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Illusionist Vampire
Skyrim
Vampire, Necromancer, Illusionist, Cryromancer
build
Published

Rarely using a blade in hand always relying on their spells and keeping far away from combat. A decent amount of health to keep them alive along with light armor. Using ice to shatter their enemies then raising their broken bodies to fight for the rest of their foes.

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lvl 51
Based on spent perk points
You get 29400 XP from skills
You need 35625 XP to level up
Race
Argonian
+10
Lockpicking
+5
Light Armor, Sneak, Pickpocket, Restoration, and Alteration
Unlocks: Resist Disease, Waterbreathing, Histskin
Standing Stones
The Shadow Stone

Once a day, those under the sign of The Shadow can become invisible for an extended period.

Unlocks: The Shadow Stone
Attributes
health
250
stamina
250
magica
300
Set skill levels with the arrows; open a constellation to pick perks.
Smithing
0 xp
0
1
5
Heavy Armor
0 xp
0
1
5
Block
0 xp
0
1
5
Two-handed
0 xp
0
1
5
One-handed
4930 xp
1
0
0
15
Armsman (1/5)
20
Armsman (2/5) ,
Fighting Stance
40
Armsman (3/5)
60
Armsman (4/5)
80
Armsman (5/5)
Archery
0 xp
0
1
5
Light Armor
4840 xp
1
0
0
15
Agile Defender (1/5)
20
Agile Defender (2/5)
30
Custom Fit
40
Agile Defender (3/5)
50
Unhindered
60
Agile Defender (4/5) ,
Wind Walker
70
Matching Set
80
Agile Defender (5/5)
100
Deft Movement
Sneak
0 xp
0
2
0
Lockpicking
0 xp
0
2
5
Pickpocket
0 xp
0
2
0
Speech
0 xp
0
1
5
Alchemy
0 xp
0
1
5
Illusion
4930 xp
1
0
0
15
Novice Illusion
20
Animage
25
Apprentice Illusion
30
Hypnotic Gaze
40
Kindred Mage
50
Quiet Casting ,
Aspect of Terror ,
Adept Illusion
70
Rage
75
Expert Illusion
90
Master of the Mind
100
Master Illusion
Conjuration
4930 xp
1
0
0
15
Novice Conjuration
25
Apprentice Conjuration
40
Necromancy
50
Adept Conjuration
70
Dark Souls
75
Expert Conjuration
100
Twin Souls ,
Master Conjuration
Destruction
4930 xp
1
0
0
15
Novice Destruction
25
Apprentice Destruction
30
Augmented Frost (1/2)
50
Adept Destruction
75
Expert Destruction
Restoration
4840 xp
1
0
0
15
Novice Restoration
20
Regeneration
25
Apprentice Restoration
30
Recovery (1/2)
50
Adept Restoration
60
Recovery (2/2)
70
Necromage
75
Expert Restoration
90
Avoid Death
Alteration
0 xp
0
2
0
Enchanting
0 xp
0
1
5

Condition

Werewolf
Human
Vampire 1
Vampire 2
Vampire 3
Vampire 4
Stage four vampirism, fully starved. Your gifts peak along with your weakness to fire and the sun. Feeding on a sleeping victim returns you to stage one.
Vampirism · stage 4
Resist Frost, Weakness to Fire, Resist Disease, Resist Poison, Champion of the Night, Nightstalker's Footsteps, Weakness to Sunlight, Vampire's Sight, Vampiric Drain, Vampire's Servant, Vampire's Seduction, Embrace of Shadows
Selected Perks
Night Cloak, Poison Talons, Blood Healing, Power of the Grave, Corpse Curse, Summon Gargoyle, Vampiric Grip, Unearthly Will, Supernatural Reflexes, Mist Form, Detect All Creatures
These picks take 165 kills with Vampiric Drain or a power bite.

Powers

Argonian
Resist Disease
constant

Your Argonian blood gives you 50% resistance to disease.

Waterbreathing
constant

Your Argonian lungs can breathe underwater.

Histskin
power · 1/day

Invoke the power of the Hist to recover Health ten times faster for 60 seconds.

The Shadow Stone
The Shadow Stone
power · 1/day

Become invisible for 60 seconds. Activating an object or attacking will break the spell.

Vampirism · stage 4
Resist Frost
constant

Your Vampiric blood gives you 50% resistance to Frost.

Weakness to Fire
constant

Your Vampiric blood gives you 50% weakness to Fire.

Resist Disease
constant

Your Vampiric blood gives you 100% resistance to disease.

Resist Poison
constant

Your Vampiric blood gives you 100% resistance to poison.

Champion of the Night
constant

Illusion spells cast by a Vampire are 25% more powerful.

Nightstalker's Footsteps
constant

Vampires are 25% harder to detect when sneaking.

Weakness to Sunlight
constant

Health, Magicka, and Stamina do not recover while in Sunlight and are reduced by 60 points.

Vampire's Sight
power

Improved night vision for 60 seconds.

Vampiric Drain

Absorb 5 points of Health per second from the target.

Vampire's Servant
power · 1/day

Reanimate a very powerful dead body to fight for you for 60 seconds.

Vampire's Seduction
power · 1/day

Creatures and people up to level 8 won't fight for 30 seconds.

Embrace of Shadows
power · 1/day

Vampire is invisible and has improved night vision for 180 seconds.

Selected
Vampire Lord
power

Transform into a Vampire Lord. Use the Revert Form power to change back.

Dawnguard bloodline
dg
Blood of the Ancients
constant

Your Vampiric Drain spell absorbs Magicka and Stamina from your victims for 3 days.

The Bloodstone Chalice
dg
Nightingale Strife
power · 1/day

Instantly absorb 100 points of Health from the target.

