today i went to winterhold to join the stormcloaks and they had me do a test by going to an island due north of winterhold and i was taking a shortcut by climbing down a mountain and fell off a very tall cliff and hit a couple of hills on the way down and no doupt my character broke all the bones in her body and died.

I was Killed By Nazeem.

/thread.

A mage sent all the stray skeletons in a dungeon careening about with a misfired blast of flame and 'rattle me bones' gained a whole new meaning when I was bombarded to death by femurs and pelvises.

You automatically win Michael.

I have two. One was by the Ritual Stone, I tried to get to Shimmermist Cave but I fell off the ledge and died. I was killed by a Ghost Two-Hander in the Abandoned Prison.

I'd heard that Iona would attack if you kill one of the chickens in the Honeyside garden.

Since I had Lydia with me I thought I'd kill one then go into the house and see what happens - scientific research and all that

Slaughtered a chicken - seconds later my bloodied corpse was twitching on the ground, killed by Lydia.......

(Reloaded a few times and found by trial and error that all the housecarls could become hostile because of my 'fowl' act)

first time playing I was in a dungeon with the oil on the floor and thought "Guy is running out me, time to burn him to a crisp!", used a flame spell, oil under me ignited and I burned to death....

I'll be completely honest, I didn't die in this, but the fact that I almost did and the fact that I was terrified of this thing is bad enough.

I almost got killed by a mudcrab. I was fighting something else, and after killing him I fell down a bit and got some damage, and then got bit by a mudcrab, and almost died. I was at like 5 health, then I tried to run away and use my heal spell, but I failed it as I fumbled away from this mudcrab, then I got stuck on a rock, the mudcrab almost got me, but I finally vaulted over the rock and healed. Of all things to be running away from in fear...

My first light armor character found out why you shouldn't jump over rocks while running in the plains around Whiterun.

Landing on a sleeping sabertooth makes the cat very, very grouchy. Carnage and mayhem ensue.

Killed by a mudcrab. Those things are pretty tough.

Accidentally slipped off of Throat of the World. Was greeted by my dead character doing a sumersault through the air.

Hyperkinetic Clutter, picking up a Bag of Gold in Ustengrav next to a Skeleton. Knocking over a kettle in the Midden. Death by pushcart(s). Death by Cabbage. Death by Skulls, with sharp pointy antlers.

Being chopcammed by a Dragon in Falkreath because I believed all of the noise was caused by the Dragon My character was watching fly off into the distance

Embarrassing? Embarrassing? There are no embarrassing deaths in SKYRIM. Only angry ones. ANGRY ONES. Angry. Angry like that moment with stinky little mudcrab and that ugly hideous skeever rat thingy. Who do they think they are.. ants? How can their body and mass ratio equal such impossible strength as to knock me off a cliff with their grubby little forms. Oh yes angry angry ANGRY.