It’s kind of amazing to think that after 12 years people are still discovering new things in Skyrim. It’s also amazing to think that two in-game mechanics could interact where the Dragonborn would wind up playing tag with a dragon, but that’s exactly what happened to Reddit user BiShyAndWantingToDie.
"I was playing tag with a kid, when a dragon attacked. So.. now I guess I'm playing tag with the dragon," the Skyrim player wrote in their post with over 4,000 upvotes. "Didn't even know this was possible."
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The three images BiShyAndWantingToDie posted show that the dragon didn’t really live long enough to make it a good game of tab. In fact, it was an interrupted game of tag that initially started with a villager’s kid, only to be rudely interrupted by an invading dragon. The Dragonborn seems to have easily dispatched the dragon, but not before bestowing the soon-to-be corpse with the official "it" status.
Having succumbed to the Dragonborn’s giant ax, the dragon remained "it" even after it was already deceased, making it a particularly easy game of tag. After a few minutes, the quest ended, leaving BiShyAndWantingToDie the winner.
Many responses in the comments can’t get over the fact this seems to be a newly-discovered game interaction, although it might also just be a bug. Either way, playing tag with a dragon seems like something to aspire to on your next Skyrim playthrough.
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