Dwarven trader. His left half of his face looks burnt off by acid. A leather and copper eye patch covers his left eye, though no one has seen what lies underneath. No beard grows on his deformed face but he wears his black hair in a spiked mohawk.

He is very gruff sounding and WILL NOT barter or haggle. If you attempt haggling the prices rise instead of fall.

Thrimil specialized in "rare magical items" that many look like junk. Many items are from the Underdark and armor and weapons usually are dented and look battle worn but nothing that he has brought to market has failed yet.

He is the embodiment of a slimy car salesman. Sam is a halfling who will pickpocket your party members and then try to sell you their stolen goods. It doesn't matter how much you have he wants your gold... all of it. Sam is a master in persuasion and deception. Many speculate he is what happens to a failed bard entertainer. Sam has no problem telling you how he escaped married life from the town of Secomber which is how he got his name Secomber Sam.

Sam's table is filled with lots of random Knick knacks and random bits and bobs. Sam swears it all comes from Secomber but many people know that its not.

She looks to anyone like a kindly old grandmother who would knit you some wool socks. No one would guess that she laces her sweet treats with poisons. If you are looking for sweets and delectable goods enough to eat come to Gifu but don't eat them. The treats she makes look good enough for royalty and taste amazing, but they will be the last thing that you taste.

There are lots of fancy torts, cakes and sweets of all shapes and colors, all to mask the deadly contents inside.

This fine stone establishment is 3 stories and the roof is quite slender in the shape of a steep point. It is quite a different look compared to the other buildings in the merchants quarter. The walnut sign hanging above the the door has an alicorn with it's wings spread.

The building itself is made of beautiful marble bricks, and the windows are made of crystal glass. The building itself screams high class from the outside, but entering the doors the beauty and decadence continue. A grand fireplace with ornate mantle, perfect looking chairs and tables with no dents or splinters, and a wait staff finely dressed in matching uniforms.

Only the best wines and brews are sold here, and fresh food prepared by a chef from Water Deep for an (un)reasonable amount of gold.

The accommodations here are 4 gold a night and consist of several large rooms on the second floor with beds and feather mattresses.

The proprietor of this establishment is Sega, a male elf always dressed in some gaudy colored silk robe. He has a long face with brown hair tied back into a braided bun. His eyes are bright green and keen on taking as much coin as he can.

This is one of my favorite homebrew locations that I had in a Pathfinder Campaign.

This establishment is known as the place where sailors and back ally boys can get cheap food and lady company. A half-orc bouncer stands at the door to help assist any drunk patrons back out the door. This building is the fantasy game version of Hooters. Ladies scantily clad serving cheap food to eager customers. The women here are union so don't you dare try sampling the goods or getting handsy before paying, the bouncer is very good at his job.

The building itself doesn't look half bad, made of timber with a slate roof. Inside there are many small round tables, enough to hold 2 people scattered around the room. The northern wall that you can see is quite a large bar with many stools to sit there. Only two larger tables exist on the east and western walls. On either side of the bar there is a door. The left door leads into the kitchen, where occasional dwarven yelling can be heard and the door to the right that leads to the back private rooms of the working ladies.

There is no overnight accommodations, the rooms in the back are if you are willing and have enough money to take one of the working girls back into her room.

The Inkeeper is a more robust female halfling named Asphold (but everyone calls her "Asp" because she does the most excitable gasp when she sees new adventurer's.) She will give you one free pint of ale if you tell her a story of your most recent adventure. She has bright auburn hair and green eyes. She walks with a limp, as she had to retire from adventuring due to an accident. If you ask her about it, she will only tell you the limp is due from chasing too many children and carrying too many mugs.

The sign out from is a large wooden tankard that has glass pieces to look like gems decorating the golden rim of the mug. The business does very well at the edge of town.

Bunk rooms are available for 2 gp (1 each if you are splitting with a party member). The mattresses are straw but the bunk also comes with a nice wool blanket. Along with the bunk bed there are two chairs and for an additional 5 silver you can get a room with a fireplace.

Food here takes a little more time to get to you as everything is "Made with love by grannie" in the back. Sometimes the old halfing woman in the kitchen gets things wrong and only says that what you got served is what you were meant to have.

This building is housed in the adventurers quarter and stands next to boarded up well of town (the hidden entrance to the Thieves Guild). The Inn is a two story, half timbered building that has obvious dwarven-wrought iron workings on the doors. Even the timber of the front has made it look like this could be dropped in from a dwarven citadel.

