[quote=@Antarctic Termite] Mystery (Forests) (Occult) Forests (Groves) (Shadows) Magic (Phytomancy) (Ritual) Fear (Wilderness) (Blood) [/quote] I'd call them all contrivances, for a start. This feeds into my feeling that the domain system has always been something to bend, break, and work around rather than a mechanic that was enjoyable by any means. Your response there also doesn't address my distaste for how they force you to lump added portfolios in with the same general theme instead of truly branching out. Why shouldn't a newly created god simply be allowed to have 1-3 portfolios that could be closely related, unrelated, or even in opposition with one another?