Griffith Dragonlake said:
To quote from Wikipedia
Some additional thoughts: If a character dies in battle, then Raise Dead, Resurrection, and True Resurrection won't work as the character is now in Valhalla. The Norse cleric would honor all of the Aesir whereas the druids would serve the Vanir. Instead of turn undead, grant the Goði a protection from fear aura. And anything else that would make the cleric a leader — keeping in mind the idea that the original Goði role was played by the chieftains.
I would like to bring up the point that reconstructionist Nordic faith is a nasty bit of convoluted history, because there have been so many interpretations of it. Iceland is also a very distinct case because it always has been the
other with its own unique cultural traditions. While a Nordic country, the sheer fact that it was cut off from the continent means that developments are unique to Iceland and shouldn't necessarily be used as an image for the whole.
It depends on what era you're using, if you're using pre-medieval Norse faith or if you're using immediately pre-Christian faith. However, Wikipedia should
not be used as a definitive source for this, even more than is the case for other articles. There was a fairly rabid follower on that site some months ago that would consistently change specific facts again and again, revolving around Freyja, as well as the idea that one could
not trust any of the Post-Christian writing of the subject because it had tainted the whole.
Modern faith is difficult to base it off because you have this tension between the reconstructionist Asatru or Vanatru against Norse-Wiccans or Norse-Pagans or NTS workers, and unfortunately, if anything is published, you can make a case for it to be included in Wikipedia.
But anyway, that's only in regards to a faith resembling Earth's historical nature. To the
OP, you could just as easily create a "Shaman" class as well as using the conventional Cleric class to pioneer the faith. Nordic faith was specifically less organized, consisting more of mythology than theology, and (in my opinion) the cleric represents a greater organization than what they would have had. Then again, I don't allow Non-Church clerics, so I could be somewhat biased.
If you have questions about the TURN ability, you should do a bit of research into the types of Norse undead that you would likely encounter. The Viking Answer Lady's website (Google) is pretty useful for that kind of stuff, and can give you a bit of cultural nudges to make your world and faith a bit more fluid,
Good luck.
I'm interested in this for my "northern realm" priestly guys...
