the thing which made me choose the cape over the mask in the
rogue quest is because it was an irreplacable item, much like the carrot reward from the ghaz'rilla quest.
I figured that i'll eventually replace my head and cloak but I can always keep the cloak in my backpack for times that I want to take less falling damage (like jumping down to MC entrance from the entrance of BRM) whereas the head would just get vendored.