Anyone know of anything particularly fun to do with it? 180 hours into my first character and I've had the cowl 30 minutes; and all I've done is try to see how many guards I can get to chase me at one time. Also, my Springheel Jack boots are fine. (Which don't look anything like boots, I might add.) Thanks to a 100 endurance rating, perhaps. So I've been duckin these fools via rooftop and water walking spells.

What do you do with the cowl on?

At that point I just stopped playing that character. Whenever I finish one of the major questlines it feels anti-climatic to walk go out killing goblins in caves, or breaking into people's houses to steal their silverware. You are supposed to be a leader of a faction by then. So that is where the http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HappilyEverAfter part comes in for my characters, and they spend the rest of their life attending to the many and myriad details that come with actually being a leader (the things Bethesda conveniently leaves out of the game). Or they http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RidingIntoTheSunset, leaving the job and hard work that comes with it to someone else.

A couple options:

1. Rejoice in the love story that is the TG questline. Then give the cowl to Methie to run the place and move on. A good option for an 'evil light' character.

2. Pop the cowl on your head whenever you report a DB contract complete so the Fox takes the pesky infamy point instead of you. A good option for a more traditional evil character.

I have done both options, but neither with my current character.

There is good loot in Skingrad, along the street where the Skingrad house is. And I would start hitting all the castles. Check out everyone's house.

Sounds good. I'll do all of those. About giving the cowl away.. do I just reverse-pick pocket it? and does she say anything special about it or just wears it and goes along with it. I assume she would get slayed by the guards instantly.

Set yourself some theft challenges and heists. For example you could steal all 12 volumes of the "2920" book series. Roleplay that a client wants the whole series. All 12 books can be found in various locations throughout all the cities, once you have all 12, fence them.

Can't reverse pick pocket it (because it has weight to it). I just dropped it in her house and pretended that she was the new GF as I moved on to other quests.