Darkness Returns
Eternal Spirit
constant

While Ethereal, you recover Health 25% faster.

Meditation on a Word of Power
Sailor's Repose
constant

Healing spells cure 10% more.

Frostflow Abyss
Agent of Dibella
constant

You do more combat damage to the opposite sex.

The Heart of Dibella
Agent of Mara
constant

Increases Magic Resistance by 15%.

The Book of Love
Summon Spectral Assassin
power · 1/day

Summons the ghost of the legendary assassin Lucien Lachance to fight by your side, until he's defeated.

Bound Until Death
Sinderion's Serendipity
constant

There is a 25% chance of creating a duplicate potion when using your alchemy skill.

A Return to Your Roots
Prowler's Profit
constant

Anywhere gems might be found, members of the Thieves Guild always seem to find a few more.

No Stone Unturned
Ancient Knowledge
constant

Knowledge gained from the Lexicon gives you a 25% bonus when wearing Dwarven Armor and Blacksmithing increases 15% faster.

Unfathomable Depths
Companion's Insight
constant

Your attacks, shouts, and destruction spells do no damage to your followers when in combat.

Black Book: The Winds of Change
db
Dragonborn Frost
constant

Your Frost Breath Shout encases foes in ice for 15 seconds.

Black Book: Epistolary Acumen
db
Mora's Boon
power · 1/day

Fully restores your Health, Magicka, and Stamina.

Black Book: The Hidden Twilight
db
Black Market
power

Summons a Dremora merchant for 15 seconds.

Black Book: Untold Legends
db
Secret of Arcana
power · 1/day

Spells cost no Magicka for 30 seconds.

Black Book: Filament and Filigree
db
Seeker of Sorcery
constant

All spells cost 10% less Magicka. Enchantments are 10% more powerful.

Black Book: The Sallow Regent
db
Add Power

Loadout

right hand
Frost Cloak
adept destruction

For 60 seconds, opponents in melee range take 8 points frost damage and Stamina damage per second.

316
Blizzard
master destruction

Targets take 20 points of frost damage for 10 seconds, plus Stamina damage.

1106
Icy Spear
expert destruction

A spear of ice that does 60 points of frost damage to Health and Stamina.

320
Ice Storm
adept destruction

A freezing whirlwind that does 40 points of frost damage per second to Health and Stamina.

144
Frost Cloak
adept destruction

For 60 seconds, opponents in melee range take 8 points frost damage and Stamina damage per second.

316
left hand
Dead Thrall
master conjuration

Reanimate a dead body permanently to fight for you. Only works on people.

1000
Mayhem
master illusion

Creatures and people up to level 25 will attack anyone nearby for 60 seconds.

990
Dread Zombie
expert conjuration

Reanimate a very powerful dead body to fight for you for 60 seconds.

302
Grand Healing
expert restoration

Heals everyone close to the caster 200 points.

254
Invisibility
expert illusion

Caster is invisible for 30 seconds. Activating an object or attacking will break the spell.

334
Morokei
Light Armor
18
5

Magicka regenerates 100% faster and time between shouts is reduced 20%.

improve · Fine
Daedric Smithing
320
4
18
Ancient Shrouded Gloves
Light Armor
43
12

Double sneak attack damage with One-handed weapons.

improve · Fine
170
1
13
Vampire Royal Armor
Light Armor
105
30

Magicka regenerates 125% faster.

improve · Fine
250
9
27
dg
Predator's Grace
Light Armor
18
5

Wearer is muffled and moves silently.; Stamina regenerates 100% faster.

improve · Fine
2
1
13
Mage Backpack
Clothing
2
1

Carrying capacity increased by 75 points.; Increases your Magicka by 20 points.

improve · Fine
15
1
cc
Ring of the Erudite
Jewelry

While wearing this ring, you will receive 100 extra Magicka as well as regenerate Magicka faster.

1000
0.25
dg
Necromancer's Amulet
Jewelry

Increases your Magicka by 50 points, Conjuration spells cost 25% less to cast, Health and Stamina regenerates 75% slower.

100
0.5
Stats reflect your skills and perks. Press the anvil to improve an item at your Smithing level.

Shouts

Throw Voice

The Thu'um is heard, but its source unknown, fooling those into seeking it out.

Recovery: 5s
Soul Tear

Your Thu'um cuts through flesh and shatters soul, commanding the will of the fallen.

Recovery: 90s
Slow Time

Shout at time, and command it to obey, as the world around you stands still.

Recovery: 60s
Marked for Death

Speak, and let your Voice herald doom, as an opponent's armor and lifeforce are weakened.

Recovery: 40s
Frost Breath

Your breath is winter, your Thu'um a blizzard.

Recovery: 100s
Ice Form

Your Thu'um freezes an opponent solid.

Recovery: 120s
Whirlwind Sprint

The Thu'um rushes forward, carrying you in its wake with the speed of a tempest.

Recovery: 35s
Become Ethereal

The Thu'um reaches out to the Void, changing your form to one that cannot harm, or be harmed.

Recovery: 40s
Aura Whisper

Your Voice is not a Shout, but a whisper, revealing the life forces of any and all.

Recovery: 50s
Add Shout
Survival Mode
Survival Mode halves your base carry weight, makes warmth matter, and adds hunger, cold and fatigue. Set the state you plan to fight in — the character sheet calculates with it.
Survival Mode
Hunger
Satisfied
You are not hungry.
Cold
Comfortable
You are comfortably warm.
Fatigue
Refreshed
You feel refreshed.
Character stats
Health
250
Stamina
250
Magicka
470
Carry
450
Armor
184
−37.1%
Magic
15%
Fire
-50%
Frost
50%
Poison
100%
Disease
100%
Warmth
71
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