Fallout 3 is like having a crack cocaine addiction. i just thought i'd mention that.

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6. About the stats...

I'm going to preface this with a general spoiler alert, not for plot points, but for strategy/perks, so read on at your own peril:

Since you have the Game of The Year edition, which includes the Broken Steel expansion that raises the level cap to 30 (instead of the original 20), you might want to keep the following in mind:

- When you reach level 30 you can choose the "Almost Perfect" perk, which raises all your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats to 9, so it won't really matter anymore how your original character was "built". Additionally if you hold off on collecting the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. bobbleheads until after you have the "Almost Perfect" perk, you can then raise all your stats to level 10.

I think (but I'm not 100% sure this is how it works) that once you have all S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats at level 10, all your skills get automatically raised to 100 (even though once you reach level 30 you're going to be pretty close already).

Hope this helps.