Morrowind:Soultrap

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	Soultrap
School		Mysticism
Type		Offensive
Base Cost		2
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Spells Scrolls

Soultrap for D seconds

The Soultrap spell is used to gather Souls in order to use for Enchanting. To use it, cast the spell on the creature whose soul you wish to capture before killing it, and then kill it while the spell is still active. You can tell the spell is active by the cloud of smoke that will circle the creature until the duration expires. Additionally, you must also have a Soul Gem of sufficient size to capture the creature. The soul will automatically be captured in the smallest empty Soul Gem in your inventory which is large enough for that soul. If you are successful, a note on the bottom of the screen will inform you that you have captured a soul.

[edit] See Also

• Souls — a list of all creatures by soul-size.
• Enchant — a detailed explanation of the process of enchanting items.
• Enchanter — a list of professional enchanters who will create items for you.

[edit] Notes

• You cannot capture NPC souls with this spell, only creatures. Also, some creatures do not have souls, such as Dwemer Centurions. Attempting to capture a soul from an NPC or a creature without a soul will cause a failure message to appear when you kill the subject. Soultrapping NPC also has the unusual side effect of causing swirling clouds of smoke to spin around empty places in the area - sometimes very far away from where you actually cast the spell. These are harmless, but will not go away until you save and reload.
• An unlimited number of the three small soul gems (Common, Lesser, and Petty) can be purchased from the trader Fadase Selvayn in Tel Branora. The seller restocks continually: 3 Common Soul Gems, 5 Lesser Soul Gems, and 10 Petty Soul Gems.
• It is possible to capture more than one soul from the same creature. To do so, however, you must have multiple Soultrap effects. Casting the same Soultrap spell repeatedly will not work. If you create multiple Soultrap spells, or mix them with Soultrap enchantments, then you can get a large number of souls when you kill the creature, provided you have enough Soul Gems for all of them, and provided that all of the multiple Soultrap effects are still active when the creature is killed.
• The Soultrap spell is commonly used for what is most often known as the "Soultrap Glitch", though it is known to work with many other spells besides Soultrap. By creating a spell which has Soultrap on Target and any beneficial spell on Self, for 1 second each, and then casting the spell at the ground below you, the beneficial spell will end up being permanent. You can do this repeatedly to increase your skills and attributes to godly levels. Of course, almost anybody would agree that this is a blatant cheat, and an exploit of a bug in the game.