There was also Arazni's ascension by Aroden's divine backing and Irori's deification by enlightenment.
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I can't see a God being able to gobble up portfolios left right and centre, even if they manage to kill off a existing God. I'd think if two portfolios were hypocritical or exclusive then the God would struggle to retain one or the other, and might even go supernova, sending their opposing portfolios flying all over the place (to new eager young Godlings)
For instance, it'd be pretty hard to imagine a deity of both Fire and Water.
Or a God of 'Death by Disease' and 'Fertile Agricultural Harvests'.
Or even 'Mathematics' and 'Outdoor Water-based Leisure Activities'.
I'd imagine if you did have a case whereby Rovagug ate Sarenrae, Rovagug could swallow the Fire portfolio, but Good and Holy would fall down to Sarenrae's highest surviving Cleric, or else be snatched up by a existing good or neutral God. It might even be 'sealed' away by Rovagug somehow, but this would be exceedingly difficult to do for any period of time.
I can't see a God being able to gobble up portfolios left right and centre, even if they manage to kill off a existing God.
Except it's been done! In-canon, even! I will heartily admit that the gobbler didn't get everything - the gobbled willed some of his to Desna - but Lamashtu ate a god and got his power and divinity... and then corrupted it to her own tastes.
I'd think if two portfolios were hypocritical or exclusive then the God would struggle to retain one or the other, and might even go supernova, sending their opposing portfolios flying all over the place (to new eager young Godlings)
For instance, it'd be pretty hard to imagine a deity of both Fire and Water.
Or a God of 'Death by Disease' and 'Fertile Agricultural Harvests'.
Or even 'Mathematics' and 'Outdoor Water-based Leisure Activities'.
May I introduce you to Pharasma? Birth. Death. Prophecy (which failed). She embodies two very opposite ideals in one. You could just say "cycle of life", but then you have Gozreh for natural cycles and Erastil for most fertility things. No, Pharasma is two opposites united as one. Water and fire? Check out the concept of Zoroastrianism which sees fire and water as part of an eternal cycle with one another - they're believed to be partially the same thing. (NOTE: I've not actually read the wikipedia article, I've done my own research with REAL BOOKS (tm), so I'm not totally sure what's there.)
Alternatively, you could simply have a deity that holds both as elemental forces. Or takes a more scientific view - that the deity holds combustion as well as the substance water as portfolio elements, which aren't inherently opposed. Death et. al. v. Fertile et. al. could easily be cycle of life, as mentioned. The latter two - outdoor water-based leisure activities often utilizes mathematical functions in order to operate correctly! So, I'm weighing (for whatever thar's worth) against the whole antithetical elements within a portfolio, though I can see your point!
I'd imagine if you did have a case whereby Rovagug ate Sarenrae, Rovagug could swallow the Fire portfolio, but Good and Holy would fall down to Sarenrae's highest surviving Cleric, or else be snatched up by a existing good or neutral God. It might even be 'sealed' away by Rovagug somehow, but this would be exceedingly difficult to do for any period of time.
I like this idea... although not-so-much that Rovagug actually succeeds at eating Sarenrae! :O
I'd imagine that if Rovagug ate Sarenrae, he'd corrupt her portfolio much like Lamashtu did with Curchanus in the example up top.
Anyway, neat thoughts. :)