Character creation

Character creation summary

1. Choose your origin 2. Increase S.P.E.C.I.A.L attributes 3. Tag skills and buy skill ranks 4. Choose your first perk 5. Calculate derived statistics 6. Choose your starting equipment ​​​

Choose your origin

Increase S.P.E.C.I.A.L attributes

Attributes

There are seven S.P.E.C.I.A.L. skills:

• Strength (STR)
• Perception (PER)
• Endurance (END)
• Charisma (CHA)
• Intelligence (INT)
• Agility (AGI)
• Luck (LCK)

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Skills

Skill	Attribute	Detail
Athletics	STR	Lifting, pushing, pulling, jumping, running, and swimming
Barter	CHA	Buying and selling
Big Guns	END	Using heavy weapons such as miniguns, Fat Mans, gatling lasers, and gauss weapons
Energy Weapons	PER	Using energy weapons such as laser guns, plasma guns, and gauss weapons
Explosives	PER	Blowing things up, or stopping them from doing that
Lockpick	PER	Opening locks without the key
Medicine	INT	Healing people and stabilizing the dying
Melee Weapons	STR	Fighting people with bats, clubs, knives, boards, wrenches, and sledges
Pilot	PER	Flying and driving
Repair	INT	Fixing stuff, crafting things, and building machines
Science	INT	Hacking, programming, and brewing chems
Small Guns	AGI	Shooting people with pistols, rifles, and shotguns
Sneak	AGI	Moving quietly and staying hidden
Speech	CHA	Making friends, influencing people, and lying to them if you have to
Survival	END	Foraging, hunting, cooking, and enduring the wastes
Throwing	AGI	Launching weapons from your hands, like spears or knives
Unarmed	STR	Fighting without a weapon by making unarmed attacks

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