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I recently made a new sword:

Sword of Soul Devouring
Crappy sword with effect:
Soul Trap for 15 seconds
Bound Dagger for 13 seconds.

So the first time you hit your opponent you cast soul trap, and switch out the crap sword for a bound dagger. When the bound dagger wears off, you switch back to this sword automatically and it procs again restarting the process.

Now this wasn't my idea originally, but something I wanted to point out is the short durations I used. 15 seconds is pretty short, but it makes no difference. As soon as the effect wears off it just casts again.

The benefit of the short duration is:
It's only enchantment level 2 (I think) so it's easy to make.
It's only enchantment level 2, so I could use a really crappy sword to make it.
It only uses 1 charge (I used a pretty crappy soul gem).
If I'm killing things faster, I will end up trapping more of their souls.

So this is a really useful sword that is cheap and easy to make.

I think you're right: that's a pretty ingenious method of creating a cheap but useful sword. As long as you keep a handy supply of petty soul gems around (and they're easy to find), you'll be making good cash on sales, too.

hey good idea, I just made a soul trapper(45 sec duration), but your idea is better thanks.