francofs Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 It's a pain not to be sure what size of a soul a target has. It would be very useful to know that to avoid having small souls filling big soul gems. The mod could be configured to display the soul size of the target all the time or in certain situations only like when having a soul trap spell ready. Additionally there could be a confirmation box to wether or not absorb a soul if it's smaller than the smallest available soul gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiam135 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 It's a pain not to be sure what size of a soul a target has. It would be very useful to know that to avoid having small souls filling big soul gems. The mod could be configured to display the soul size of the target all the time or in certain situations only like when having a soul trap spell ready. Additionally there could be a confirmation box to wether or not absorb a soul if it's smaller than the smallest available soul gem. I have a similar request to yours except I want to know the soul size and how many empty soul gems I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sosoba Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 In morrowind the soulgem stated the tupe of soul it contained For example: Grand Soulgem (monster inside) I found it interesting to study monsters to understand what soulgem was needed and such, personally i'd found too immersion breaking to know the quality of the monster beforehand...imho obviously :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francofs Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 I found it interesting to study monsters to understand what soulgem was needed and such, personally i'd found too immersion breaking to know the quality of the monster beforehand...imho obviously :) While I agree it's a little immersion breaking, but having no clue is worse. First because currently, if you have lots of empty soulgems in the inventory it's hard to know which soulgem the creature filled, so in many situations you can't get to learn creature's soul sizes. Second it's really a pain having to memorize what all monsters are not worth the immersion, specially for those that have difficulty in memorizing stuff like this, like me. A good sould gem mod would allow to configure the level of aid on this and everyone could decide how much of immersion breaking the want to have. If they want none, just don't use the mod. The way it is right now is a real pain for enchanters :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesomeviking Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Maybe after capturing a creatures soul you would get the information about its soul size the next time you encounter it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted19761User Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Simple. If you're not getting trounced or even taking a wink of damage by your intended Soul draining intendee, likely that it has a petty or lesser soul. If you are taking.. say noticeable pin pricks worth the damage then common soul. If a fire ball is roasting you in a single strike, Greater/grand soul. Seems easy enough to tell with some application of sense and brain power. But, it would be nice maybe that AFTER you cast drain soul on something it would mark their body with a different color/shade of the effect with the quality/level of their soul you're about to jack. Another do-able mod with CK. Difficult if not very tedious to do right now with the lack of more intuitive tools available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francofs Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Simple. If you're not getting trounced or even taking a wink of damage by your intended Soul draining intendee, likely that it has a petty or lesser soul. If you are taking.. say noticeable pin pricks worth the damage then common soul. If a fire ball is roasting you in a single strike, Greater/grand soul. Seems easy enough to tell with some application of sense and brain power. But, it would be nice maybe that AFTER you cast drain soul on something it would mark their body with a different color/shade of the effect with the quality/level of their soul you're about to jack. Another do-able mod with CK. Difficult if not very tedious to do right now with the lack of more intuitive tools available. It's not at all that easy. I have encountered creatures with big souls that are easy to kill and others that have small souls that were not that easy to kill. And it's specially difficult to determine between two close soul sizes. For example, if you are out of common soul gems, having only lesser and greater, failing to determine between common and lesser would waste a greater soul gem. Maybe after capturing a creatures soul you would get the information about its soul size the next time you encounter it. That's a nice idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiam135 Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Simple. If you're not getting trounced or even taking a wink of damage by your intended Soul draining intendee, likely that it has a petty or lesser soul. If you are taking.. say noticeable pin pricks worth the damage then common soul. If a fire ball is roasting you in a single strike, Greater/grand soul. Seems easy enough to tell with some application of sense and brain power. But, it would be nice maybe that AFTER you cast drain soul on something it would mark their body with a different color/shade of the effect with the quality/level of their soul you're about to jack. Another do-able mod with CK. Difficult if not very tedious to do right now with the lack of more intuitive tools available. It's not at all that easy. I have encountered creatures with big souls that are easy to kill and others that have small souls that were not that easy to kill. And it's specially difficult to determine between two close soul sizes. For example, if you are out of common soul gems, having only lesser and greater, failing to determine between common and lesser would waste a greater soul gem. Maybe after capturing a creatures soul you would get the information about its soul size the next time you encounter it. That's a nice idea. Exactly, I would rather not be wasting my greater gems on common souls. I also like the idea viking proposed, maybe combined with something to help keep track of your soul gems when you have soul trap out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiam135 Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) So, will a mod like this require CK? I'm new to modding, so I'm not sure what it does. Edit: So guys... I think you can drop soul gems to clear the souls from them... Edited January 25, 2012 by billiam135 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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