My God, this guy was the best thing of the entire campaign so far. I introduced Gregorio as the characters made camp, and prepared a list of stories for all the items he sold (some of which I took out of other sources such as Bert's practically useless items). We spent the better part of an hour bartering these items, and had a huge laugh at the menagerie (yes, I prepared pictures).

Then, when the surprise came, my player who had spent a grand total of 6 copper pieces at Gregorio's convinced the others to go on a manhunt for the charlatan.

Just wow. This source. It brings some light into the darkness that is Barovia. I recommend playing some funky yiddish violin music as Gregorio describes his wares for added hilarity.

Short & sweet. This is a great adventure to shake things up when traveling becomes bland. It could easily be scaled up a few levels for a slightly higher level party. Couldn't help but picture Zed from Legend of the Seeker playing the part of the merchant. This is a very well written and fun sounding encounter and I can't wait to use it.

Short, but brilliant. This is simply a great encounter. It doesn't have to lead to combat, but if it does, your players are sure to remember it. The NPC has a great personality and the encounter is quite flexible. It is odd, unique, lighthearted, and memorable.

Review #7 Gregorio’s Traveling Emporium and Menagerie

After accounting for the cover page and legal stuff, this supplement ends up being 4 pages of actual material. The document itself is very professional looking, the layout, fonts, spacing and coloration are all spot-on. A small color map with a link to a larger size free map from their blog. You can tell that Broken Knives really wanted this to look like it was top notch work and they succeed. Within is a short scenario/encounter with the titular Gregorio-- a seemingly harmless tinker/salesman that gives a quality (and quite wordy) shopping experience to your entire party! What ensues is a fun little gotcha scene that should put a smile on everyone’s face. A great little mini-encounter to help adventurers top off their supplies and maybe make a little extra xp in the process. A few small niggles; I would liked to have seen some provided examples of “Gregorio is quite the salesman, and is very willing to haggle and make deals with the characters“ as the characterization is left up to the DM to improvise. A newer DM trying to use this as an add-on who might not yet have developed the ability to wing an NPC like this would be put upon to make sure Gregorio is vibrant and not bland. Also, in my opinion, the section about what happens with the purchased wares is out of place. It gives the reveal before the scene is actually finished, and should be moved to after the menagerie section.

“Gregorio’s” is a Pay What You Want feature. It’s short but it’s quality. Definitely take a look at it and let Broken Knives know if you liked it by giving them a little $$ for their effort. A solid four star rating.