always filled with patrons.
The Steel Piece is owned by
Stan Whiteguard, who operates this establishment in Gateway. He is polite and smiles often to customers, but one can tell he does not tolerate visitors who do not respect the taverns rules. He is friendly enough
"for the most part" and is always welcoming to those entering his establishment.
Stan came from the east seeking opportunity in prospecting like some others. He soon found that he knew more about running an inn than mining, and so he established the inn.
The Steel Piece is a nondescript everyday Inn one might find in any mid-sized town or village in Abanasinia - actually it is rather large for the small settlement of Gateway. The main floor in the inn consists mostly of open area filled with small round tables with chairs and a half circle bar located along the left side on the main floor as you enter the establishment. Bar stools have been placed at the bar itself. The inn is clean and very well maintained, you can tell Stan takes great pride in his business. During most times during business hours, you will see several young ladies waiting tables with Stan either behind the bar or out amongst the customers making small talk.
Prices at the Steel Piece are fairly standard even if it is the only inn for many miles and the meals that are prepared here make up for the long traveling times. Choice venison, mutton, poached salmon, trout stuffed with specially prepared mixtures, goose roasted to a golden brown, pork, steaming sausages, steak and kidney pie with mushrooms or truffles, squab stuffed pheasant and boiled crayfish in drawn butter are just a few of the delights which are served here alongside the inns famous dragon stew.
The people of Gateway, from hunters to farmers, enjoy relaxing in the common room, which has become a good place to hear local gossip and stories. The inn is kept neat and clean, and is a generally pleasant place to visit. The inn provides twelve rentable rooms on the upper floor, plus alcoholic beverages and food. A bed is six silver pieces a night, and prices are fairly standard for food, ale, and cider, with meals coming to standard prices. The bar is usually manned during business hours by someone.
Stan arrived in Gateway from the north, and founded the inn. With the random problems happening throughout the region it has become a welcome rest stop for many, as well as many locals that live in the settlement of Gateway.
Business continues more-or-less as usual during these times. The inn plays also host to various important visitors at times. The inn's common room also became a favorite location for various local folk. For larger meetings that take place at this inn, the inn has a room in the back with a large table and many chairs placed around it to hold Council meetings and such.
As of now, the inn remaines prosperous and largely unchanged. However, recently Stan was forced to secure a loan to help keep the establishment running but things have sense turned around for the inn and Stan. Stan is very happy with how the townsmater is running the settlement and how he has done many things to help the community grow and prosper. Stan feels, with the rumors that are starting to circulate around Gateway that trouble is coming - he hopes this is just rumors and everything will remain peaceful and calm as it has for many years.
Meals are served on pottery or pewter or copper services according to the customers order. Various leather jacks, pottery mugs, wooden tankards, pewter steins, glass flagons, crystal goblets, or silver chalices are used for the beverages.
The locally brewed ale and beer is supplemented by brews from other places, and wine, mead and brandy from all over the realms make their way to the boards of the Steel Piece.
(All full meals served with bread and honey, potatoes, and string beans, yams, rum-boiled artichokes, potatoes, and string beans, yams, rum-boiled artichokes, cabbage, carrots, or spinach)
BREAKFAST MEALS
Peppered Bread: 12cp
Oatmeal: 8cp
Chicken Eggs: 5cp
Fruit and Cheese: 10cp
Pork Sausages: 15cp
AFTERNOON MEALS
Dragon Stew
Game Pie: 12cp
Boar Steak: 2sp
Venison Stew: 1sp
Beef Stew: 1sp
Parsnip, Mutton & Nettles Soup: 1sp
DESERTS
Cloudberry Pie: 8cp
Old Granny's Cinnamon Apple Pie: 15cp
BEVERAGES
Pear Cider: 6cp
Apple Lemonade: 5cp
Goat Milk: 2cp
Cloudberry Cider: 2sp
Wild Strawberry Black Tea: 2cp
Apple Lemonade Juice: 5cp
Ashbrew Bitter: 2cp
Ashbrew Stout: 2cp
TRAVEL RATIONS
Dried & Smoked Meat, Goat Cheese, Dried Berries, Oats and Honey (wrapped in waxed paper): 2sp
The upper rooms are very clean, and all of the rooms are heated. Each room has a fine bed, many covers & blankets, a wash stand, chamber pot, towel, pegs for garments, and several chairs and stools.
ROOM NIGHTLY PRICES
Guest Room: 6sp
