Eschalonian Darwin Awards

[john1v6]

So there I was, facing off against Baizel. I was standing in a doorway, so I could shoot her and her entourage, but still back up and make a one-monster bottleneck if needed. I was launching Fireballs at her, trying to pick off the nearby skeletons, and she was advancing toward me. Suddenly, my character screamed, and I got the "You have died" screen. Right before the screen came up, I figured out my error:

The "doorway" I was standing in was an open portcullis. As Baizel got closer, the blast radius from my Fireball tripped the lever controlling said portcullis, and it came down and crushed me.

Anyone else gotten yourself killed in a spectacularly stupid way? Want to share how it happened?

[Randomizer]

In Omentor Temple I was facing a swarm of undead that I was fireballing away when I died. I was within the area of effect of my own fireballs. So I fried myself.

[Calathon]

I once blew up myself with a powder keg. I intended to look into a certain direction by holding SHIFT+cursor but unfortunately I overlooked the keg and SHIFT-klicked it...

[Vroqren]

I once blew up myself with a powder keg. I intended to look into a certain direction by holding SHIFT+cursor but unfortunately I overlooked the keg and SHIFT-klicked it...

I carry around a powder keg just so that I can do that any time I get a disease (force restart). Immaculate's actually pretty easy, even with the game settings all on. I did eventually have to start carrying around two of them though in my hammers build. One wouldn't kill me.

But, for my addition: Luring a skeleton archer into the trapped throne room underground in the Castle Ruins and having him step on a pressure plate.

[john1v6]

I had another close call last night, barely catching it at the last moment:

First pick up the powder keg you're standing next to, then cast Supernova

[Ssschah]

If we include book II, I surrounded myself with a dozen+ bonebiter's in the final area and attacked korren. They witnessed me commit a crime and ate me alive lol.

[Weird Heather]

In Omentor Temple I was facing a swarm of undead that I was fireballing away when I died. I was within the area of effect of my own fireballs. So I fried myself.

I've done that in Book II, and I didn't learn my lesson and did the same thing again in Book III. I don't remember for certain who the enemies were; they may have been goblins. I didn't quite go far enough to die, but I came out of the situation badly damaged.

I also stood too close to a keg while blowing open a container, and I got to see the death screen as a result. I'm sure this one is a common mistake. Also, I remember that in Book II, I attacked one with a melee weapon because I didn't have any ranged weapons or spells available at the time, and I promptly blew up.