Skyrim Player Traps Necromancer In Their Own Black Soul Gem
Bethesda Softworks recently released a new edition of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, and since then, an influx of fans has been uncovering unique details that may have passed them by on their initial playthrough. One suchplayer discovered a way to trap a Necromancer in their own Black Soul Gem when they pickpocketed them in the Bethesda RPG.
Reddit user Ultraranger72 posted a clip of their Skyrim adventure yesterday in which they sneak up behind a Master Necromancer standing on a platform slightly above them. As the Skyrim player approaches the Necromancer facing away from them, they stealthily choose to pickpocket the enemy to great success. Moving a Black Soul Gem from the enemy inventory to their own, Ultraranger72's Pickpocketing skill increases to 25 as they choose the other option in the action menu to capture the Necromancer's soul.
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Rather than merely attacking the Necromancer while in Stealth to get a critical strike, Ultraranger72 selects the «Slit throat» option for the Necromancer, which prompts a brief finishing move cutscene. In this cutscene, Ultraranger72 brings their magical Bound Weapon up to the Master Necromancer's level before slashing them on the back rather than the front, causing them to collapse as their soul is absorbed into the Soul Gem. Because Ultraranger72 only has the Black Soul Gem pickpocketed from the Necromancer during this video, the enemy's soul is trapped inside their own gem.
This Skyrim player noted that they utilized the menu options instead of simply slaying the Necromancer once the Black Soul Gem had been pickpocketed to ensure that the finishing move animation initiated, something that usually encounters issues when a
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