If you had a friend , say, who was playing Skyrim on the same platform as you but a different character and level, could you transfer it across to your own platform e.g XBOX and take over his game ?

I don't see why not, save it to a usb and transfer the save file; although, not playing on the same platform, I have no clue.

As I understand it, you can't transfer saved games to a different xbox account. Whether that counts for offline ones, I'm not sure. If you had an xbox live account however, it should work.

For xbox, you will need a USB, a program, and also know what you are doing.
Unless he gives you his xbox profile too, which I doubt.

Cos you will need to put your console ID, profile ID and maybe the HDD ID into the savegame. Then, and only then, will your profile on your xbox work with his savegame.

But, I'm sure this breaks some terms of service involving the xbox.
I know more, but I am unwilling to share more publicly.
Sorry. Best bet is to just make your own character.

On ps3 it's feasible. I copioed my save data to my Android phone's SD card, went to a buddies house and while he plays SW:The Old Republic, I hop on his ps3 and load up my save.

Only thing is, you can't go on their PS username if they have a skyrim save also, because they all carry the same filename.

You have to use a guest ps profile or something.

This thread is going to get people in trouble, so I will close it.