I believe this worked as a fix, but I must admit, it took a bit of effort/research to learn how to open the console to begin with; the settings had the console turned off in the config files, so it wasn't quite as easy as using the command. Could just be that I'm dumb, but it might be worth keeping in mind when giving advice like this lol
I am allowed to start combat now, but I still can't fight properly; After killing a flame spirit summoned by Asa, it stays on the field, turns blue, and is automatically targeted when I try to attack; it also has a message about not being able to find a corpse?