Went with random creation. Unfortunately I skipped over the slider customizations. Stuck with a male character. Though the height slider was already cranked up.
Tried to go for a melee build, but stats favored int. So, I've been going with a Netrunner build (IT).
My character creation glitched and gave me a male body when I specifically chose female in the options. Devs made it really hard to fix this but some people have found some ways around it. Fortunately my skill build came out pretty good, high cha+int with average str and dex, so I'm a netrunner/bard multiclass and that's working pretty well.
Have you tried the comic relief character? If you get good at it, you can sometimes get re-rolls on failing checks. This rarely helps with combat, though, so be careful.
Hmmm. I'd say for me, personally, it's less about what I did and more the stuff that happened to/around me. Most of them are common-ish on their own, but all of them together are a bit weird.
To name a few:
Divorced parnents
neglectful/abusive parents
Multiple childhood friends died via unrelated unnatural means right around the time they reached adulthood
Born and half-raised near the location ofTrinity test bomb explosion
moved to/ half-raised at one of the meeting locations for the MK Ultra experiments
Teenage son of close family friends when I was smol turned out to be a child molestor (dw, i was safe)
There's some more, but that's all i feel like writing
In context of the post I guess this would be considered "plot-driven character development"
Spent way more time experimenting with the chems and social mechanics than most people. Switched class three times so I'm getting close to the level cap but haven't unlocked much endgame content.
I actually speed ran some of the tutorial. Turns out you don't actually need all that much out of the 2nd grade level. Makes the college stage a little trickier because people unlock drinking before you but otherwise it was helpful
I failed at a lot of things that most people succeed at. In dealing with the aftermath of those failures, I have built competencies most people don’t have.
I am not proficient in deception and perception, bringing me into unique scenarios that force my creativity. Also forgot to choose the right beard option in character selection.