Skyrim Special Edition

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Nearby living creatures, undead, dead, machines and daedra, can be seen through walls. Remake of "Detect Life" spell.

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Brief:  Nearby living creatures, undead, dead, machines and daedra, can be seen through walls. Remake of "Detect Life" spell.

Description:  Creates a new spell "Detect Aura" that can be used to locate nearby living creatures (and the dead), even through walls. This is a remake of the "Detect Life" spell, but eliminates the narrow detection aspect of that spell. It now should work on most creatures, living or dead. The spell highlights friendlies in blue, enemies in red, and the dead in orange. It will only last for up to 24 hours (base), but will need to be recast if you change locations (like fast travel or entering a city). This is also how to dispel the effects, if you wish. It only has a radius of "500", so sometimes you'll need to recast it if you've moved a ways outside of the area you originally cast it in. After a long, hard-fought battle with many foes, you may want to re-cast this spell so that you can locate all the dead and loot their corpses.

How to obtain:  The "Spell Tome: Detect Aura" book can be discovered inside of a satchel, found in 39 locations throughout Skyrim. One such location is beside the Shrine of Talos, high up in the mountains, SSW of Froki's Shack.  After you pay a visit to Froki Whetted-Blade and his son Haming inside their cabin, turn left as you exit the cabin and head on up the mountain. You'll find the Shrine of Talos and a satchel sitting beside it (along with other goodies). For cheaters *cough*, just use "cow Tamriel 22,-26" to travel there.

Game Version:  Tested with Skyrim SE: 1.2.39.0

Compatibility:  Only one "Detect Life" effect can be active on an actor at a time. Should another effect dispel this mod's effect, you can just re-cast it. Shouldn't interfere with any other mods. On the RARE chance another mod changes the "TreasSatchel" container form, then place this mod AFTER that mod (lower) until you've obtained the Spell Tome. After you have the Spell Tome, you can place this mod as high as you want to in your load order, no problems.

(Note:  Ignore the "per sec" cost to cast the spell. It's hard-coded into the game for this type of spell. It'll only cost the base amount, not "per second".)