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I think you get one "get out of jail free" card with it, pretty much.

You get a free bodyguard of burden?

The ability to buy houses in some cities, winning certain items (e.g. weapons, shields) from those cities, gaining a housecarl. But, it's way too easy to become on and it's pretty superficial in my opinion.

Housecarl, and you can tell guards to [censored] off and leave you alone about small crimes (stealing, assault). You still get it for murder though.

Not true. I was accosted by Whiterun guards after killing 3 Imperial soldiers and told them to sod off without any consequence. Don't know if I could do it again though.

It's easy unless you're glitched out of completing the quests. lol I made the mistake of decorating my Riften house before going back to the Jarl for my title and now she won't talk to me. Even deposing her royal butt didn't fix the quest. So... If you have to buy a house for Thane-hood, just buy the house. Then talk to the Jarl. After they name you Thane, decorate away.

Come to think of it, my Falkreath counter didn't want to work retroactively on things I'd done around the hold. It made finding something that counted somewhat difficult, as I'd already hit all the quest-givers in town.

Oh, THAT's why ... I was wondering about it as I cannot talk to her, either, even though the journal tells me to. I do hope a patch fixes it soon, among many other quest bugs.

Indeed. It's messing up my goal of being Thane in every hold. Still can't find that last thing to do in Falkreath... And after a certain point in the Legion quests, you're supposed to return to Jarl Balgruuf, though he's not speaking to me anymore, either. >.>

I used my get out of jail free card when I accidently hit the stupid chicken in Riverwood while defending the town from a dragon.

Lol that was the first thing i did on my first playthrough! Didnt expect to get slapped with a stupid bounty. Its only a chicken

You know what would have been nice?

• Servants tending to your house.
  
• Recognition by the towns populace, lower prices, gifts etc etc
  
• additional dialog with the Jarls and their houscarls
  
• being able to enlist 3 guards to follow you about -within- the hold.
  
• some diplomacy/subterfuge assignments from the Jarls if your interested in that kind of thing.
  
• Duels vs other Thanes or even having your houscarls duel each other.

That would require some type of immersion in the game. I think this is what most of us were expecting with this game considering the huge amount of hype it was getting.

Yeah silly me what was I thinking.