Fun character creation options (could be useful for newbies)

Lots of new options for character creation and where to start. What ones do you like?
Profession, stats, skills, start scenario and any world options you change.

To help out new players, please keep it short and rate it as
Newbie friendly
average
hard
your gonna die

already a recent similar thread here: http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=8565.0