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Commodity illustration: Ambergris

Category:Perfumes and remedies

Ambergris

Standard price
950 pieces of eight for 10 kg
Surplus
900 pieces of eight
Scarcity
1,000 pieces of eight
Bulk
0.02 Tons

Equivalent to 47,500 pieces of eight per ton

Export regions

Ambergris is an aromatic animal substance that looks like grey or brown wax, sometimes marbled and flecked with dark grains. It is shipped in lumps whose unassuming appearance gives little hint of their value to a perfumer.

It lends its scent to expensive perfumes and apothecaries' preparations. Pieces are found floating at sea or washed ashore. Ambergris comes from the sperm whale, though its origins remain mysterious to many merchants. They judge what lies before them by its smell, texture and colour.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 526, 527, 528, 529, 532, 533, PDF pages 521.
  • La Révolte, p. 308.

Ludic RPG adaptations used on this page:

  • Compact goods sold by the 10 kg lot: bulk (house rule).

The description was written by Ludic RPG. Prices are game values expressed in pieces of eight.