Smiad! The Forgotten Empyreal Lord!

[HWalsh]

I'm a Smiad fanboy.

Smiad, the Empyreal Lord who has counted powerful Paladins among his worshippers. Smiad, who helps the Dragons of Good and thwarts the schemes of the evil Dragons! Smiad... Who is also the only good diety-ish who uses a great sword.

Smiad... Who we know very little beyond that... Heh.

We got an awesome tiny flavor text blurb in one book but nothing else. Never forget... Smiad!

[quibblemuch]

That's what she Smiad!

I'll show myself out.

[Patrick C.]

Who's Smiad?

[Tacticslion]

Patrick C. wrote:

Who's Smiad?

(Really funny) jokes aside, this is (also) a legitimate question.

For you, OP; for you.

(That said, the role of Smiad has mostly been replaced by a PC in our Golarion. Doesn't mean there can't be both, but, uh, ours has most of that same stuff going on, plus a bit of space-lore dark tapestry stuff. But Smiad is pretty rockin'.)

[HWalsh]

Patrick C. wrote:

Who's Smiad?

Smiad is an Empyreal Lord in Golarion. He's popped up in two books:

Dragonslayer's Handbook & Chronicles of the Righteous. Both in flavor text.

Dragonslayer's Handbook wrote:

Smiad is an archon empyreal lord who charges his followers to slay all evil dragons, and assist the good works of benevolent ones.

Chronicles of the Righteous wrote:

The followers of the Pitiless Dragonslayer try to copy his honorable tactics, and rarely resort to trickery or deceit when attacking their foes. Smiad was the patron of some of history's most legendary paladins.

We also know his favored weapon is the Great Sword and that his alignment is Lawful Good We don't know his domains or Boones.

I call him forgotten because in James Jacobs ask me thread he responded admitting to not even knowing who Smiad was. Thus it's unlikely we'll ever know much more.

[TimD]

HWalsh wrote:

We don't know his domains

Domains Good, Law, Nobility, War

Subdomains Archon (Good), Archon (Law), Honor, Martyr, Tactics

Inner Sea Gods, pg. 324 & 325 or Archives of Nethys.

[Cayle Caedann]

Sorry to necro this post, but I thought the everyone posting here would be interested...
I play a Smiad's Paladin and thought about the Empyreal Lord's precepts and his clergy code of conduct... Here following is what I came about with and my GM approved:

The Mysteric Cult of the Pitiless Dragonslayer counts many Clerics, numerous Warpriests and a moltitude of Paladins among its followers.

Paladins of Smiad are first and foremost stalwart champions of Good, bringing their Lord's righteous War to evil dragons and expending their efforts in helping good dragons in their plans. They secondly try to twarth Evil in every other form, thus being a paragon of Good in the world.
Code of Conduct
Smiad commads his followers to uphold his Tenets and follow his Virtues

You will bear yourself in the world like The Lord does in the heavens:

Strive to resemble the champions of Good, Honor and Nobility in your demeanor,
cause they are sacred to the Empyreal Lord Smiad and he commands that you sustain their good work.

Shun the ways of their evil rivals. Don't let their ill and ravenous will spread like poison in the world,
cause they are a profanity to The Empyreal Lord Smiad and he commands that you mercilessly hunt them down.

In the unlikely event that you cross your path with one truly wishing to atone, help him fulfill this venture. Destroying an evil Dragon is an impressive feat. Winning one to the path of righteousness is a true marvelous endeavor.

Do not walk the path of Empyreal Lord Smiad out of desire for fame. Take credit of every deed you accomplish though, since getting due Renown for your dedication lights your Lord's pride. You are not required to be humble, but don't let Hubris stain your heart.

Strike all evil with courage.

Defend the defenseless.

Help the helpless.

Protect the vulnerable.

Avenge the innocent.

Uphold Good, it originates from a genuine believer's Thoughts.

Uphold Honor, it originates from a genuine believer's Words.

Uphold Nobility, it originates from a genuine believer's Actions.
So let your Mind be Pure, your Speech be True, you Deeds be Grand, and your Soul will shine like polished dragon metal in the eyes of your Empreal Lord Smiad.

[CorvusMask]

This reminds me of why I do want 2e version of Tabris' books, just to update all the content to 2e x'D

[Perpdepog]

CorvusMask wrote:

This reminds me of why I do want 2e version of Tabris' books, just to update all the content to 2e x'D

Same. Also because they're one of my favorite bits of Pathfinder lore, and I love how they're the source of a lot of conflicting information with other sources, like the Windsong Testaments. Historical ambiguity around a fantasy world's myths was something I first saw in Elder Scrolls and it was cool seeing it again in Pathfinder.