The Spore Garden

A potions and alchemical supplies shop in the Market Ward, maintained by a consciousness that thinks in networks.

Proprietor: The Gardener (Myconid)

A large humanoid shape made entirely of different colored fungal fruiting bodies, connected by a network of mycelial threads. It doesn’t have a face, but somehow you know it’s looking at you. The shop smells of earth, decay, and something faintly medicinal.

A myconid—a fungal colony with a hive consciousness that thinks in strange, interconnected patterns. Speaks slowly, as if each word requires consensus among its component parts. Genuinely helpful, but its perspective is utterly alien.

Understands alchemy through fungal fermentation and spore dispersal. Knows about exotic reagents from the Underdark and the Elemental Planes. Potions are highly reliable because the Gardener is fundamentally incapable of dishonesty—it operates on a logic of balance and growth.

Inventory

Item	Rarity	Price
Potion of Clairvoyance	Rare	4,200 gp
Potion of Gaseous Form	Rare	4,100 gp
Potion of Heroism	Rare	4,300 gp
Potion of Invisibility	Rare	4,500 gp
Potion of Flying	Rare	4,400 gp
Potion of Climbing	Uncommon	400 gp
Potion of Healing	Uncommon	400 gp
Potion of Animal Friendship	Uncommon	375 gp
Potion of Fire Breath	Uncommon	425 gp
Potion of Giant Strength	Uncommon	450 gp
Potion of Growth	Uncommon	400 gp
Potion of Resistance	Uncommon	425 gp
Potion of Water Breathing	Uncommon	400 gp
Oil of Slipperiness	Uncommon	375 gp
Philter of Love	Uncommon	350 gp
Keoghtom’s Ointment	Uncommon	425 gp
Potion of Poison	Uncommon	375 gp

Current Stock Value: 26,300 gp

Notable Policy

The Gardener views alchemy as growth and balance. It will not sell anything it deems harmful to the natural order, though its definition of “natural” is broad and includes fungal systems across all planes. All goods are verifiable—the Gardener’s inability to lie is legendary.