Thomsbridge Ideas

Traditions
+1 Diplomats
+20% Trade Steering

Old Leaf CountryThe county of Tipney is the origin of halfling pipeweed, typically smoked for its calming effect. Pipeweed culture and cultivation has since spread beyond the Small Country, but the locals are still the leading experts in its production (and consumption).
-1 National Unrest
+5% Production Efficiency

Merrily Long LivesHalflings live peaceful and long lives in the province of Merryfield, making it famous for its centenarians. Many speculate on what specifically in the local lifestyle enables this—the fresh country air? The good pipeweed? The quiet days and nights? Truthfully, Merryfielders don’t really care to know the answer, they just enjoy their family-members’ longevity.
+20% Average Monarch Lifespan
-15% Stability Cost Modifier

A Temporary CapitalPrior to the Small Country Rebellion, the unassuming and sleepy Thomsbridge was a hub for rebel leaders seeking to discreetly draft plans and pass along information. It was here that the independence of the Small Country was first declared, making it the capital of the republic for a time.
+1 Yearly Devotion
+1 Yearly Horde Unity
+1 Yearly Legitimacy
+0.3 Yearly Republican Tradition

Thom's BridgeThom the Bridgewright was a Viswaller aristocrat who built the eponymous bridge over the Middanroy, around which the town and county grew. Aside from its role in trade—increases of the Thomsbridge toll have spawned conflicts in the past due to its importance—this veritable chokepoint was the location of a famous battle in which rebels decimated a large Lorentish force bit by bit by blasting all who dared step onto it into the deep waters below.
+10% Domestic Trade Power
+1 Attrition for Enemies

Riddles In The Park'I am a mystery that cannot be seen; One staying with you wherever you've been. I may be forgotten, and yet I remain—A memory remembered in a different way.'\n\nRiddles are a significant and prestigious form of wordplay in the Small Country, but no place excels in them like Thomsbridge. Common entertainment for the whole household, Thomsbridgers are raised to learn riddles and their answers by heart. Both young and old eagerly participate in festival riddle-contests to test their wit and memory.\n\nAnswer: 'Experience'
+1 Yearly Prestige

In A Hole In the GroundUnlike the Gnomish-stye barrow-towns dug into the Homehills with their low rounded tunnels fortified with cold stone, Thomsbridge pioneered the humble halfling-hole: a large chamber dug into the packed earth and partitioned into rooms with wooden walls. Naturally insulated, cozy, and easily built or expanded, it was perfect for the rural farming families of the southern Small Country. These iconic homes were dug into the rolling hillocks of Thomsbridge long before Newshire popularized them.
-10% Construction Cost

The Gomoton RecordsA famously extensive genealogy of all halfling families, the Gomoton Records date back to the Small Kingdom and were based on administrative records from the Gnomish Hierarchy. As the spirit of nationalism swept through the Small Country, many sought to abandon their previously Gawedi- and Lorentish-derived names and change them to those of their ancestors; using the Records, many Old Halfling names that had fallen to the wayside were revived in use such as 'Maura' and 'Razanur'.
+1 Administrative Free Policies

Ambition
-10% Morale Damage Received