Ash Shell is a Telvanni twist on Paralyze from the Dragonborn add-on. Hit a target and they’re frozen inside a shell of ash for 30 seconds. The catch: while encased they can’t be damaged either, so it’s a crowd-control spell rather than a kill setup. Ash creatures, dragons and Dwarven automatons are immune. It comes from the Dragonborn add-on.
Tips
Best used in big fights to take one enemy out of the battle while you deal with the rest – for example a bandit who joins in while you’re fighting a dragon. Guards hit with it don’t turn hostile, though Redoran guards in Raven Rock do.
Spell details
- School: Alteration (Adept)
- Effect: Targets that fail to resist are immobilized in hardened ash for 30 seconds.
- Base Magicka cost: 251
- Casting: Fire and Forget, aimed
- Spell tome: Spell Tome: Ash Shell – value 425 gold, ID 040177AC
More Alteration spells
Candlelight (Novice), Equilibrium (Novice), Oakflesh (Novice), Magelight (Apprentice), Stoneflesh (Apprentice), Detect Life (Adept), Ironflesh (Adept), Telekinesis (Adept), Transmute (Adept), Waterbreathing (Adept), Ash Rune (Expert), Detect Dead (Expert), Ebonyflesh (Expert), Paralyze (Expert), Dragonhide (Master), Mass Paralysis (Master).
Cost, effect and tome value read from the Skyrim game files (base values before skill, perks and gear).