I'm starting up with a new group and I've decided what "type" of character but not sure the best way to go about it. So what I'm looking for is preferably a martial class that has like a Darkside built in. So I want to roleplay as a holy/super good person but then shift in combat to like a possessed evil killing machine. Any ideas would be amazingly helpful.
Without GM allowance, the only way to do that in Pathfinder that comes to my mind is with the Darklantern Vigilante.
Fiend Keeper Medium goes in a slightly similar direction, but with a more trditional "fight for dominance" thing going on.
Bloodrager would be thematic. You can play a lawful good Bloodrager but have the Abyssal bloodline, for instance, and so when you bloodrage you are literally channeling the evil blood inside you.
Such a character would still act their usual "holy/super good" self when bloodraging, though, basically, only the body gets affected, not the mind.
If you want forced roleplay then the barbarian wild rager archetype or a hag-haunted spiritualist could work besides those Derklord mentioned. If you just want an excuse then any number of sources of rage, bloodrage or other states of excitement could work.
I thought there used to be an archtype of Barbarian that gave you like a stronger version of rage but also gave you the chance to just wreak your allies if you failed a will save?
There are two other archetypes like that, Rageshaper Shifter and Brute Vigilante. Never, under any circumstance*, take one of these three archetypes, unless you actually hate the other players (not the characters, the players) and you actually want to spread misery in real life.
*) Well, I guess starting at highish level when every other character can fly would work...
Yeah I think atm my gm is talking about wanting to do gestalt (due to us only having a 3 man crew) so I was liiking at a suggestion that was made earlier basically, thank to you guys help, I've been thinking about a Abyssal Bloodrager/Life Oracle (not sure about the life section but havent spent a lot of time looking at mysteries).
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I'd do Alchemist prestiged into Master Chymist, just need 1-3 levels of the prestige class to pull it off. Your mutagenic form would be your dark form, and even take on a completely different personality. With gestalt an abyssal bloodrager would pair well with that. And if you have Infusion you can take care of status removal stuff as well as any other healer out there. Vivisectionist is mechanically your best choice for alchemist but if you want to roleplay your primary personality as a goody two-shoes they likely wouldn't be a vivi. Grenadier or Chirurgeon could work though.