bryrulz on 22/8/2002 at 15:38
so i went to tel branora and bought the spell....then i went to caldera and bought the scrolls (for insurance sake).........
cast...saint appears...cast soul trap...cute little purple cloud....
saint disappears...no "you have trapped a soul"....arrrg.....
yes, i have grand soul gems.... my mysticism is very high (mark/recall to the creeper and mudcrab out the rear and telekenesis works wonders for thieving).....
i can soul trap anything that i want except "Summoned" creatures....
they are not casting dispell....three whacks with a daedric wakizashi means time to cast soul trap, wait for little purple cloud, pull out wakizashi, two hits and take the soul to the enchanter...
on a side note (as someone might think its funny)...
i wouldn't be trying this except for the fact that i have only seen ONE golden saint (that i did soul trap)....
this is interesting b/c with my last character i saw them quite frequently at lvl 15 and up at any given daedric shrine....
with my new character at lvl *31* i still see nix-hounds and clanfears...
lol....
kinda funny, but i would sure be nice to cash in on the constant effect enchantment
btw, i decided to try this with summoned dremora, ancestral ghosts, scamps, etc. and still no soup......
thx for any/all replies...
sorry for such a long post....
Red on 22/8/2002 at 15:51
Golden saints have a VERY annoying habit of casting dispel on themselves and as such removing the soul trap you have just cast on them.
There isn't an easy way to get around this other than enchanting a weapon with soul trap so everytime you hit the saint you cast soul trap. You can also try casting silence to stop them casting, or paralyze, or drain magica etc...
If the saint isn't using dispel i haven't a clue why your not capturing it's soul because you should. I suggest you use a strong paralyze spell on the saint and check for sure that it isn't using a duration 'dispel' spell or something... :confused:
[EDIT]
I've just remembered reading about some sort of soul trap bug; i can't remember any specifics but perhaps someone else will be able to.
Sorry :erg:
bryrulz on 22/8/2002 at 16:18
thanks red...i appreciate the effort.....but like i said they aren't casting dispell which is really irrelevant b/c i can't do it to other summoned creatures either....
i also remeber reading something about a bug....maybe something like looking at the floor or wall :erm:... anyway that's why i thought i might be a technical problem or maybe a "technique" problem :)
where oh where can forsythe be....lol
Slith on 22/8/2002 at 21:25
:cheeky: Well, you say the cloud around the Golden Saint is purple :weird: It shouldn't be, 'cause when you cast soal trap it's white. So try making sure that the spell your using is *really* soul trap. And if worst comes to worst you can always go just over the mountain tops north of Suran, and kill Umbra, then take his sword. (which has Soultrap when cast on it.) And if THAT doesn't work then try this:
[SPOILER]player->addsoulgem "golden saint", misc_soulgem_grand[/SPOILER]
Hope it works. :thumb:
Jtldemonseed on 23/8/2002 at 14:36
Do you people know about the permanant golden saint glitch? You make a spell to summon golden saint for 1 sec and soul trap on target for 2 everytime this spell is casted a golden saint will pop up and not disappear untill killed. Also CAST THIS SPELL AT A WALL IF YOU DONT THE GAME WILL FREEZE. I like to use this spell in my stronghold so I can have like 10 golden saint guards:ebil:
Forsythe on 24/8/2002 at 08:17
Hmm.. just FYI, bryrulz, I looked into this a little... 1st off, the 'soul trap' cloud was whitish-purplish for me, 2nd, I was able to soul-trap a golden saint I summoned, and 3rd I was able to soul-trap from a golden saint's corpse.
(That 3rd bit is probably not possible if you're using either of the patches unless you screw around a little [I'm using the 1st patch's morrowind.esp but the unpatched nocd crack], as I hear the 1st patch made it impossible to soul-trap off a corpse)
