Hey all. Was wondering if the permadeath crew here could judge a situation I died in and tell me if y'all agree this constitutes a game glitch. In Pinewatch, Naiawa the Seeker was carefully creeping next to the spike pit, eyes on those spikes, and his steel boot must've gotten too close (?) to the flat side of a metal spike, because suddenly, all his health drains, and he goes flying dead to the ground. I was so shocked at what happened I reloaded to check that I didn't miss anything (other traps, etc.). TBH I am not sure the graphic of my steel boot even -touched- the side of the spike (was in third person at the time). Am very frustrated because even if my boot touched the side...which I don't think it did...it kind of kills the immersion factor for steel plate boots to touch flat metal and cause instadeath.

I will abide by your ruling : )

I'm no expert on DiD, but I think you should do a reload. That death sounds like BS, some strange clipping issue I think.

That sounds like it would warrant a reload. I remember I was riding a horse one time, ran over one of those produce carts, and got launched twenty feet straight upwards. Strange things happen in the land of Skyrim.

Turns out it was all just a bad dream...

Lol exactly Jeezuhs...I think I'm gonna continue on and mark it as a glitch death.

I mean, I will buy a mudcrab two-hitting me (which can happen!)...but the 'steel plate boot slowly touched a spike' insta-death' must be a glitch as far as I can tell. I wonder if that happens because it just acts as if the pc is falling onto the spikes?


Thanks for the responses guys : )

It's not really a glitch, it's just the result of a total lack of a proper physics model for damage.

In reality, it sounds like the game worked exactly as it is intended to, that is your character made contact with the spike and thus lost health. The lack of feedback is probably what killed you, and while I do think it's ridiculous and 100% not what would happen, it really doesn't sound like a glitch to me.

Wouldnt be reload for my char, since in my Skyrim almost any trap is fatal

I had something like that happen to me in Pinewatch while on the floor and edging toward a coin purse amidst the spikes which I never touched however I lost most of my health before I could jump back. I don't play DiD but that sounds like a bogus death to me.

I would probably count it, even though it's lame. Not nearly as glitchy as a death I had in fallout 3, where I tried to jump over some rubble and instead my guy jumped about 50 feet in the air, dying on impact. Now THAT was [censored]

That happened once. Except I was level four and taking on a Behemoth. And it was the Behemoth that got launched. I never laughed so hard until then.

It was crazy. My guy just kept going up into the sky, like Lebron on crack