So, you cheated. Play out the toon. Get better at the game. Roll another toon, play it with all the skills and insights from the first one. Chances are, you won't need to cheat.

The only real cheating I don't like seeing are when I see people on multiplayer twinking themselves with gear from another toon from another world. Just gear up like the rest of the players.

The rest, sure kinda cheese, but who cares in a single player world. My latest toon has been using dwarf spawner to farm weapons skill points in my permadeath world. All of his skill are much higher than my other ones were at the same stage in game, so better dps. Better survivability. Cheating? Cheese? I don't know, don't care. Single player game, I will play it how I want.