are the contents of shops in this game fixed?

[namad]

I could've sworn in the king's bounty series a lot of the items for sale in stores, and the soldiers available for recruitment were randomized?

like if you saved before traveling somewhere for the first time, went there, saw what was for sale, and loaded the game it might be different? was this never true? are all the shops in the entire world randomized when you start a new character? or is nothing ever randomized? I noticed that my level 3 skald had different options for what to buy in the starting town than my level 3 soothsayer...


can anyone explain how this works to me?


edit: the reason I ask is because so far I've found VERY LITTLE options in what to buy, there are currently like maybe nine total units for me to pick from to form my army, in the older king's bounty games like legends or crossworlds you typically have a lot more choices to make a lot sooner in the game!