It's in Reeking Cave now - you can even pick it up without ever touching the MQ. Which is as it should be, though unless you're on PC, there's a couple others (notably the ones in the ArchMage's rooms and in Proudspire Manor - if you choose not to, or don't WANT to, buy it) which will cause issues....
Oh ok, thanks for the info. Yea, I've found 19 so far, and then played on another toon. I need to get back to that one and finally complete this stupid quest! LOL I usually buy Proudspire, mainly as a money sink lol. The Arch Mages rooms are accessible and I had no issues snatching that one in the past, or the other locations where guards could take you in for stealing (Dwemer Museum for example).
It's bad knees. We are always one arrow to the knee away from guard duty.
LOL exactly! We never had these issues in Oblivion! I just started to play it again and OMG I swear Cyrodiil has less gravity than Skyrim! I can jump much higher in Oblivion and climbing seems way easier there. Yet Skyrim has all the mountains... go figure! They really had a much better skill system in Oblivion LOL