My character has mostly reached its peak in terms of combat prowess now, so I haven't been farming those combat skills for a while now.

(Combat skills deemed important for assassinations: Sneak [100], 1H [66], Lite Arm [69, 79 through armour enchantments])

The attack and armour still have some ways to go before they're maxed, but in terms of interesting and combat-style-changing perks, I've gotten all of them. All that's left is to get the perks that keep increasing your attack/armour %. I was initially going to get the dual-power-attack perk, but I don't think I will anymore. Even Elemental Fury lvl2 is no match for Shadow-Warrior + Assassin's Blade..

(Quick word now that I've mentioned shouts, the death shout is pretty sweet. I've only used it once by testing it on a deer. It took a good 20 seconds or so to kill it.. but the effect seems permament. I will have to confirm by having it cast on a mammoth or something to check, but it seems it will indefinitely eat away at your target. It's what the poisons should be doing..)

My lockpick [72] and 'pocket [82] skills are mostly for fun. The first one's still useful for infiltration and everything.. it makes burglary jobs a breeze. 350 Gold for like.. 3 mins of irl work. The latter I farmed earlier, but now I don't even pickpocket people anymore. Having to pay a bounty when I can kill the entire Hold but can't sucks. I still pickpocket people when I walk past them if it strikes my fancy though..

I was hoping to hone my Alchemy skills by creating poisons from hell.. but the fact that poisons actually have weight, plus that they're 1-use only (might last 2 hits if you have the perk) makes it seem rather.. lackluster for the effort you're putting in. Plus, hunting for ingredients for the right stuff sucks.

Poisons should last for 10 hits or something.. They only do 10pts of damage anyway..

So, I think I might try out Enchanting instead. It's not that far behind my Alchemy skills (31 vs 34). Frost damage is my favourite. I have yet to unlock Frostbite, but paralysis would be my best friend.