Red Dead Redemption might have never made it to our home platform, but those who dove into the western game's console version will remember its hero had one (frequently) fatal flaw. John Marston can't swim. He could take his fair share of bullets, bar brawls, and tumbles from steeds, but the smallest of lakes spelt instant death for the gangster-turned-farmer. Now, that same Achilles' heel has come to Skyrim, thanks to a mod that turns every body of water bigger than a puddle into a deadly threat.
Jonharwood's Skyrim mod is pretty self-explanatory: 'Drowning - a mod where you can't swim'. The way it works is by tinkering with a bunch of the RPG game's mechanics to turn going for a paddle into a very serious matter indeed. For example, it reduces the Dragonborn's swimming speed by a whopping 75% (well, you are kitted out in all that armour).
The major changes act in a similar way to plenty of other role-players and action-adventure games - the mod slaps you with a "significant" stamina hit when swimming unless you've got a water breathing effect in play, and once your stamina bar's depleted, it starts eating into your health, and fast. Once that's gone, it's bye-bye Dragonborn.
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