City of Westgate:Room & Board

## A Bite, a Sip, and a Nap

A fairly substantial city as Faerûn goes, **Westgate** has an extensive collection of inns, taverns and festhalls scattered through the city, about two-thirds of which made this list.

Average cost tends to match the rating fairly consistently.

* For taverns and restaurants, this is a single meal with clean, cool water to drink. Bar tab is extra. Many taverns and pubs may have minor musical acts.
* For inns, average cost is a single night's stay. PCs can negotiate for lower rates on extended stays. All of these inns also have associated restaurants and bars, with single meals matching the rating. Bar tab is extra. The lounge and restaurant at some inns may have minor musical acts.
* For festhalls, which are the city's three major musical and entertainment venues, the average cost is the cover charge for entry. Food, lodging or other, more individual entertainment is an additional cost.

### Who Didn't Make the List

As for the nine establishments that *didn't* make this list, the criteria for cutoff is if a patron died at the establishment due to the action (or inaction) of the employees. This ranges from people poisoned by foul food, murdered in their bed due to lack of security, or dying of a fatal venereal disease contracted from an employee who worked at the establishment (in any fashion).

* These establishments paid their fine(s) and continue to operate.
* Half of them are outside the city walls.
* The rating on all of them would be "Poor" (inn stays 1 sp/night).
* One such example would be "The Bent Mermaid," an inn that was once at the edge of Tidetown before the Inner Sea returned to it's previous levels. Demolished with the rest of Tidetown, the establishment was rebuilt outside the walls and continues to be a hangout for pirates and other assorted trash.

### Festhalls: Beautifully Bawdy

While the polite definition of "festhall" is along the lines of a Germanic "festhalle" (a lively place where festivals are held), this is the lusty Forgotten Realms, where a "festhall" is more realistically a tavern and brothel. Westgate, for as rough as it is, actually splits the difference; the three prominent festhalls are the major musical venues for the city, as well as catering to other forms of entertainment.

* All three festhalls in Westgate are also musical venues.
* ***The "average cost" listed is the cover charge for entry, considering the nightly musical acts*.**

* The legality of prostitution varies from region to region in Faerûn, though in Westgate it's a respectable profession. The rates average 5 sp for a "session," and are based on a professional with a 10 CON and a 10 CHA. For each point above 10 on either trait, the rate trends upward by 2 sp. A professional with a pair of 11's, for instance, would average 9 sp for a session. That rate may vary, usually upward, for a number of factors (*not the least of which is an assessment of the client*).
* There are several courtesans in Westgate, and while they may make appearances at festhall concerts and events, they don't work the festhalls. Rather, they are successful enough to be considered minor aristocracy. Beyond companionship, they are regulars at the Westgate Noble Court and are among the more successful courtiers, retainable political advisers and professional advocates.