Bei der Geburt des Charakters sucht sich der Spieler einen Namen, das Geschlecht und das Aussehen aus. Later, as a child in Vault 101, the PC receives a book titled "You're S.P.E.C.I.A.L.!," whereupon the player can set the PC's seven primary character points. Later in life during the teen years the PC's performance on the G.O.A.T. determines which skills of the PC are tagged (tagged means raised by fifteen points); the player can also choose which skills to tag manually via choosing particular dialog options with Edwin Brotch
Bei der Geburt des Charakters sucht sich der Spieler einen Namen, das Geschlecht und das Aussehen aus. Later, as a child in Vault 101, the PC receives a book titled "You're S.P.E.C.I.A.L.!," whereupon the player can set the PC's seven primary character points. Later in life during the teen years the PC's performance on the G.O.A.T. determines which skills of the PC are tagged (tagged means raised by fifteen points); the player can also choose which skills to tag manually via choosing particular dialog options with Edwin Brotch Jede Eigenschaft des Einsamen Wanderers die während des Tutorials ausgewählt wird kann beim Verlassen von Vault 101 wieder geändert werden. Das maximale Level das der Spieler in Fallout 3 erreichen kann ist 20. Diese Begrenzung wird mit Hilfe des Broken Steel Add-On auf 30 angehoben.