[quote=@Cyclone]
Firstly I dispute your notion that forcing more specialization in the form of taking just portfolios instead of hugely broad domains like 'change' or 'chaos' would somehow make the characters more generic. I think you've got it backwards.

Secondly, this goes back to me not seeing the need to make this Divinus-lite stay very faithful to this Divinus. It's in a very different section, appealing to a different crowd. Let it be different and stand on its own as a sister RP and not some simplified replica.

We already have this RP operating under such mechanics, anyways. I like the idea of making some radical changes and seeing how they turn out. If it does turn out to be less to your liking and somehow more 'generic' (even though I think god RPs are hardly common) then you'd still have this Divinus to turn back to.
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Well, that is my overall opinion from looking at many RPGuild God RPs plus some other examples including a few attempts at making systems for epic / demi-god / godly play. A lot of them have an issue with archetypes, shadows of real mythology, development, pacing, and I do honestly believe that just allowing people to be Gods of War / Fire / Thunder vs asking them to specialize is key to it.

However, you do hit it with a nail on that last bit of the post, it's a chance to try new things. Makes this whole conversation pointless 
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I do like the idea of having multiple ports from the go, it provides things I like about the Domain system albeit in a different way. With no limits to what can be picked, it could lead to stuff like Apollo (Sun, Music) or Shamash (Sun, Justice) for example.

Onto more constructive discussion, I still have one question, what happens when a port is dominated by other? What happens if someone picks Nature and someone picks Plants and someone picks Flowers? What happens if someone picks Winter but there is a god of Ice? All these are deities that exist.

This makes me wonder if making a hard limit to two deities having the same portfolio is necessary, especially since gods will be less "universal" with less powers. That could be exchanged, for example, with a "debuff" to worshippers/might to both sides that share a portfolio, making a clear incentive for both gods to clash or conduct a deal. Results could be stuff like one god losing the portfolio, retreating to a more specific one so they don't clash or making a "contract" to share it under some agreement (Two gods of animals, one blesses the creatures of the day, one of the night. Or one turns into the god of agriculture of continent x while the other of continent y)