What is the chance of Mehrune's Razor to proc?

Question

I recently obtained the Mehrune's Razor dagger. The enchantment is "Hits have a small chance to instantly kill". What are the chances of the effect working?

Answer

Testing can be awfully bloody sometimes. Just ask Constance Michel:

So I went around in god mode with the Mehrune's Razor and tested it on a bunch of NPCs after doing the following:

1. Disable their AI via tai
2. Set their health to 5000 via setav health 5000 (so they don't die to regular damage)
3. Go on a rampage spree in Riften

Here are the # of hits before dying:

• 15
• 14
• 1 (Super unlucky guard)
• 114 (Super lucky guard)
• 39
• 3
• 36
• 51
• 21
• 46
• 67
• 28
• 66
• 66
• 19
• 70
• 22
• 76
• 34
• 18
• 29
• 36
• 61
• 47
  Average: 38.8333333 hits (stdev 26.8, which is quite high...)

This works out to be ~2.57% +/-1.78% margin of error

If anyone wants to provide more sample points, go right ahead. For now, I'm going to conclude that the chance to proc is roughly 2.5%

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