Soul Trap Spell + Dragons : V

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:00 am

Since you absorb the dragon's soul after killing it. What happens if you soultrap it afterwards? Can you keep it around for later consumption?

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:38 pm

You're not a fridge, http://i.imgur.com/d6kpC.png.

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:04 am

Dragon souls might be required for the highest level enchantments?

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:33 pm

That's what I'm thinking. I'd be enchanting my dragonbone armor with some serious dragon souls. Screw slowing time!

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:44 am

Do we even know if we still have a Soul Trap spell? Also you probably can't keep it for later.

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:27 pm

Tbh i doubt you'll be able to use dragon souls for enchanting, i think they're just for unlocking/powering up shouts.

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:47 pm

It WOULD be a pretty awesome gameplay mechanic with an interesting, meaningful, and difficult choice involved - power up a dragon shout with the soul immediately, or trap it in a soul gem where it can be used to create the best enchantments in the game.

Besides, don't we NEED the ability to do something else with dragon souls besides power up shouts? I mean, presumeably you get one or two shouts free to begin with, and you can get more words off of walls, so you only need somewhere south of 60 dragon souls to power up all 20 shouts. Then what? Just kill dragons for sport? I want a reason to hunt the poor beasts to extinction with my greed!

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:19 pm

I don't see it happening unless we get Azura's Star, and even then the nature of a dragon's soul might be so different that it cannot be used in the way that other souls can.

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:56 am

Philosoraptor

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:59 am

It would be awesome to soul trap their souls for high end enchantments later on in the game. Also it would give you a bigger incentive to hunt down the beast after your all powered up with dragon shouts. I mean you would have a purpose to fight them instead of just something to do.

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:30 am

I'm pretty sure if you can't soul trap people in oblivion then you probably can't soul trap dragons in skyrim

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:04 pm

Tbh i doubt you'll be able to use dragon souls for enchanting, i think they're just for unlocking/powering up shouts.

This. You can't soul trap a dragon. You simply absorb it's soul and use it to unlock a shout.

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:49 am

you eat there souls to learn words. you don't trap their souls for enchantments. i assume.

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:37 pm

I'm pretty sure if you can't soul trap people in oblivion then you probably can't soul trap dragons in skyrim

You can soul trap people with a black soul gem.

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 3:02 pm

I remember being told we couldn't trap a dragon's souls...which makes sense for obvious reasons.

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:40 pm

I thought soul trapping was out. People thought it was too "hardcoe" and confusing, and it just really wasn't all that useful. They replaced it with bonus unlockable finishing moves. :spotted owl:

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:16 pm

I thought soul trapping was out. People thought it was too "hardcoe" and confusing, and it just really wasn't all that useful. They replaced it with bonus unlockable finishing moves. :spotted owl:

You thought wrong.
Fan interview...
On topic: I really hope we can soul trap them.
I want to dual wield katana's with Dragon enchantments that on one; do X points of fire damage and the other does X amount of frost damage

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:20 pm

soul gems don't trap "souls" they trap the energy the soul has, so even if u svck the dragon's soul his energy will pass through the gem and give it powa

I think

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:10 am

My guess is you'd get the "You don't have a Soul Gem that can hold this soul" error, like if you tried trapping something big in OB with only Lesser gems in your inventory.

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:35 am

its likely the whirling thing in official trailer is dragon's soul getting absorbed to dovahkin, enabling new shouts. i think soul trapping wont be applicable.

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:12 pm

I doubt you actually capture souls with soul trap while i am willing to believe you actually collect a dragons souls i mean an undead has no soul yet you capture their "soul"

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 2:59 pm

The Soul Gem overloads and shatters into a million pieces.

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:15 am

I'm pretty sure if you can't soul trap people in oblivion then you probably can't soul trap dragons in skyrim

Not true you just need black soul gems

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:37 pm

That's what I'm thinking. I'd be enchanting my dragonbone armor with some serious dragon souls. Screw slowing time!

Dragons never stop showing up. Just because you kill one particular type of dragon does not mean you are screwed from getting the shout.

» Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:45 am

My guess is you'd get the "You don't have a Soul Gem that can hold this soul" error, like if you tried trapping something big in OB with only Lesser gems in your inventory.

This is my guess too. There probably aren't any soul gems that can hold dragon souls.