How does the Soul Siphon perk work?

Question

The rightmost line of perks in the Enchanting constellation terminates with a perk called Soul Siphon, which causes your deathblows on creatures (but NOT people) to trap 5% of the victim. What does this mean? Does this require you to have an unused soul gem in inventory for it to work, and how does it interact with a soul trap weapon?

Answer

What does this mean?

It means, you can take out your completely empty Sword of Flaming Flames, kill a bear with it, and now it's got 5% of the bear's soul for the next fight. (note: works for partially filled magic items too)

Does this require you to have an unused soul gem in inventory for it to work

Nope.

and how does it interact with a soul trap weapon?

1. The soul trap weapon casts soul trap on the creature.
2. The creature dies.
3. 5% of the creature's soul is stored to the weapon.
4. 100% of the creature's soul is stored to an empty gem.

Yes, that is 105% of the soul, which is awesome.

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