LowMoose Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 So I got the Soul Stealer perk that makes Bound weapons cast Soul Trap on enemies, and I thought yay, I don't have to worry about fiddling with the soul trap spell anymore. After happily decapitating spiders with a Bound Battleaxe, I discovered all my Black Soul Gems had petty souls in them, and I realized that was probably the worst perk ever. Now is there any way to prevent a lesser trapped soul from going into a greater gem even if it's empty? If not, that would be an awesome mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessOfFlorin Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The trapped soul will be deposited in the smallest empty gem you have that can hold it. So...you just need to be sure you don't go killing spiders with a bound weapon unless you have a bunch of petty soul gems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korodic Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 yeah i hate accidentally filling a soul gem with a weaker soul. However I think since black soul gems are the only gems that can be filled with a human soul, then it should only be able to be filled with human souls... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilcir Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 So I got the Soul Stealer perk that makes Bound weapons cast Soul Trap on enemies, and I thought yay, I don't have to worry about fiddling with the soul trap spell anymore. After happily decapitating spiders with a Bound Battleaxe, I discovered all my Black Soul Gems had petty souls in them, and I realized that was probably the worst perk ever. Now is there any way to prevent a lesser trapped soul from going into a greater gem even if it's empty? If not, that would be an awesome mod. I agree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkbag Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 So I got the Soul Stealer perk that makes Bound weapons cast Soul Trap on enemies, and I thought yay, I don't have to worry about fiddling with the soul trap spell anymore. After happily decapitating spiders with a Bound Battleaxe, I discovered all my Black Soul Gems had petty souls in them, and I realized that was probably the worst perk ever. Now is there any way to prevent a lesser trapped soul from going into a greater gem even if it's empty? If not, that would be an awesome mod.Haven't tested this myself but I heard that if you drop the soul gem on the ground it will release the soul, then you pick it up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowMoose Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 So I got the Soul Stealer perk that makes Bound weapons cast Soul Trap on enemies, and I thought yay, I don't have to worry about fiddling with the soul trap spell anymore. After happily decapitating spiders with a Bound Battleaxe, I discovered all my Black Soul Gems had petty souls in them, and I realized that was probably the worst perk ever. Now is there any way to prevent a lesser trapped soul from going into a greater gem even if it's empty? If not, that would be an awesome mod.Haven't tested this myself but I heard that if you drop the soul gem on the ground it will release the soul, then you pick it up again.Nope, didn't work. Dropped a soul gem and picked it up again, and it still had the same soul in it. Yeah, I can always use the console to get empty black soul gems to replace the ones that had petty souls in them. It's still less fiddling than with having to swap between a two-hander and a spell - or carrying around an entire armory and swapping between different weapons. I would endorse a mod that makes this tiny but important change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtmaDarkwolf Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 i find this annoying too, but I find the effect and accompanying sound more annoying. Each kill = SWOOOOOOSHHHH PfffffffTTTT LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ftumch Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 i find this annoying too, but I find the effect and accompanying sound more annoying. Each kill = SWOOOOOOSHHHH PfffffffTTTT LOL Yeah me too, I have a 1 sec soul trap enchant on my bow, which I don't use very often. If I suddenly find myself sneaking through the woods and I spy a wolf I'll take the bow out snipe it and scare the hell out of myself when the soul trap sound goes off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filoumz Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 (edited) Totaly aggree, very boring sound. If you play on pc, you can get this nice mod http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=624 Silent and quieter version. I use the quieter oen and really like it, great mod Edit: about soul gems, i somethimes give the biggest i have to Lydia (who doesn't any trap spell/weapons) when i go on low soul hunting Edited November 28, 2011 by filoumz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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