Fallout 3 Character Building

[Dr. Doom]

I picked this up a few days ago and finally got the chance to start it out earlier today. I definitely like what I've played so far, but as is the case with all other games where you need to decide permanent attributes at the beginning of the adventure, I am somewhat intimidated and overwhlemed by the prospect of being locked into a certain role throughout the who game when I know very little about how that will actually play out and what stats in the game are particularly important.

My initial idea was to try and aim for a kind of sneaky guy who creeps around, picks locks, and kills people from behind or at a distance with crazy crits. Sort of a Rogue-ish character, I guess. But as I tried out the battle system I became less certain and decided that maybe I wanted to focus on more direct damage and melee weapons and stuff like that. I also didn't really know what the hell I was doing when I tried to pick my first lock, so I'm wondering if Science would be better (since I've ready you should only tag one of the two after the G.O.A.T. These are just a fraction of the dilemmas I'm facing with this whole thing in mind.

Basically I'd just love some insight and opinions about the games' stats, skills, perks, weapons, and all that so I can try and make an educated decision about what direction to go in. I ahve read some FAQs and such but much of that informantion conflicts from person to person it seems.

For reference, (if I recall correctly, because I am at work) I believe my SPECIAL stats are as follows (though I am still able to change them), based on what I gathered was important for the rouge-ish character I wanted to play based on info from FAQs about skills and perks I'd like to get eventually.

Strength: 4
Perception: 6
Endurance: 4
Charisma: 6
Intelligence: 7
Agility: 7
Luck: 6

Also I believe I have Small Guns, Lockpicking and Sneaking as my Tag Skills from the G.O.A.T., but I can still change those too.