User blog comment:Blood Reaper/Todd Howard Hinting at Future DLC's and Patches/@comment-4057437-20120218063728/@comment-72.193.63.90-20120221073745

You didn't have to but I (personally) ended up creating a new character each time in every DLC ending with at least 17 characters my last being my "true" walk through that enjoyed the most because everything was available, I didn't have to be worried about cool new perks I just played.