[Character turns black]

 

If that is Ebony mail from Boethitia altar, it's what causing the effect. It's special magical ebony mail, that kills anyone coming too near.

It is indeed the Ebony mail thats having this effect.

 

Upon it targeting enemies (and causing 5 points of poison damage per second) within a certain radius it shows this effect by creating a black aura on player aswell as target.

 

Thanks for the help guys... :thumbsup:

 

 

I have the same problem also, but I do not have the ebony mail on me. I am a mage with light leather armor. I've finished majority of the side quests and am doing miscellaneous quests. I somehow got this black aura. It is not active when I am sneaking unless the enemies discover me. I've found the aura somewhat useful since I use various mods to create more monsters in the area (especially when dealing with rabbits of death). But, I cannot brawl anymore since any person that attacks me becomes poisoned and eventually dies if I stick around long enough. I've checked all my mods, and they do not add this ability to my character. I have no idea how I got this ability since I started noticing it while I was finishing 5 quests in a row.

 

Is there some console way of adding/removing this ability?