Black Gemstone Collection SE

This Skyrim SE mod adds the ability to convert Grand Soul Gem to Black Soul Gem in Shadows Reborn (from Oblivion), which happens every 8 days. You can do this by first placing a large soul gem on the enchantment table and then hitting the enchantment table with a weapon with the Soul Trap spell.

Black Gem Undead

by kirglow

This is the Skyrim Special Edition version of this LE mod. The rest of the content is a copy-paste from the LE version.

describe

This Skyrim SE mod adds the ability to convert Grand Soul Gem to Black Soul Gem in Shadows Reborn (from Oblivion), which happens every 8 days. You can do this by first placing a large soul gem on the enchantment table and then hitting the enchantment table with a weapon with the Soul Trap spell. If Shades of the Trees hasn't appeared yet, it will tell you when it next happens. Otherwise, it will convert the Great Soul Gem into the Black Soul Gem.

The reason for using this mod is that I feel this feature is missing in Skyrim. It's an imbalance: too many Shanda soul gems, but too few Shanda souls. Black souls are more common, but black soul gems are rare. Using your grand/black soul gem too much takes away from the fun. Converting grand gems to black gems has become a part of lore, and there are many alternative mods, but I've found them to be riddled with incompatibilities, or not work as desired. With this mod you will be able to use any enchantment table in the game to do this conversion, which I found to be a good balance between lore and fun.

important

Warning: Discard your Grand Soul Gems one at a time, not as a group - otherwise, you'll only get one Black Soul Gem

Due to SKSE restrictions, you cannot use Soul Trap enchanted weapons yourself. You must find the weapon somewhere in the world of Skyrim that has been charmed by the Soul Trap.

Applies to bound weapons

compatibility:

There shouldn't be any compatibility issues. We just add the script to the enchantment table.

Mods should be safely removed.

Required: SKSE64

have fun!

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Black Gem Revenant

by kirglow

This is Skyrim Special Edition version of this LE mod. The rest of the content is a copy-paste from LE version.

Description

This Skyrim SE mod adds an ability to convert Grand Soul Gems into Black Soul Gems during the "Shade of the Revenant" (from Oblivion), which happens once every 8 days. You can do so by first placing a Grand Soul Gem on an Enchantment Table, and then hitting the Enchantment Table with a weapon that has Soul Trap spell. If the Shade of the Revenant hasn't occurred yet, it will tell you when the next one happens. Otherwise, it'll convert the Grand Soul Gem into Black Soul Gem.

Reason for this mod is that I felt there was lack of this functionality in Skyrim. There's an imbalance: there's too many grand soul gems, but too few grand souls; black souls are much more common, but black soul gems are too rare. It makes it too much of a big deal to use your grand / black soul gems, which reduces fun. It's already part of the lore to convert grand gems to black gems, and there's many alternative mods, but I found them to be full of incompatibilities or not as accessible as desired. With this mod, you'll be able to use any Enchantment Table in the game to do this conversion, which I found to be a nice balance between lore and fun.

Important

Warning: drop your Grand Soul Gems one-by-one, and not as a group - otherwise you will only get one Black Soul Gem

Due to SKSE limitations, you can't use a weapon that you enchanted with Soul Trap by yourself. You'll have to find the weapon already enchanted with Soul Trap somewhere in Skyrim world.

Works well with bound weapons

Compatibility:

Should not have any compatibility issues. We are simply adding a script to the Enchantment Table.

Should be safe to remove the mod.

Required: SKSE64

Have fun!