Public Bathhouse

In the days when the Old City was the city of Greyhawk , nobles and wealthy merchants used this structure as an exclusive club for bathing, swimming, athletics, and general pampering, but as the city grew beyond its original boundaries the bathhouse gradually became a facility for all the citizens of the Free City.
Now it is a public bathhouse and business of its own; open to anyone with a silver piece to buy the weekly pass. Three gold orbs will buy annual admission. A paper ticket is issued as a pass. The bathhouse has separate facilities consisting of a two long. screened wings-one each for men and women—and two entrance foyers and lounges. Each has its own magic-controlled atmosphere to produce tropical conditions inside. The wings contain dressing rooms, steam rooms, and massage cells, while the lounges serve expensive drinks and provide a comfortable, tropical setting for conversation or meditation. Aside from the huge central pool, smaller pools, steam rooms, massage rooms, dressing rooms with private storage trunks, and a large poolside lounge with plenty of drinks are available. Most members of the bathhouse are merchants, caravan workers, mercenaries, and “well-to-do working poor” of the Old City: labourers, shopkeepers, and guildmembers who earn just enough to gain admission. Membership at the bathhouse is considered a major mark of achievement among the lower and middle class in Old City.

Type

Bathhouse

Parent Location

Thieves’ Quarter