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Asking: These questions are mostly aimed at the general community. Replies from Paizo staff are also welcome, but this is not urgent and I wouldn't want to impose on your time if you're busy.
Please note I am asking for sources to study, not reposting of copyrighted materials. Textual information, provided it is paraphrasing and not word-for-word reprinting from a published work, would also help. If it'd irritate Paizo to see it in this thread, then let's leave it out.
With that said, I'm hoping to get some more information on the layout and visual design of a typical temple to Sarenrae. I know they are open-air (at least in the main worship area), but not much else. Does anyone know what sources/info I could look at to learn about the following topics?
- General layout of such a church?
- Notable features common to them?
- Accommodations for clergy and others who live at the temple? (if anyone? Perhaps everyone lives off-site and comes in when needed, for all I know)
- Do you know of any sources in which the PCs spend significant time in such a location?
- Are there any sources that offer a map of such a temple, or more conventional artwork of it? Maps preferred, but I'll take what I can get.
One would think Faiths of Purity would be a good start, but I only got extremely generalized info from it. Thus I'm hoping others can point me in the right direction. Thank you for any help you can offer!
There's a brief section on Temples in the House of the Beast, book two of Legacy of Fire. It mentions a few things - the Tenmples are often open to the Sun, have mirrors, sun dials and sun flowers as well as sun motifs, as are white and metallic wing motifs. There's a whole article on Sarenrae, which seems to have the most information.
EDIT: The side mission, Hell of Eternal Thirst, in the Jackal's Price takes place at a small shrine oasis, and may also have further details.
The opening of Howl of the Carrion King takes place at a ruined temple. The room descriptions mention what the room was used for before it was abandoned. You can use that to get a picture of what an active temple would look like.
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Etsu: Very nice! This one turned out to be immediately handy since it's a free PDF right on Paizo's catalog... and it provided the last few details I was lacking.
Additional info remains welcome if anyone wants to chip in, but the core aspects of my question have been pretty well answered between what Etsu, Vigil, and Jon had to say.
I'd look at some of the architechture for mosques, as well as churches that were built in the Byzantine Empire for some good inspiration.