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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Hints
Chameleon 100%
1 of 7: The quickest way to get the ability to enchant items with the Chameleon spell is to visit the Shadow Stone and get its Fingernail Moon power. That way you can enchant with Chameleon no matter what your Illusion skill level is.
2 of 7: If you can capture enough grand-level souls to use for enchanting, you can make five items with Chameleon 20% on them (or just four items if you have the ring from Meridia's Daedric Shrine Quest).
3 of 7: Or you can use lesser souls to create items with less than 20% Chameleon on them, but plan ahead to make sure it'll all add up to 100% or more before you start.
4 of 7: A complete Chameleon outfit can consist of a shirt, pants, shoes, two rings, an amulet/necklace, gauntlets, a shield, and a hood/helmet. That gives you nine items to put Chameleon on, so they only have to average about 11.11% Chameleon per item (or 8.125% if you have Meridia's ring).
5 of 7: When you're choosing your items, make all of them as light-weight as possible, since you'll probably want to keep them with you at all times -- even when you're wearing your regular armor instead of them.
6 of 7: NOTE: The wrist irons you start the game with would be ideal for Chameleon gauntlets, since they weigh nothing at all. If you got rid of them earlier, you could get more (see link below) or use cheap light armor gauntlets that only weigh one pound. Or you could create permanent bound armor pieces for all of your Chameleon clothing items since they'd all be weightless, plus they'd add some to your AC. (See the Spellmaking Tips.)
7 of 7: A whole different way to go about it is to get your character up to level 17 or higher and do enough Main Quests to get random Oblivion gates to open across the countryside. That way you can get sigil stones that can enchant items with a 30% Chameleon effect, and you'll only need four of them (or three if you get Meridia's ring).
