Stendarr's Aura

School	Restoration
Level	Adept
Magicka Cost	248
Casting	Fire and Forget
Delivery	Self
Effect	For 60 seconds, undead in melee range take 10 points sun damage per second.
Duration	60 seconds
Perk	Adept Restoration (1)
Spell Tome	Spell Tome: Stendarr's Aura
Game/DLC	Dawnguard

Stendarr's Aura is an Adept Restoration spell from the Dawnguard add-on. It wraps the caster in holy light for one minute. Undead within melee range take 10 points of sun damage every second. The glow also lights up dark places.

Stendarr's Aura comes with the Dawnguard DLC. Florentius Baenius sells the tome at Fort Dawnguard once he has been rescued in the quest Bolstering the Ranks.

Spell Tome

Stendarr's Aura is learned by reading Spell Tome: Stendarr's Aura. Florentius Baenius sells the tome.

How It Plays

Stendarr's Aura is a fire and forget spell cast on the caster. Once cast, it works on its own for a full minute, like a Destruction cloak. Every undead creature that comes within melee range takes sun damage each second. The living are left untouched, so followers and friendly people nearby are safe.

The aura suits a character who fights draugr and vampires up close. A warrior or a battlemage can cast it before a crypt fight and let it burn every undead that closes in. Both hands are free again right after the cast.

The aura also gives off light. It lights up dark caves and tombs, much like Candlelight. In the Dragonborn DLC, its glow protects against the harmful darkness in parts of Apocrypha.

Compared with the Other Sun Spells

Sun Fire, the Apprentice sun spell, throws a single bolt at one undead target. Vampire's Bane, the other Adept sun spell, bursts like a Fireball against groups of undead at range. Stendarr's Aura works only at close range, but it keeps working for a full minute.

Perks and Builds

The Adept Restoration perk halves the cost of the spell. Necromage makes the aura much stronger against undead. Restoration Dual Casting stretches its duration.

Builds

Stendarr's Aura is a natural spell for a paladin or a cleric build that mixes melee with Restoration. Ten points per second sounds small, but the bonus is active for almost every second of a melee fight. Against a crypt full of draugr, the steady burn adds up quickly.

The aura costs 248 magicka at a skill of zero, a little less than Flame Cloak at 289.

Gameplay Tips

The Necromage perk makes the aura hit undead harder.

Notes

The tome carries the symbol of Destruction, even though Stendarr's Aura is a Restoration spell.
Florentius Baenius sells the tome at Fort Dawnguard. A member of the Volkihar Clan can calm him with Calm or Pacify and buy it anyway.

Spell Categories

All Restoration Spells

Novice

Novice spells are the first a mage learns and cost the least magicka.

Name	Image	Cost	Casting	Effect
Healing		12 per second	Concentration	Heals the caster 10 points per second.
Lesser Ward		34 per second	Concentration	Increases armor rating by 40 points and negates up to 40 points of spell damage or effects.

Apprentice

Apprentice spells need a little practice in the school.

Name	Cost	Casting	Effect
Fast Healing	73	Fire and Forget	Heals the caster 50 points.
Healing Hands	25 per second	Concentration	Heals the target 10 points per second, but not undead, atronachs or machines.
Steadfast Ward	58 per second	Concentration	Increases armor rating by 60 points and negates up to 60 points of spell damage or effects.
Turn Lesser Undead	84	Fire and Forget	Undead up to level 6 flee for 30 seconds.
Necromantic Healing	37 per second	Concentration	Heals the undead target 10 points per second, but not the living, atronachs or machines.
Sun Fire	24	Fire and Forget	Ball of sunlight that does 25 points of damage to undead.

Adept

Adept spells are the middle rank and hit noticeably harder.

Name	Cost	Casting	Effect
Close Wounds	126	Fire and Forget	Heals the caster 100 points.
Greater Ward	86 per second	Concentration	Increases armor rating by 80 points and negates up to 80 points of spell damage or effects.
Heal Other	80	Fire and Forget	Heals the target 75 points, but not undead, atronachs or machines.
Repel Lesser Undead	115	Fire and Forget	All affected undead up to level 8 flee for 30 seconds.
Turn Undead	168	Fire and Forget	Undead up to level 13 flee for 30 seconds.
Heal Undead	115	Fire and Forget	Heals the undead target 75 points, but not the living, atronachs or machines.
Stendarr's Aura	248	Fire and Forget	For 60 seconds, undead in melee range take 10 points sun damage per second.
Vampire's Bane	72	Fire and Forget	Sunlight explosion that does 40 points of damage in a 15 foot radius to undead.
Poison Rune	246	Fire and Forget	Targets that fail to resist take 3 points of poison damage per second for 30 seconds.

Expert

Expert spells are powerful and expensive to cast.

Name	Cost	Casting	Effect
Circle of Protection	171	Fire and Forget	Undead up to level 20 entering the circle will flee.
Grand Healing	254	Fire and Forget	Heals everyone close to the caster 200 points.
Repel Undead	353	Fire and Forget	All affected undead up to level 16 flee for 30 seconds.
Turn Greater Undead	267	Fire and Forget	Undead up to level 21 flee for 30 seconds.

Master

Master spells are the strongest in the school and need the most skill.

Name	Image	Cost	Casting	Effect
Bane of the Undead		988	Fire and Forget	Sets undead up to level 30 on fire and makes them flee for 30 seconds.
Guardian Circle		716	Fire and Forget	Undead up to level 35 entering the circle will flee. Caster heals 20 health per second inside it.