deity for a paladin wannabe barbarian

[Bacon666]

I've build a barbarian at lv. 12 for my current game. I know it's pure fluff, with no mechanical effect, but his big dream is to become a paladin to war against evil outsiders....

Each time he tried to enroll in a paladin order he was deemed too chaotic...

The dream still exist, so I need a deity with paladins who's main focus is combatting devils, deamons and demons...

[Cao Phen]

Iomedae or Sarenrae are some good examples of those fighting against the evils in the world. Gorum could be a possibility, since it is aligned toward the thrill of the battle.

[Fomsie]

Ragathiel is a good choice. He is an Empyreal lord listed in detail in the Chronicle of the Righteous book.

[nate lange]

i think Sarenrae might be your best bet... she's neutral instead of lawful (which may be a better fit for your current alignment), and she's associated with the sun/fire so you could have the character think of their rage as some divine force burning with in them (and sometimes exploding out)- rage powers like the celestial totem tree and elemental rage/resistance trees can all help reinforce that idea.

[Captain K.]

Ragatheil or if you don't have access, Iomedae. She just loves her people fighting the good fight. Her clerics are paladins, her inquisitors are paladins, her fighters are paladins as far as she's concerned. Her paladins are just super duper paladins.

Wear a shiny silver breastplate, red cape, call your rage your 'smite', wave a sword around with over-the-top enthusiasm and they'll be shipping you up to the Worldwound in no time.

Throw in some startling arrogance and total lack of understanding for commoners for good measure

[Fomsie]

You know, this kind of concept makes me think a Rage Prophet who thinks they are a paladin would be kind of cool to play...

[pennywit]

In a polytheistic setting, a character doesn't necessarily worship just one god.

A given peasant might, for example, thank Saranrae in the morning for beautiful sunrise, give an afternoon offering to the temple of Erastil for luck in crops, then in the evening pray to Pharasma that his daughter is born healthy. And over in the corner of his hut is a tiny, unmarked altar where he occasionally prays that the gods of disease will not strike his home.

I think your barbarian would be fun as a multitheist. Give him a Knowledge (religion) skill of +5 or so. He constantly prays to any of a dozen or more gods with paladin orders -- Saranrae, Iomedae, Abadar, Aroden, any other god you can think of. However, he constantly confuses the gods in his prayers -- say, making a Sun Offering to Abadar, or thanking Aroden for guiding his hand in battle. Rather than carrying a single holy symbol, he's got a charm bracelet festooned with holy symbols for every lawful neutral, lawful good, and neutral good god that's ever existed (and quite a few that never existed).

For extra bonus points, give him a decent Perform (oratory) skill. Whenever he meets little kids, he tells them long, rambling stories about how Iomedae, formerly the herald of Zon-Kuthon, is also known as the Last Azlanti, exiled Razmir from the heavens, and wrote the contract that binds Rovagug.

[nate lange]

i should also point out that we tend to draw a 1 to 1 correlation between the paladin class and the people who make up these religious orders, but thats most likely not how they'd really work... you could actually have your Barb be a full member of an order of paladins- he swore the oaths and endeavors always to live up to the code but occasionally gets reprimanded by his superiors for his fiery personalty and difficulties with authority. he considers his rage a righteous fervor. some of the options i mentioned previously work great with this, as would something like the sacred touch trait or the eldritch heritage [celestial] feats (especially if your GM will let you use the empyreal version)

[Coinshot Colton]

Ragathiel for sure. Your end-game goal could be to retrain every level to be a Sacred Servant paladin with the Rage domain, which is basically what a raging paladin is like.