I was designing a bunch of temples for my fort, trying to make them all reflect their deity's respective spheres, and got to reading the wiki about how Adventurer mode temples incorporate sphere-specific architectural styles, such as:
But the list was pretty short, so I decided to expand the list with some more possibilities. Not
of these suggestions are really "game-friendly"; that is, and Adventure Mode can't exactly place a temple to the god of Murder in a combat arena, because there's currently no way to
a combat arena. But a Fortress Mode player can still use this list as a good source of inspiration for temple design.
spheres that already have buildings, labors, and landscape features clearly associated with them--I shouldn't have to tell
that a temple to a deity with the Agriculture sphere should include a Farm Plot or a Farmer's Workshop, or that the clergy who serve a god of Healing should all have medical skills, or that the temple of Darkness should be located somewhere Inside Underground Dark.
| BALANCE | Design is perfectly symmetrical |
| BEAUTY | |
| BIRTH | |
| BLIGHT | Farm Plots within the temple are "fertilized" with rock salt to only produce withered crops? |
| BOUNDARIES | Overlaps a border between Inside & Outside |
| CHAOS | Design is perfectly asymmetrical and/or random |
| CHARITY | Overlaps a tavern open to guests |
| CHILDREN | Containers hold several toys, as well as instruments |
| CONSOLATION | Overlaps a hospital zone |
| COURAGE | Overlaps with a Barracks, or located in a pitting zone / combat arena |
| DANCE | Extra-large or multiple dance floors |
| DEATH | Located near several tombs (occupied or not), combat arena, or Hammerer's quarters |
| DEFORMITY | |
| DEPRAVITY | |
| DISCIPLINE | Overlaps with Sheriff's office |
| DISEASE | |
| DREAMS | Overlaps with a dormitory |
| DUTY | Overlaps with mayor's/baron's office |
| FAMILY | All clergy are parents |
| FAME | Includes statues of dwarves currently living in the fort |
| FATE | |
| FERTILITY | Overlaps a Farm Plot or Pasture |
| FESTIVALS | |
| FORGIVENESS | |
| FORTRESSES | Temple is a scale model of the fortress (as seen from the surface), OR can serve as a "panic room" (has no exits that can't be sealed with a drawbridge, & has large stockpiles of food/drink) |
| FREEDOM | |
| GAMBLING | |
| GAMES | |
| GENEROSITY | Overlaps with a Tavern |
| HAPPINESS | |
| HOSPITALITY | Located in a tavern open to guests |
| INSPIRATION | |
| JEALOUSY | |
| JUSTICE | Located near Sheriff's office and/or Hammerer's quarters |
| LABOR | Contains at least 1 (unpowered) Screw Pump, Screw Press, or Quern |
| LAWS | Overlaps with mayor's/baron's/sheriff's office |
| LIES | Contains a maze |
| LOVE | Contains a heart-shaped arrangement of seats, statues, etc. |
| LOYALTY | Overlaps with mayor's/baron's/king's throne room, has artwork depicting royal coronation(s) |
| LUCK | |
| LUST | |
| MERCY | Contains at least 1 Justice restraint |
| MISERY | |
| MIST | (Main) entrance is through a waterfall |
| MOUNTAINS | Temple has a steep, very uneven floor |
| MUCK | Several floor tiles covered in "a pile of mud" (optional: blood / vomit?) |
| MURDER | Located in or just outside a pitting zone / combat arena, has Weapon Racks but no Armor Stands |
| MUSIC | Has at least 1 of every musical instrument known to your civ, all clergy have musical skills |
| NIGHTMARES | |
| OATHS | Overlaps with mayor's/baron's/king's throne room, has artwork depicting royal coronation(s) |
| OCEANS | Includes a body of water "sanctified" with copious amounts of rock salt? |
| ORDER | Temple is a regular polyhedron |
| PAINTING | |
| PEACE | |
| PERSUASION | |
| POETRY | |
| PREGNANCY | |
| RAIN | Contains at least one Murky Pool |
| RAINBOWS | Contains walls/floors/furniture of at least 4 bright colors |
| REBIRTH | |
| REVELRY | Overlaps a Tavern |
| REVENGE | |
| RULERSHIP | Overlaps with mayor's/baron's/king's throne room |
| RUMOR | |
| SACRIFICE | |
| SALT | Contains furniture carved from rock salt |
| SCHOLARSHIP | Overlaps with a Library |
| SEASONS | Contains a Farm Plot |
| SILENCE | Musical instruments forbidden, clergy may be no higher than Competent in any musical skill |
| SONG | All clergy are at least Skilled Singers |
| SPEECH | All clergy are at least Skilled Speakers |
| STRENGTH | |
| SUICIDE | |
| THEFT | |
| THRALLDOM | Contains at least 1 (unpowered) Screw Pump, Screw Press, Quern, or Justice restraint |
| TORTURE | Contains caged goblins, and/or weapon stockpiles with whips |
| TRAVELERS | Contains the Trade Depot, and/or overlaps with a Tavern or Library open to guests |
| TREACHERY | Contains a maze |
| TRICKERY | ditto |
| TRUTH | Contains seats/statues made of clear or crystal glass |
| VALOR | Any reason to distinguish this from Courage? |
| VICTORY | Contains trophies captured in raids (especially artifacts), and/or enemy skulls displayed as trophies |
| WAR | Located in a Barracks, combat arena, etc. |
| WEALTH | Contains gem/coin stockpiles, or overlaps a public Museum |
| WISDOM | Overlaps a Library |
| WRITING | ditto |
| YOUTH | Containers hold several toys, as well as instruments |
Does anyone have thoughts on these, and especially ideas to add flavor in ways appropriate to those spheres I've left blank? I'll add them to the list.
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