I'm about to be starting a new game soon, and I'm discussing a character with my GM. I'd like to play an Investigator, but my idea for the character also includes taking a level or two of a divine class - he'll be a devotee of Kelinahat. (http://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Kelinahat) (I know, not optimal, but I'm not doing it to optimize.) I was thinking Paladin.
I'm keeping this secret from my group (not a huge deal if they find out but at least at first I'm playing my cards close to my chest).
The GM isn't fully sold on the idea of a paladin behaving in a sneaky way, but he also hasn't overruled it - he wanted more explanation. Now, I won't be heartbroken if it isn't a paladin, but if he does allow it, I'd like to work out a paladin code for his perusal.
So two questions... do you think a paladin could follow this deity, and if so, what kind of code would such a paladin have?
Well an Inquisitor is going to further your goals (and those of Kelinahat) alot better than Paladin class abilities will.
I think you need to clear up exactly how/why you would be keeping this secret from your group.
As well as how/why they might "find out", as well as repurcussions of that.
I'm just not clear why you would be motivated to keep it secret from them in the first place.
It doesn't sound like there is any specific information you would want to keep secret other than
"I am Good, who fights against Evil, using Stealth and Guile when needed to find their secret weaknesses".
That's not really much of a secret to keep from your allies who will be accompanying you on your adventures to begin with.
If you just want to play it as not going out of your way to explain who your deity is, possibly doing your worship in private,
that is one thing, and presumably you can assume they figure it out by a few levels in,
but trying to intentionally decieve your allies over extended time is serious thing.
At the risk of sounding cliche - "You're Batman".
I'm considering inquisitor if he doesn't go for the paladin.
And yeah, it's more like he just doesn't advertise things. I see him as the kind of person who takes in everything but gives out almost nothing - not lying, but not volunteering the truth. His allies may figure it out after a few levels, and that's fine... but he's not going to go up to a group of strangers in a tavern (no idea what our party hook actually is yet) and tell them he's a spy for holiness.
At the risk of sounding cliche - "You're Batman".
Oddly, I had imagined him more like the Question, hahaha!