Skyrim:Blizzard

	Blizzard
School	Destruction	Difficulty	Master
Type	Offensive	Casting	Fire and Forget
Delivery	Self	Equip	Both Hands
Spell ID	0007e8e4	Editor ID	Blizzard
Base Cost	1106	Charge Time	3.0
Duration	10 secs	Range	0
Magnitude	20	Area	40 ft
Tome ID	000a270d	Tome Value	1350
Purchase from (after Destruction Ritual Spell)
Faralda

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

Blizzard is a master level Destruction spell that creates a swirling whirlwind that does frost damage to the health and stamina of any targets within range for 10 seconds.

Effects

• Blizzard, 20 pts for 10 secs in 40 ft
• On Ice Paralyze, for 3 secs in 40 ft; if the Deep Freeze perk has been unlocked

Perks

• Augmented Frost, raises damage to 25 at first rank or 30 at second rank

Notes

• Blizzard will affect you and your friends as well as foes, so be sure to get far out ahead of your allies before casting and then fall back so as to encourage them to stay out of the area of effect.
• The real benefit of this spell is how much it slows enemies passing through, causing them to take more damage because they spend more time within range. You can back it up with other spells if you've got the magicka, because they'll be easier to hit while slowed by the ice.
• The winds will also pick up items and scatter them everywhere. Even people standing outside of the primary area of effect may take some damage from flying debris swirling around.
• Casting this spell in areas occupied by non-hostile NPCs will injure or kill them, but will not result in you receiving a bounty.^{[verification needed — see talk page]}
• This spell only harms actively hostile targets, but can still Paralyze low health non-hostile targets if the Deep Freeze perk has been unlocked.
• For Necromage Vampires, Blizzard lasts 50% longer, but the animation does not.

Bugs

• The formula used to calculate the damage dealt by Blizzard includes your Magic and Frost Resistance, resulting in a weakened spell. At 85% Magic Resistance, it might not do any damage at all.
  • The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 1.3.2, fixes this bug.

• The inverse is also true, Weakness to Magic and Frost will increase the damage of Blizzard.

• Blizzard fails when ethereal. ^?