Creating a character in Fallout 3 is not a difficult process; as many other games involves creating the character according to the player's tastes. Remember that the best strategy to beat the game is to create a character that has a perfect balance between strengths and brains, otherwise your game play can turn into a small nightmare because the character will lack the attributes that will help you to win the levels.
One piece of information that you need to know is that if you make your characters with a level 9 or 10 of intelligence, it will affect in a positive way your skill points at the moment of leveling up. Some players don't realize that you can easily affect the way that your character performs just by something as simple as upping their intelligence from the beginning.
This Fallout 3 guide is made to develop on a basic level a character; and it will cover the basics of creating a balanced character but the player will need to develop the character's abilities in the game as well.