I tend to do it too much... especially if I find a grr situation and go in and make a mod/tweak or find a mod to tweak things to run smoother...

One example is I wanted to avoid using one of the hold homes, so modded in a storage container (felt if the character has a home, why build one elsewhere...) to use as a safe dump of items/mats

also thinking of race changing, wood elf archers are nice... but maybe try something different for a change (thinking kitty or breton)

Was doing it all if July until now. My level 13 pure warrior has been doing pretty well.

It varies. If a character just isn't working for me, I don't hesitate to start over with a new one. Also, some characters aren't meant to last long - sometimes I just want to have a character do one questline or something, so when that's done I move on. Other characters have more longevity.

I also like to change up mods and I have been known to ditch characters to do that. I try to keep my load order within a certain number, and I always clean things up in the data folder when I make significant changes, so old saves are generally not feasible once I've done that. (But generally, if I'm feeling restless and in need of new mods, it's because the current playthrough wasn't working for me anyway.)

I really get attached to about one in every ten characters. Those are the ones that tend to stick around for a while.

Very rarely. I hate starting over and i just don't get how some of these people can go from character to character within a week.

I have no qualms about rerolling if I don't connect with a character. I do not craft a detailed backstory for my RPs. Instead, I create a template, so to speak, and let the character introduce themselves by way of reacting to the game as it is played. I can usually tell within the first 3 or 4 hours of play whether the character will "stick". The sticking factor depends on whether the character speaks to me. Sometimes they get in my head right away, and surprise me with their stories. Those, I can't wait to play and discover what they'll do. Every once in a while, there's a dud who just sorta stares at me thru the PC and gives me no indication they have any sort of personality at all.

But, since I play Dead is Dead, my characters will frequently die anyway, before I get a chance to tire of them.

Four player-characters, in ~2600 hours.

Too much.

Far too much.

I haven't gotten a character past level 40 in half a year.

I've done Mages, Spellswords, and warriors, and now I'm trying out a thief RP/class character, so I might stick with my current playthrough a bit longer.

I might be doing it very soon. Been loving my current play-through, but something seems off. This play-through has been based around avoiding going out doing things, I've been holding back too much.

I do this way too much. Hopefully i can stick to my new Argonian character and actually get to a high level.

When I get bored. That's usually about level 40-45, but can be earlier. Essentially, it's when things get too easy.

Too often. Been averaging 10 levels as of late. Just can't make up my mind.

Never.

If my character dies in game then that's it, i re-roll a new character. I haven't been forced to re-roll for some time, but if i did it would be due to boredom with the character or something not quite right. but thanks to the command "showreacemenu" it's less of an occurance now.

In the first few months of the game coming out, i'd re-roll every other day or something silly like that.

Started Skyrim December of 2012, so eight months now. On my third character and nowhere near finished with her.

Not very often. I tend to make up characters and go around thinking about them for weeks or even months (backstories, quests, skills and so on) while I finish the active character(s).
And then my playthroughs has a tendency to last much longer than I expect, since I get sidetracked, or things simply always take longer than I think.

Generally, each of my former characters has lasted around 4-5 months of active playing. They have tended to overlap each other slightly but not much. The two I have active now have lasted longer, 6-7 months, but then I have been playing them parallelled almost all the time. One of them will be retired very soon.

I don't think I've ever ditched a character that didn't work. Maybe it's because I spend so long preparing them in my head - if the idea won't, then I usually know that before I even start them. I have ditched a couple I grew tired of, but that was after like 150-200 hours and - as I said - a few months.

No, wait, I did ditch a character after around ten hours once - that was when I was trying to RP myself in Skyrim. God, that was boring!

Depends if the character is fun or not. When that ceases to be, I reroll.

Usually when I reach around level 30 to 35. I prefer to stay in the 20s. That is not counting the deleting of characters I didn't enjoy, like the latest pure mage I made. Or pure warrior. I always prefer hybrid classes.

Hardly ever restart, although the PC character is on the third incarnation due to hardware failure and changing to a new PC. Xbox 360 has 3 characters, since I started with that version when the game was released, two later characters were created to do other things and I have a PS3 character. All are different and all will be having very long lives and eventually a lot of hours of play.

So I already have 5 characters spread across all three platforms, that are all different and all at different levels, although my level 81 character has escaped onto the PC as well to lead a double life. I start modding the game I will be doing it with the same two characters all the time, although those mods might eventually tempt me to play around with creating better looking characters. I have plenty of time to get to that.

Way too often for my liking.

I've been thru the tutorial over 100+ times im addicted ocd, idk its something crazy if i dont like the name of the style character im playing i reroll, if im underpowered at a certain level i reroll, if i put a point in a wrong perk, i reroll, its alot of staring at the name creation screen now, i want to feel legit as possible lol.

The Medical Condition You are suffering from may be Restartitis! The cure is unknown, but the effects can be lessened by getting into a character that is enjoyable to play. Finding a build someone else created on the Internet can sometimes also lessen the effects of this debilitating syndrome. Sometimes leaving Skyrim for a different Game can reduce the condition of Restartitis for some with extreme versions of this disease.

I have had a character die, and quit playing for a few days because of the Quests finished between the last Save and the death. My most recent case was when My Necromancer had Her Thrall Collection despawn. A level 39 character is at the point where the really good Thralls begin to become too powerful to rethrall, but I was annoyed enough to begin playing RAGE.

Much too often. And the situation is wearing a little thin.Im getting tired of this.Soon i have to either pick 1 character and stick with it or take a big break from Skyrim and go back to SWTOR or Medieval Total War 2.

Basically when i play a stealth character i miss the Two-handed and shield cutscenes and animations,specially Two-Handed axe decapitations, and i also feel out of place to be an assassin and the dragonborn hero at the same time.BAM!Delete,start again.Usually around level 30-40.

When i play a warrior type i get bored really quickly and somehow dungeon crawling doesn't feel right.I don't feel ''adventurous'' if i am not sneaking in dungeon.The music theme just makes you wanna SNEAK.Also when i play a warrior i miss the assassinate cutscenes with a dagger.Delete around level 25 usuualy ,start again.

In the rare cases when i play a mage i miss not being able to do DB,TG and the Companions.And if i actually do them it doesn't feel right.Festus Krex shut up..Delete,start again.

This process repeats itself endlessly,even with hybrids.

Also when i play assassin and warrior i miss being able to use Ice Spike like a boss( i like the sound and the way it pierces the body),which adds to the above mentioned process.Basically i am in a

''create-play a while-delete'' hell.While playing a character i am constantly thinking of a different class and how much i would love to play a different class.And when i do ,i think of another class concept again.

This whole mess is deepened further because when i create a character i spend a whole eternity thinking of what race and what civil war faction i must join.

Nowadays its not that bad, and i am leaning towards non- hybrids and sticking with them,but half a year/a year ago it was a nightmare.

I haven't had a character over lvl 20 for about a year, hoping this current one I'm doing can last longer.

I usually reroll once my current character has done quests/guilds that pertains to his/her character. If im done by level 20, then so be it. If it takes me to level 80 so be it.

I used to restart after 100 hours which takes me less than 2 weeks. I started to play characters a lot longer after my brother deleted all my skyrim saves.

...I still make a lot of characters every month though.