Welcome to your local Temple of Dibella. One part temple, one part art gallery, one part community art centre, Dibella is as hands-on a goddess as anyone could want. You're going to get your hands dirty.
This is actually an unusual build for me, in that I made it for my specific roleplay character, Sibyl Delphyn Sidile. Most of my public roleplay builds (part of my public roleplay projects!) are generic spaces intended to slot into your roleplay whenever, where ever you need them. This one is a bit more specific.
Pictures again courtesy of the ever-wonderful @princesspurpleblob. We took way more than 30 pictures, so strap in. This is going to be a long one.
I wanted to put a bunch of flowering trees around, but it turns out we only have one of those (the flowering gingko) so I had to settle for just very colourful trees. Gyae said it looks like a Rembrandt. I take that as a win. Be welcome!
This is the temple main hall, for services and sermons and such. I don't do a lot of cobbles, so I was very proud of my altar. Sian suggested going very red for this space, and I was surprised how hard it was to manage that. There's not a lot of red lighting in game?
The back of the room isn't nearly so important, but I didn't want it to be bare, either. I think there's some rich details back here.
Office immediately adjoining the temple, for private meetings and advice. I feel like relationship counseling happens in here.
The smaller of the two clergy bedrooms is attached to the main temple hall. This is for a lesser priest.
Upstairs from the main temple hall is an art gallery. I like to imagine this is filled with the work of people local to the temple, all at varying skill levels, who used the temple's ateliers and donated what they made. I'm most interested in temples as a community institution. We took so many shots in the art gallery, and I just can't include them all if I want to show off every part of the build. I'm already at 19/30 of tumblr's post limit?
Here is the band hall, for the traveling musician, the local flutist, and the hapless beginner. You have a closet on the left there, and then the tailor's workshop in the corner, and the high priestess' bedroom on the right. I like to think local art classes and performances are pinned on that bulletin board.
The arches that are normally where I've put doors are lovely, but I knew I wanted to squeeze as many art ateliers into this build as I could, so I had to hard section off rooms. I'm really proud of how this counter turned out as a workspace.
The High Priestess' bedroom comes with a lovely bay window you can lounge in. I think it was the bay windows that made me need Willowpond in my life, honestly. Those rugs are my favourite in the game.
Did you know writing is an art? So obviously Dibella needs a library.
The study is attached to the hall-library. Princess changed my mind on this room - I thought it was simple, she thought it was elegant. She said it was her favourite room. I've come around to really liking it.
The painter's atelier is, I think, the real star of all the art workshops. I wish I could show all the great shots Princess took in here. This was actually the last part of the build to be finished. I needed furnishings from u46 to polish it off. Look at that muller board in the background! Totally worth it.
On the top floor is the dining hall. There's overhead lights if you need a brighter space to roleplay. They're off by default because Sian thought it looked more romantic this way. You might not be able to tell now, but that corner near the stairs was originally one of my problem spots. I left it empty for the longest time because I wasn't sure what to do with it. It wouldn't be a good space for another seating area. I'm happy with how I fixed it.
Aaaand I hit the post photo limit. I can't show you the kitchen (cooking is ART,) the outdoor seating space with its own altar, the upper floor patio date nook, or the secret ritual room under the waterfall. Damn. I thought I was doing such a good job pacing myself, too. Well, if you're looking for a Dibellan temple to roleplay in, look me up on home tours @xencthlu. If you like what you see, give my build a recommendation so other roleplayers can find it. :) There's even more to see and discover I couldn't show you here.
My only regret is that I don't have the requisite 3 white cats every Temple of Dibella needs. (I'd screenshot my source, but *gestures helplessly at the photo limit.*)
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