Getting a custom summon to use a custom summon?

[xunderxdosedx]

Hi, I'm working on this spell and I'm having some trouble. I was hoping someone here might be able to help.

Basically, I made a Conjuration spell which summons a unique Dragon Priest variant with custom spells. My intention was to replace the Dragon Priest's default Summon Storm Atronach spell with a spell which summoned one of the Corrupted Shades from the Kilkreath temple and Vahlok's Tomb.

The problem is he won't use the custom spell. The new NPC is created with the appropriate spell and magical effects pointing towards it, and I used the console to add the spell to my own character as well as Jenassa, and we both can use it just fine. The Dragon Priest summoning I created won't touch the spell to summon a Corrupted Shade.

I have no idea what to do. I lowered the spell cost repeatedly, made sure the new spell emulated Conjure Storm Atronach very closely, tried giving the Priest 1,000 Magicka and all the Conjuration perks, but he won't use the new spell no matter what. I can get him to use any of the regular Conjuration spells like Conjure Boneman or even the spell to summon Karstaag, but for some reason I haven't figured out he won't cast a spell which summons a customized Actor.

I'm at a loss for what to do except maybe put the spell on a staff and put the staff in the Dragon Priest's inventory. That seems like a "quick and dirty" solution to my problem though, so I was hoping there might be something else I haven't thought of.

[KingGsterUK]

You could try placing the base actor in a cell and see if he uses your custom spell. Maybe a summon can't summon? If that's the case, you'd have to script a new magic effect for the new spell i think, to be free of any limitations.

[xunderxdosedx]

That's not a bad idea, thanks! I'll try that shortly.

I'm pretty sure getting him to use most summoning spells isn't a big deal, he uses all the ones from the vanilla game and the DLC's just fine, I'm pretty sure there's something wrong with my spell but I don't know what. I could upload screen caps of what it looks like in the CK but I've been very careful to stay close to the vanilla Conjuration spells so I don't know what the problem might be aside from your idea about putting the Corrupted Shade in his own cell.