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Skyrim:Vampire's Bane

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SR-icon-spell-Vampire Bane.png Vampire's Bane
SR-icon-book-SpellTomeDestruction.png
Added by Dawnguard
School Restoration Difficulty Adept
Type Offensive Casting Fire and Forget
Delivery Aimed Equip Either Hand
Spell ID xx0038b6 Editor ID DLC1VampiresBane
Base Cost 72 Charge Time 0.5
Duration 2 Range 469 ft
Speed 75 ft/s Max Life ~6.3 sec
Magnitude 40 Area 15 ft
Tome ID xx003f4d Tome Value 340
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Sunlight explosion that does 40 points of damage in a 15 foot radius to undead.

Vampire's Bane is an adept level Restoration spell added by Dawnguard, which will do 40 damage to any Undead targets within 15 feet over 2 seconds. It has no effect on non-undead.

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NotesEdit

  • This spell is normally unavailable if you join the vampires, as Florentius Baenius will be hostile to you. However, if you use a Pacify spell or item, you can calm him down so that he'll sell it to you. You must do this before you destroy the Dawnguard.
  • This spell can essentially be considered an undead-specific version of fireball, as it has the same range and explosive effect (though not strictly fire damage) but it is entirely harmless against non-undead. As such, it can be used against vampires that might attack cities during an eclipse caused by bloodcursed arrows shot by Auriel's bow, and not have to worry about collateral damage or bounties. However, unlike fireball (with the specific perk), you cannot inflict stagger by dual casting the spell at a target.

BugsEdit

  • The spell tome for this spell looks like a Destruction book, but it is actually Restoration.
  • This spell will not damage reanimated enemies unless they were classed as undead before being killed. This is due to a missing condition check in the spell's settings (the spell only checks for the ActorTypeUndead keyword instead of also checking the IsUndead condition).