Mega-Dragonborn-of-Doom (1921) said:
Ah, sure why not. I've been wracking my head to figure out something to do with her for this build. I'd rather not end up doing something with Mara because, well, to be honest, we've got plenty of builds that look into aspects of Mara, but Dibella is a lot rarer. Usually, it ends up being a seductress type character or doesn't actually have much to do with her. But if you've got any ideas Phil, would love to hear about them.
Ok, cool! :D So with these gods and demons, one trick I do is to stop thinking about them as we know them and instead break them down into concepts or emotions. Dibella is what? We could say she is beauty, passion, and creativity given form and anthropomorphised. We know artists of all stripes revere her.
We can break those ideas down further and see what seperates her from Mara - for Dibella is also love, but a more youthful love. That feeling when the lady you crush on smiles at you? We call that "butterflies in the stomach." That's Dibella. In time you get to know one another, and those butterflies never go but they get augmented by something else, a certain contentment. That's Mara. Ideally, the Mara and Dibella feelings should never leave.
Ok, so what else. Umm, Passion. When we think of passion we might think of sex. But passion is intensity of emotion. It's firey, burns bright and fast. It's the morning quickie, or the rant in rage, or foundation stone of what will be a cause worth dying for.
Then there's the artistic side. Painters, poets, singers, architects, Character Builders, writers... anyone doing something creative feels Dibella. She's also quite rebellious. Like, you know you need to get up early in the morning, but you just need to finish this paragraph, or put the final touches on that project. Dibella is a muse, one who will keep you up long after you should settle down. So that makes her imagination, wild and free. She's freedom. Freedom to express, or explore, or that smell in the air as you step off the plane in your holiday destination.
I think it makes them fun to reinterpret when thought of like that. The wild, passionate pyromancer? Dibellan. The alchemist under Kyne's domain picking flowers and using her imagination to concoct new potions? Dibellan. The explorer on a quest to discover and map something nobody has seen before? Dibellan. The paladin embarking on a crusade, filled with passion and zeal? Dibellan. For me, the skills a themed build uses are unlimited - it's just how they're justified that counts.
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Ah, sure why not. I've been wracking my head to figure out something to do with her for this build. I'd rather not end up doing something with Mara because, well, to be honest, we've got plenty of builds that look into aspects of Mara, but Dibella is a lot rarer. Usually, it ends up being a seductress type character or doesn't actually have much to do with her. But if you've got any ideas Phil, would love to hear about them.
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Ok, cool! :D So with these gods and demons, one trick I do is to stop thinking about them as we know them and instead break them down into concepts or emotions. Dibella is what? We could say she is beauty, passion, and creativity given form and anthropomorphised. We know artists of all stripes revere her.
We can break those ideas down further and see what seperates her from Mara - for Dibella is also love, but a more youthful love. That feeling when the lady you crush on smiles at you? We call that "butterflies in the stomach." That's Dibella. In time you get to know one another, and those butterflies never go but they get augmented by something else, a certain contentment. That's Mara. Ideally, the Mara and Dibella feelings should never leave.
Ok, so what else. Umm, Passion. When we think of passion we might think of sex. But passion is intensity of emotion. It's firey, burns bright and fast. It's the morning quickie, or the rant in rage, or foundation stone of what will be a cause worth dying for.
Then there's the artistic side. Painters, poets, singers, architects, Character Builders, writers... anyone doing something creative feels Dibella. She's also quite rebellious. Like, you know you need to get up early in the morning, but you just need to finish this paragraph, or put the final touches on that project. Dibella is a muse, one who will keep you up long after you should settle down. So that makes her imagination, wild and free. She's freedom. Freedom to express, or explore, or that smell in the air as you step off the plane in your holiday destination.
I think it makes them fun to reinterpret when thought of like that. The wild, passionate pyromancer? Dibellan. The alchemist under Kyne's domain picking flowers and using her imagination to concoct new potions? Dibellan. The explorer on a quest to discover and map something nobody has seen before? Dibellan. The paladin embarking on a crusade, filled with passion and zeal? Dibellan. For me, the skills a themed build uses are unlimited - it's just how they're justified that counts.
