I see your point (even though Eilistraee's portfolio didn't go to Selune -the latter didn't change-, it's just more likely that her followers kept worshipping her out of faith/hope, alongside other deities) and you are probably right, since Ed Greenwood said that both Eilistraee and Vhaeraun created avatar to personally…
I think that the Sava game was just a metaphor to describe the conflict among those deities, not something real. What would even be the point of the followers' action, if what truly mattered were the moves in the game, if mortals were actually pawns and their actions decided by the gods (which, btw, would contrast with…
I see your point, but IMO some ''grey zone'' evil deities could be added and make sense within the game. Mask and Vhaeraun are an example, especially considering that they are enemies of Shar and Lolth, respectively, that they are completely fine with neutral followers and that they are both back in the present era (and…
Yes, Torilian people usually worship a wide variety of gods, praying each one accordingly to what they want to get. A sailor could pray to Selune to show him the way in his travels, and to Umberlee and/or Talos in order to avoid feeling their wrath. As you say, people pray to evil gods mostly out of fear of attracting…
As of the recent events of the Sundering, there are many deities missing. Mystra, Mask, Helm, Tyr, Lathander (which has taken Aumanator's place, since the two of them are basically faces of the same god), Eilistraee, Vhaeraun, Nobanion, Bhaal have all returned in 5th edition FR. The 5e PHB lists many other deities…
Eilistraee is indeed back in 5e, and so is Vhaeraun. However, the details of the how are still unknown: http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19841&whichpage=13#468322 However to me it doesn't seem like Corellon had a hand in it, since in the upcoming novel, Spellstorm, it is said that Mystra is sharing the Weave…
Returning to the game after a qutie long absence, I would like to see Eilistraee and Vhaeraun added to the list of the deities, since it has been confirmed that they have just come back during the Sundering, in 5e.
Eilistraee is 100% alive in the era this game is set (post Sundering 5e Forgotten Realms, see here). Ed Greenwood himself confirmed that she and Vhaeraun too are back here, and by his contract what he says is considered canon. Also there is an interesting passage in his upcoming novel, Spellstorm, saying that Eilistraee is…