BillSeurer
Eternal Supreme Dictator
Most of the time followers just "fall down" when they are nearly dead but sometimes they actually die. What can kill them?
For sure you can if you purposely, or accidentally, target them. I've killed my own followers by accidental arrow shots and spells several times in the heat of combat. A particularly annoying one is when they walk in front of you just as you do a sneak attack and you slit their throats.
I think that splash damage from area spells (not just your own) can off them too. A couple times after mage fights I've gone looking for my follower only to find them dead a ways off from where I was fighting and I didn't use any area/ranged attacks.
Traps? I am not sure. I had one follower die on one of those "swinging spiked door" traps and I am almost certain I didn't hit him with anything. Then again I have seen them fall down in the midst of some continuous trap and they are stuck there until you cross an area boundary.
For sure you can if you purposely, or accidentally, target them. I've killed my own followers by accidental arrow shots and spells several times in the heat of combat. A particularly annoying one is when they walk in front of you just as you do a sneak attack and you slit their throats.
I think that splash damage from area spells (not just your own) can off them too. A couple times after mage fights I've gone looking for my follower only to find them dead a ways off from where I was fighting and I didn't use any area/ranged attacks.
Traps? I am not sure. I had one follower die on one of those "swinging spiked door" traps and I am almost certain I didn't hit him with anything. Then again I have seen them fall down in the midst of some continuous trap and they are stuck there until you cross an area boundary.