Is it just me, or is the concept of a Soul Gem gruesome? : V - Skyrim

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:23 am

i`ll just stick him on the shelf in my house and look at it as it swirls about stuck forever.

I'd find a way to escape. I'm just that kind of guy..

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:54 pm

Why in a barrel, expose them proudly in your house.

My character has far better things to expose proudly!

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:32 pm

does the term souls as batteries just make anyone else think of the matrix?

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:40 am

I'd find a way to escape. I'm just that kind of guy..

Well, I suppose someone can use you for enchanting when you finally are sold...

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:45 am

When you capture NPC souls you could enchant items with their names to remind you whose soul is powering them -- Nazeem Muffle Boots, Mjoll briastplate, Sven Bow, Lydia Battleaxe ...

Doesn't work for bandits.

Though, I hope they like being one with some armor.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:40 am

My character has far better things to expose proudly!

It reduces repetetive dialogue too by adding a line!

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:30 pm

It reduces repetetive dialogue too by adding a line!

It also seems to attract jealous glares...

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:48 am

Hope no SPOILERS in this:

Possible Spoilers!

Wasn't the guy trapped in Azura's star doing years of research to try and prolong his own life/conciousness? And he broke the star trying to warp it to that effect? So whatever happened or was seen during that time was an exception to the norm?

ie: It might not normally work that way...

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:20 pm

Yes, it is. That's what makes soul trapping so cool. Your sword doesn't just have a certain level of enchantment, there is literally a Golden's Saint's SOUL INSIDE OF IT. That's pretty epic.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:44 am

I'd find a way to escape. I'm just that kind of guy..

Maybe we'd hand you to that Riften Court Mage...

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:50 am

Hope no SPOILERS in this:

Possible Spoilers!

Wasn't the guy trapped in Azura's star doing years of research to try and prolong his own life/conciousness? And he broke the star trying to warp it to that effect? So whatever happened or was seen during that time was an exception to the norm?

ie: It might not normally work that way...

It seemed to work that way in Daggerfall, plus when the weapon broke, they took sweet vengeance upon ye.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:27 pm

Maybe we'd hand you to that Riften Court Mage...

I shudder at that mage considering that they considered swallowing a soul gem.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:22 am

Some even use human souls... This is just, overwhelmingly evil. I see why Nords don't trust Magic now.

Since there is no such thing as a 'soul', nope, it is not overwhelmingly evil at all. You should probably have more of an issue with actually killing people, but even then, it becomes a philosophical question about when it is technically 'okay' to kill (as in self-defence for example)

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 5:57 am

Since there is no such thing as a 'soul', nope, it is not overwhelmingly evil at all. You should probably have more of an issue with actually killing people, but even then, it becomes a philosophical question about when it is technically 'okay' to kill (as in self-defence for example) :smile:

In the Elder Scrolls, souls exist.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:14 am

killing is messed up but guess what

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:21 am

killing is messed up but guess what

It's all a matter of morality.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:32 pm

Whether it is immoral or not...it's to the capturee's benefit anyway. They'll live on forever as a magical weapon, whereas they'd be a useless corpse if not for me. Or they'd be absorbed in Aetherius.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:10 pm

Whether it is immoral or not...it's to the capturee's benefit anyway. They'll live on forever as a magical weapon, whereas they'd be a useless corpse if not for me. Or they'd be absorbed in Aetherius.

They'd be able to feel, hear, and see around them as well, no matter the object they become.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:42 am

Gruesome? well lets see now.

The Enchanting Table looks like a Quijia board. The illusion (on book covers) insignia looks like very much like the numbers 666 as well as the Mysterium Xarxes looks like a book on Demonology. The Daedra are demons. You can harvest Human Hearts. There are Witches Necromancers Altar tables for Human sacrifices .

So I guess there are many Gruesome elements in this game. Just what every young gamer needs hey Bethesda?

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:00 pm

Gruesome? well lets see now.

The Enchanting Table looks like a Quijia board. The illusion (on book covers) insignia looks like very much like the numbers 666 as well as the Mysterium Xarxes looks like a book on Demonology. The Daedra are demons. You can harvest Human Hearts. There are Witches Necromancers Altar tables for Human sacrifices .

So I guess there are many Gruesome elements in this game. Just what every young gamer needs hey Bethesda?

It's rated M.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:30 am

It's rated M.

Rated M? So I guess no kids will playing this game. You truly live in bliss my friend

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:27 pm

Rated M? So I guess no kids will playing this game. You truly live in bliss my friend

I didn't say that? What I'm saying is that because it's rated M, Bethesda shouldn't have to worry about kids.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:33 am

Your right, they don't have to worry about kids. They just worry about $

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:51 am

Yeah. They're a business. Businesses tend to care about money. Their lousy customer service is evidence of that though, not the ~gruesome~ nature of the darker sides of magic and the effects it may have on kids who shouldn't even be playing this game anyway.

» Fri Jun 08, 2012 2:50 pm

Only Black soul gems and Azura's Star can trap human souls.

Actually Azura's star can't...the corrupted version can; it becomes the Black Star at that point.