Favored Souls are those few men and women touched with the echo of the divine. Where clerics rely on a more distant negotiation between them and their god for obtaining their powers, favored souls are imbued with the raw force of their principle or divinity. They lack the fine control and breadth of ritual known to a cleric, but they can call upon their powers more often. They appear most commonly among the goblinoid races, whose nearness to the spirits encourages such bonds, but are not unknown among dwarves, either, who share a reverence towards ancestral spirits.
Due to the confusion and vagueness regarding religion in the Sunset Isles, a favored soul can choose any martial or simple weapon as their deity's favored weapon. They may not choose exotic weapons. Favored Souls can follow spiritual principles as well as deities.