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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8429078" data-attributes="member: 23751">He doesn't have to be god of death.  He gets the death domain and gets his portfiolio description from it.  Torturing others to death, oppressing others through killing, etc.  They are tied together.Ideally, there would be pain and oppression domains as well, but since there aren't death was the closest and we have to make it fit as best we can.  Still, it's pretty clear that in 5e domain and portfolio are tied together.If you look at the PHB, portfolio is mentioned all of three times.  All three in the section that equates it with domain.  If you look in Appendix B, there are no portfolios listed.  In the DMG it does talk about it in respect to what they are god of. In 5e, though, those portfolios are also tied to domain like I described above.Edit: This is also said in the DMG on page 287"Similarly, different cleric domains might reflect entirely separate religions associated with different races or cultures."So here we have domains equating to religions, which means that they are far more than just clerical abilities.  They are also portfolios, religions, and more that Acolytes will need to know in order to worship and follow their god properly.</blockquote>