Hello, just a quick question but if I'm on a level 81 character and put over 500 hours into my character and got the dragonborn dlc do I have to start over as a new character or can I continue playing dragonborn with my beloved old character? Because I have hearthfire and dawnguard but I forgot wtf happened so I'm asking this just to make sure.

There shouldn't be any issues unless you're on the PC running mods that may conflict with Dragonborn. Otherwise you'll have to grab the updates off Nexus / Steam Workshop. If you're on a console, you should be fine.

Thanks for notifying me of that. I do have a lot of mods but I don't think they'll conflict with Dragonborn.

It's best to double check. You would be surprised how a small mod could cause CTD's because of a simple script or what have you. Good luck.