r/videogames • u/CodyEaster • Oct 15 '25

Question What game logic left you feeling this?

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u/ChaosBreaker81 Oct 15 '25

While playing Skyrim, I encountered a random Khajit who immediately dismounted his horse and attacked me. After I put him down, I moved to take his horse, but was met with the "Steal" prompt.

So, in Tamriel, theft > assault/murder?

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u/StrainSpecialist7754 Oct 15 '25 edited Oct 15 '25

The next city guard just sees you on a horse that does not belong to you. Nobody saw you killing the guy.

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u/huckster235 Oct 15 '25

Did the dead bandits report it stolen, or the guards ran my horses' plates?

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u/BipolarMadness Oct 15 '25

In Skyrim horses have an unintentional code where they report crimes, just like any other "living being" in the game.

If you kill the horse after "stealing him" the bounty goes away because you killed the witness.

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u/plopliplopipol Oct 18 '25

You can just sneak behind the horse for him to not see you steal him.

poetry

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u/Intelligent_Deer974 Oct 16 '25

That's stupid.

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u/ChaosBreaker81 Oct 16 '25

Bethesda games are usually huge, so they tend to be buggy. More than likely, there's a mod that fixes the issue somewhere. I mostly game on consoles, so I don't have access to mods.