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Every so often during lightning storms I see what looks like static shooting of of me for a few seconds and then I explode and die. What is happening and how can I prevent it?

Electric static on Link

A few seconds later you will end up with a screen filled with light:

Lightning explosion

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The reason you are exploding is because metal weapons and armor attract electricity in a lightning storm. Wearing an item that has the electrical discharge effect (such as the weapons in the figure below) will cause charge to build up until you explode. Un-equip those items and you won't build up charge.

Metal Weapons with static charge

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  • You can usually get away with one metal item equipped. Commented Mar 6, 2017 at 22:26
  • @JeffMercado I once picked up a metal item in a storm which equipped automatically, and was promptly struck by lightning before I could switch it. So I wouldn't risk it... Commented Apr 24, 2017 at 17:38
  • @Kat: I need to rephrase, you can get pretty far with a single metal item equipped and never get struck, but you're not completely safe. Just odds of getting struck is significantly better the less you have. Commented Apr 24, 2017 at 20:37

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