You bind an armament—a weapon, shield, or suit of armor—to your soul in a special ritual when you select the Soulforger Dedication feat. You can choose an item you own or spontaneously manifest one with a form drawn from the essence of your soul. In the latter case, you can choose the form, selecting a mundane weapon, shield, or armor of 1st level or lower, either common or one to which you have access. An existing armament is deconstructed and then recreated with the substance of your soul binding it together. This changes the appearance of the armament to match the state of your soul, which can change based on your actions. Most soulforgers also choose a unique name for their armament.

Traits: A soulforged armament is always magical. If it doesn't otherwise have any traits that make it magical, it gains the magical trait.

Extradimensional Storage: The armament is stored in an extradimensional space when not in use, and the soulforger can manifest it to instantly summon it into their hands or onto their body. A soulforged armament can be dropped, Disarmed, or otherwise removed from the soulforger, but its soulforged abilities don't function for anyone else, and the soulforger can Dismiss the manifestation ability to return the items to the extradimensional space no matter where the items are. If you die or choose to pass ownership of a soulforged armament to a successor, it loses any soulforged abilities, though violating the spirit of the soulforged bond by selling the item tends to have disastrous results. There might be special techniques or rituals that can allow a determined foe to break your bond with a soulforged item, but otherwise, your ability to Dismiss and manifest it essentially means it can't be stolen.

Special Armament Types: The types of items you can choose for your armaments are fairly flexible, but some require special rules.

Specific Items: You can turn a specific item for your armament, such as a searing blade or sturdy shield. Some unusual or special items, such as cursed items, artifacts, and intelligent items, can't be bonded, in addition to other story-specific items at the GM's discretion. Bonding a specific item follows the standard procedure for upgrading or reshaping your armament.

Dual Weapons: You can choose two one-handed weapons you want to wield simultaneously as your soulforged weapons. When you Manifest Soulforged Armament, both weapons appear. Because they're a pair, you must manifest them together, having two hands free to do so, and Dismiss them both simultaneously as well. The essence power applies to both weapons, so they share benefits like the new damage type and status bonus to damage from planar pain. However, you still get any effects the bond grants you only once, as the dual weapons are shared as a single armament. For instance, if your essence power is healing grace, you could still cast only one heal spell when you manifest the essence form of your dual weapons, not two.

Attached Weapons: An attached weapon (such as a shield boss) brings the item it's attached to with it when manifested or Dismissed. Manifest Soulforged Armament uses the item the weapon is attached to for its Requirements, so a shield boss would require you to have a hand free to hold the shield. If you have Soul Arsenal, you could have a soulforged weapon attached to a soulforged shield. These items work normally for Soul Arsenal, except that you can neither manifest nor Dismiss one without the other.

Ammunition: If a soulforged weapon requires ammunition, that ammunition appears with the weapon when you Manifest it. You can choose the way it appears, such as in a magical quiver that appears on your body or simply floating in the air, where you can pluck it to load or shoot your weapon. The form doesn't change how many or what type of actions reloading takes or any other functions of the ammunition. If you want anything other than the basic ammunition for your weapon (such as a sleep arrow), you need to attain and carry that separately.