Traditions Expanded

New culture traditions, and fresh art for every one.

Traditions Expanded does two things at once. It gives every one of the game's culture traditions a unique custom icon, with no more shared, generic symbols, and it adds 27 brand-new traditions for your cultures to adopt, from Witch Covens and Free Cities to Companion Cavalry and Imperial Courts. A combined, revised edition of Traditions Art + and its More Traditions submod.

What it does

• A unique icon for every tradition. All 171 base-game traditions are re-illustrated with their own distinct art, so the culture screen finally reads at a glance.
• 27 new traditions spanning warfare, society, faith, learning and the realm, each with its own art, effects and description.
• Optional new content. A game rule lets you show or hide the added traditions, so you can keep the art boost alone or enjoy the full set.
• Fully localized and built to today's game version, with the base-game traditions kept fully current.

The 27 new traditions

Twenty-seven new ways for a culture to define itself, recruited, taught and inherited just like any other tradition.

Battlefield Heroism

Valor before the foe is celebrated above all else, and its warriors seek glory at the very front of the line.

Companion Cavalry

An elite cadre of noble horsemen rides at their leader's side, the decisive shock of any army.

Numidian Cavalry

Swift, unarmored riders harry the enemy with javelin and feint, unmatched masters of the open field.

Imported Elephants

War elephants, brought at great cost from distant lands, lend this culture's armies a terrifying weight.

Military Engineering

Siege towers, sapping and stout fortification are this culture's craft. No wall stands forever.

Mercenary Bands

Soldiering for coin is an honored trade, and its free companies march wherever gold may lead them.

Coastal Corsairs

Swift raiders strike from the sea and slip away with their plunder before any defense can gather.

Celestial Swords

Its smiths forge blades of legendary quality, said by some to be blessed by the heavens themselves.

Raiders of the Lost

This culture seeks out the tombs and ruins of forgotten ages, prising loose the treasures of the past.

Imperial Court

A grand and ceremonious court sets this culture apart, radiating prestige and refinement to all who visit.

Centralized Rule

Power is gathered at the center, and its realms favor strong, unified authority over scattered lords.

Free Cities

Self-governing towns flourish here, their charters and their coin the envy of every neighbor.

Open Council

Counsel is drawn from the most able, regardless of birth or gender, and the realm is the better for it.

Jus Primae Noctis

By grim and ancient custom, the lords claim rights over their subjects that few dare to refuse.

Blood is Thicker

Kinship binds this culture tightly, and the loyalty owed to family outweighs nearly all other ties.

Divine Blood

Its rulers are held to carry sacred blood, granting reverence, legitimacy and no small measure of pride.

Mythical Ancestors

This culture strongly values rulers descended from respected, if not revered, ancestral figures.

Witch Covens

Whispered circles of cunning-folk keep the old arts alive, tolerated and feared in equal measure.

Abstract Philosophy

This culture prizes deep, theoretical thought over practical concern, and its courts are alive with debate.

Patronage of Learning

Rulers lavish wealth upon scholars, libraries and academies, making their courts beacons of knowledge.

Historians

This culture keeps meticulous record of its past, honoring memory, lineage and the lessons of ages gone.

Reckless Innovators

The elites take a rather scientific approach to all things, which might not please more zealous folk.

Competitive Spirit

Rivalry drives constant self-improvement, whether in the games, the hunt, or the field of battle.

Basin Irrigation

Mastery of river flooding and canal-work lets this culture wring abundance from even the driest land.

Revered Huntsmen

The hunt is sacred, and its masters are honored as providers and warriors both.

Final Hunts

The old and the dying seek one last great chase, and the hunt is woven deep into rites of passing.

Wanderlust

Restless feet carry this culture far and wide. Travel, trade and discovery live in its very spirit.

Custom art for every tradition

Beyond the new content, all 171 base-game traditions receive their own distinct icon. A small taste of the re-illustrated set:

Winter Warriors

Hird

Stalwart Defenders

Formation Fighting

Horse Lords

Mountain Homes

Seafaring

Hunters

Sacred Hunts

Warrior Culture

Chivalry

City Keepers

Castle Keepers

Legalistic

Philosopher Culture

Xenophilic

Forest Folk

Parochialism

Swords for Hire

Compatibility and options

Give every culture its own face, and a few new ways to be remembered.