For skills max out Iron Flesh and Power Strike. For starting Attributes pump up your strength to 12 or 15 and then put everything else in int for extra starting skills. You can do iron man runs later, but if your having trouble starting you need to get the system down first. Set the game to let you quit without saving. If you want an optimized character follow the backstory steps, if you want to roleplay go crazy, it's really not a big deal. These steps are assuming your playing on 1/4 or 1/2 damage to yourself/allies. This is by far the best way I've find to get a good start. This may not be a perfect guide and I don't claim to be a master, but I've started near a hundred campaigns and conquered the entire game-world over twice. So you've had this game and you don't feel like your playing it to it's full potential? Or you feel like the learning curve is crazy and your just not sure where to start in this huge world? Well here's an outline for your first two hours that will get you setup with some great weapons and all the tools you need to start your kingdom in Caldria.
