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I can't seem to soultrap to save my life. I've done it the way they say in the book but everytime I try it tells me it can't find a target.

It says in the book to soultrap before you fight the creature and then after it dies it'll be in u're soulgem. Well, I've tried several ways and I have the magika to do it cause it only takes 100 and I have 130 and it's not failing cause right after I cast it on someone they turn and start attacking me.

If anyone has been able to soultrap PLEASE explain exactly how you do it. The only thing I can think of is that you can't do it in town maybe.

I even tried attacking and paralyzing first so it can't miss but still no dice. I am DYING to soultrap someone

As I recall, the spell (like all other spells in Morrowind) has a sharp time limit. You really need to cast it right before you kill something.

Aye, you get like 60 seconds and I was in position and ready to kill but all it keeps telling me is that it can't find a target and the guy is straight in front of me.

Maybe you misunderstood me... I tried it once when the person was in front of me and when it said there was no target I attacked it paralyzing it and cast it again... still it said it couldn't find a target and there was no way the guy dodged the spell.

Fable, have you ever tried to soultrap before?

Yeah, but not since Daggerfall. You had the soul gem in your hand, right? I don't know what else to suggest. Perhaps somebody has some experience on this to offer.

I have done a fair amount of enchanting.

First off you do not need to have the soul gem in your hand, in inventory works fine.

I am guessing you are having one of two problems.

1. You don't have the right kind of soulgem for the job. You can't squeeze an ancestor ghost soul into a petty gem, you need a common or better one.

2. I have not been able to capture souls of non monsters(npc's) so far.

Hope that helps.

aye, that helps... cause I was trying it on a NPC commoner in town. Muhahahahahahaha, how much I hate commoners, especially Argonians