Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-75.32.228.163-20130804135857/@comment-29458028-20140620081049

Cicero is the best warrior follower (he attacks relentlessly and has a tonne of HP and stamina, along with essential status) with an added sneak bonus (he's actually a crappy assassin, since he never sneak attacks anyone). Give Cicero a good set of light armor and a nice sword, shield and bow, he'll do a fine job as a tank and distraction. Even Frea, Mjoll, Ingjard, Celann and Durak do not compare directly with him, as they use heavy armor and they can't carry as much weapons and stuff as Cicero.

His clothes are not even that useful. A necklace of haggling (18%), the normal jester's clothes and the volsung mask should do the trick for bargaining (and are not difficult to find). So, gameplay wise, there is no reason to kill him.

However, if one does not like him or need a very tanky follower that outputs tremendous melee DPS, carries a large amount of loot and can sneak, one can just kill him for fun or for RP reasons.