Wierd invincible ash spawn bug

[VolkiharFiend]

So I was derping around solstiem when 3 wild ash spawn attack me. I start dousing 'em with frost magic and such and after a while I noticed their health bar wasn't going down at all. I even use the Finger of Death spell from the Apocalypse spell package that kills instantly...nothing. So I say screw it and use the kill command aaand NOTHING. Wtf is going on. A heroic khajiit even showed up to help but unfortunately he didn't stand a chance.

 

I don't think a mod is causing the problem as it has never happened before to other npcs in all the time I've used the mods I have. If you think the mods are important I will post them upon request.

 

Also yesterday I cleaned my save using the Skyrim Save Cleaner in case it's relevant.

[kayfable]

this problem has been a reoccuring issue with the dragonborn dlc for a while...if this happens to you , usually reloading a previous save (before solstheim) fixes it. If that still doesn't fix it (or you dont want to lose progress due to skipping and leaving out the other side of town) then you have a problem (a fixable one tho with some ck editing)

 

first off... there isn't a really decent console fix for this bug ~kill ~disable dont work.

 

~markfordelete works but then the corpse needed to create a quest item goes missing and you manually have to find the rest of the "march of the dead" quest yourself (not hard but lore breaking)

heres the only solution:

 

in creation kit find a mod that uses both skyrim.esm and dragonborn.esm and open it for editing (if not then you have to create one, or find a simple mod on nexus that requires dragonborn dlc and get it)

 

step 1 go to the actors tab and locate dlc02RRattackingashspawn (or something very close to that)

step 2 click edit and in the tab to the left uncheck the invulnerable box

step 3 save and close

step 4 load skyrim, play and enjoy the rest of the dlc

 

step 5 question wtf bethesda was thinking by making them invulnerable O.o

Edited February 15, 2015 by kayfable