Kinder Soul Gem 1.5

This mod attempts to make Soul Gem more friendly and consistent with older TES games.

feature

-Geode Veins -> Aetherium Veins: These veins will now yield Aetherium ore when mined.

-Ether Veins: These veins will now yield Ether Ore when mined. They can only be mined using the Ancient Dwarven Pickaxe (which can be found in a chest in the Aether Forge). You can convert 100 Aetherium Ore into one Aetherium Crest in the Aetherial Forge. I set it to 100 ore because Ethereum ore is of very poor grade and to make a crest you need a lot of it since it is made of perfect Ethereum.

-Except for black, Ethereum, Ebony, and Heartstone Veins all have a small chance of providing a Soul Stone. These veins will no longer produce normal gems.

-The Big Soul Gem can be transformed into a Black Soul Gem on the Soul Altar by throwing a Soul Trap on the Soul Altar. This action can only be performed while the "Shadow of Exile" (the purple glow above the altar) is active. (Occurs every eight days.)

-You can find Soul Altars in various Necromancer and Warlock lairs around Skyrim.

-You can grind the Soul Stone into powder in the Grain Mill. These dusts can be used as alchemical ingredients for making potions and poisons. I'll probably use it more in the future.

How to use the Soul Gem Altar

-Activate the Soul Gem Altar, which will open the container menu. Store any number of large souls in it.

-Wait until Shadow of Resurrection activates. This happens every 8 days. You'll know it's active when you see a purple light glowing above the altar.

-Cast the Soul Trap spell on the altar. If everything is done correctly, you will have converted a Large Soul Gem into a Dark Soul Gem.

-Cast Soul Trap again until all soul gems you want to convert are successfully converted.

• As of version 1.1, you will need to read the book "The Necromancer's Moon", which is very common near dead necromancers and NPC bosses at Southfringe Sanctum.

• Version 1.2, you can also get the knowledge to make the Black Soul Stone, by reading this book, called "The Creation of the Black Soul Stone", which can be found in random and other rare books, in shops, boxes, etc.

Known issues

• Ancient Dwarven Pickaxes are no longer used in mining animations. Instead a vanilla pickaxe is used in it. If anyone knows how to solve this problem please let me know.

• Collision on the Soul Gem Altar can sometimes seem a little weird, preventing your Soul Trap from registering. In this case, try recasting.

Not compatible

-Edit and override any mods for Soul Trap magic effects. If in doubt, load the entire load order in xEdit and check if "0004DBA3" is overwritten by another mod.