Never be at a loss as to what kind of merchant the characters just encountered, with a simple roll of the dice, you will know in mere moments!

Also, for filling in all those blank squares that represent places of business in any fantasy city map, I present to you a very handy table I created for myself.

The Table of One Hundred Merchants.
Roll 1d100

1. Slave Trader
2. Seller of Shrine idols and supplies for worship
3. Book Binder
4. Book Seller
5. Candy Maker
6. Exotic foods
7. Bulk foods
8. Building supplies
9. Military antiques
10. Concealable weapons
11. Large and ceremonial weapons
12. Complex weapons
13. Exotic weapons
14. Dice maker and entertainment supplies
15. Clock Maker
16. Cosmetics dealer and beautician
17. Curio shop dealing in edible items
18. Curio shop dealing in rare trinkets
19. Curio shop dealing in large items
20. Antique furniture
21. Curio trader, also stolen goods fence
22. Distiller
23. Vintner (fine wines)
24. Vintner (cheap wines and fortified wines)
25. Magic weapon dealer
26. Magic armor dealer
27. Magic item dealer
28. Silver smith
29. Toy maker
30. Calligrapher
31. Black smith
32. Ritual dealer (scrolls and tomes)
33. Arcane supplies (simple spells and rituals)
34. Arcane supplies (complex spells and rare rituals)
35. Wand dealer
36. Orb dealer
37. Rod dealer
38. Staff dealer
39. Leather worker
40. Alchemist
41. Art dealer
42. Costume tailor
43. Pet wrangler
44. Potion dealer