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Commodity illustration: Turmeric

Category:Spices and aromatics

Turmeric

Standard price
200 pieces of eight for 100 kg
Surplus
100 pieces of eight
Scarcity
250 pieces of eight
Bulk
0.2 Tons

Equivalent to 1,000 pieces of eight per ton

Export regions

Turmeric is the dried underground stem, or rhizome, of a plant related to ginger. The knobbly pieces look unremarkable until broken, when their bright yellow interior stains the fingers.

Cooks in India use it to colour rice dishes; dyers and glovers also seek its golden yellow. The rhizomes are dug up, prepared and dried, then sold whole or ground. The same cargo can find buyers in a kitchen, an apothecary's shop or a dyeing workshop.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 525, 529, 530.

Ludic RPG adaptations used on this page:

  • Goods sold by the 100 kg lot: bulk (house rule).

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