Perks are powerful, one-time-use abilities, such as collecting a piece of revealed armor for free or moving to another location on the map without following normal movement rules. The peg, however, will only move to spots which fall under fulfilled skills, so the more skills a player has collected, the longer it will take them to advance to another one.Īdditionally, if a player's leveling up results in drawing a skill they have already obtained, they are given the opportunity to claim a perk in that area instead, having already trained the skill. The number of skills a player has collected will determine how quickly they are able to level up again, a function tracked beneath the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. In order to gain new skill tokens, players must level up, allowing them to draw new skill tokens. Depending on the quests pursued, enemies engaged, and encounters attempted, these skills may come in handy as the players progress throughout the game. Each survivor will begin with two base abilities-one determined by their character type and another drawn at random. Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck.

skill system, breaking up the survivors' abilities into seven main categories: Strength, Perception. At the core of the survivor board is the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Throughout each Fallout game, players will develop deeply unique survivors with which to adventure.

Fallout 3 character creator