User Guide

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Lowering your statistics is a drastic measure,

however. It should be considered with care.

Lowering your Intelligence below four, for example,

can have serious consequences on what your character

can say to other people in the Fallout world.

Adjusting your primary statistics is the single

most controllable thing you can do during character

creation to define your character. The initial

level of your skills, the derived statistics, and

what you can excel at during the beginning of the

game are based on your primary statistics. Choose

wisely, as it is very difficult, if not impossible,

to permanently modify your primary statistics after

you are finished creating your character. Your

skills will increase, and you will gain equipment

that will allow your character to do different

things, but your primary statistics will rarely

change in any meaningful way.

Derived Statistics

Derived statistics are based on one or more primary

statistics. While you cannot directly adjust a

derived statistic, as you adjust

your primary statistics, you will

see the values of the derived

statistics change. See page 88 for

more information and detail about

all of the derived statistics.

HP - Hit Points - The amount of

damage your character can take

before buying the farm, croaking,

taking a long dirt nap, and

otherwise exiting the corporeal

world. Based mostly on Endurance,

but modified by ST as well.

Fortunately, as you improve and gain

experience levels, you will also gain more hit

points.