Nanain, a black haired dwarf with a nicely braided beard that goes down to his knees, runs the Crossed Blade Inn. He is very strict on his no weapons policy, and has a scrawny looking human man take everything at the "coat check" in the entry way. All things are well documented and happily returned to you as you depart. This building is peaceful grounds and no devil or angel will help you if you cross Nanian's no fighting rule.

Accommodations are a single rooms that have a wooden cot and small desk/wardrobe. Rooms can be rented for 1 gp a night or 5 gp for the entire week.

This is a simple wooden building with several shuttered windows. Most tables inside are large and has bench seating.

There is a large maple table on the far side of the room where many a fool loose and gain money in card games, trying to make a profit after failed adventuring.

The owner, a crotchety old man named "Bob" watches over his den of poorly taken care of furniture like everything is made of gold. If you break something (even if you sit on a stool and it breaks due to its lack of care) Bob will demand that you pay in gold to replace it, but miraculously nothing new ever seems to make it into the building. The only thing that makes this place worth it is the surprisingly good food for cheap. It seems the cook Merey takes pity on the poor travelers and down heartened to take some extra care in her cooking.

Accommodations is a group sleeping area in the cellar where many hammocks and wooden cots lay about the floor in this common room. There is a large fire place on the west wall that allows for some warmth, otherwise the body heat of the room keeps everyone toasty. It is only 2 sp to stay here, and those who do are usually those who have come back unsuccessful from adventures. This is a great location to pick up rumors and find other side quests that others were unable to complete.

In the residential side of town is this stone walled building complete with a picket fence surrounding the property. The two-storied building is a well respected establishment by townies and adventurers and is quite the local for stories and fresh game.

Inside you are greeted by a young female human named Jodi who welcomes you the Hunting Hall. Her and her twin brother, Joel, are responsible for all of the fresh game, though they will buy fresh meat off of local hunters and trappers if the meat is of good enough quality.

If something is lurking in the woods, they would know about it, and most likely pay you well to return unique heads to mount on the already impressive wall of trophies.

There are only 3 rooms available to rent for accommodations. Each room costs 2 gp and has a nice soft mattress and goose feather pillow. On cold evenings furs can be rented for 2 sp to be used for warmth.

A dead party member feels obligated to keep their chosen person safe by attaching the remainder of their essence to allow their chosen PC warlock powers. It’s a way to keep the personality and flavor of the previous character around. You can work with the player to see what types of creative flavor (or chaos) they would want for their pact that one of the still living PC’s now follow.

Why do I see this working? Warlocks and their “otherworldly being” create a pact, which could be the love (or hatred) these party members shared in life. Warlocks learn and grow in power at the cost of the patron’s behalf and as the dead character is now otherworldly they can lend their fledgling some power. It also states that the patrons do not have to be “god-like” so making a dead PC a patron doesn’t need to make them overpowered. It would be more for flavor vs. extreme power boosts. If I would do this at my table, I would still have the dead player still roll up a new character so they can still be an active part of the story but do Patron stuff as an added bonus at the table.

The player…. Literally turns into a ghost. The DM should work with the player to turn them into a spectral creature where they can live out their poltergeist dreams. There are many “ghost” type monsters available via the Monster Manual that can help your player flavor their new spectral self.

There are many pieces to choose from. There is the classic “Ghost” with its manifestations and incorporeal movement. Horrifying Visage has a low DC but can pack a punch if the target epically fails. The Possession (recharge on a 6) can also be interesting but I would make sure to put down ground rules of using it against enemies and not using these actions on party members.

As a dear fan of the game Phasmophobia I would also accept Oni, Wraith and revenant with some good persuasion.

How I would implement this at my table: I would use this as a short term, fun aspect to bring some flavor. The way I see this is the player who passed away would pick which “Ghost” they would want to be. I would have the player use that creature's stats and actions with the skin that they look like or have aspects of what that character looked like before death. They have ghost like versions of the gear they were wearing/holding when they passed but the items are no longer usable. This would be used by me only for players who died in that session to get through the end of the game day before “moving on.” This would be short term until the player who died has a new character sheet rolled up and ready to go to be added back into the game.

Have your party create wills. This may not be for every gaming table but you can ask your players to write wills for their characters. This way the remaining party is given specific items from the dead party member with hopefully a meaningful or funny reasoning behind it. This can lead to tender moments and hopefully avoid players just looting the body of one of their dear compatriots like a common run of the mill body at the end of an encounter. This could also add extra side missions in the event that a player asks for their personal effects to be brought back to a NPC that had meaning to them.