I have Azuras star, but I'm uncertain of it's function and how to use it, any help would be appreciated, thanks for reading.

Grand Soul Gem... if you use soul trap on a grand soul it will capture it and you can use it... only difference with this one is after you use it it's not destroyed... you can reuse it over and over again, as long as you keepp getting grand souls...

Thanks for the quick response, I'll remember that for my next play through, my current character is attempting to avoid use of magic and enchantments, basically a conventional weapons kind of person.

So, RunningBare, how's LittleWhiteDove these days?

I really can't recommend NOT doing enchants.... so much good stuff you can do....

Still swimming

I have another character using enchantments, they are fun, but so is the challenge of getting by not using them.

Well, as long as her head stays above water....

I have a couple of toons that aren't using enchants - I just don't find them as much fun. This is a classic "different strokes for different folks" thing I bet!