Where To Stay
Kinds of dwellings
Temporary dwellings, such as large tents and covered wagons, are used mostly by travelling merchants in their journey from one settlement to the next. It isn’t unusual to see a cluster of such structures along the Royal Road; these are far less common along secondary roads. The indigent may also make use of such solutions, on a semi-permanent basis, often on the outskirts of a larger settlement.
Permanent dwellings, from small wattle and daub constructions to robust firebrick mansions, are found throughout Kalderesh.
Accommodation for residents
The truly down-and-out will have no or very little belongings, and may overnight on the street, in doorways, in sewers, or in barrels and crates left out as refuse. Abandoned buildings also offer refuge. Larger settlements may have hostels for the poor, which range from a large building (such as a warehouse) with rows of simple cots to individual rooms with minimal furnishing. Outside of settled areas, the indigent may resort to underground dwelling in caves or grottoes.
The lowest-class accommodation includes lean-tos, shacks, low-cost small apartments, shared apartments, basement quarters, and single rooms within a larger structure.
With slightly more distributable income, potential dwellings range from rooming houses and rented quarters to fairly substantial homes in specific districts (such as a trade district).
Middle-class craftsmen are likely to have a substantial structure with a separate workshop and family residence. Apprentices usually lodge with a master craftsmen.
In larger settlements, a merchant will likely have a large residence with business buildings (workshop, warehouse, industrial spaces) elsewhere. The residence ranges from a dwelling with eight or more rooms, to a palatial mansion, usually with a large serving staff.
Accommodation for travellers
Accommodation for travellers and other temporary residents range from rented dormitory rooms to luxurious quarters in impressive hotels.
For less affluent travellers, accommodation is available dormitory-fashion in hostels, usually in the cheaper districts.
Inns offer basic lodging, in addition to food and drink, entertainment, and stabling for horses. There are quite common in small settlements, and nearly ubiquitous in cities.
In cities and larger towns, the wealthy lower class and lower middle-class have a choice of rooming houses, usually meant to attract travellers who will be staying a week or more.
Well-to-do middle class travellers and those of the upper class typically make use of inns, which are large multi-purpose places with well-appointed rooms, discrete attendants, fine food, choice entertainment, and a barn for carriages and horses.
For the most well-to-do, luxury living is available in hotels, which are former palatial homes converted into opulent living quarters to meet the exacting requirements and accustomed life style of the wealthy.