Yep, it worked, my char now has all his main attributes at 5 :) Thanks! And yes, I have both Main and Shared in my data packs.
I did name my character Player1, because there's a text file that won't let me build my mod in Story Editor unless I have a character named Player1 somewhere in the mod, and I figured that should be my main character, just in case.
Thanks for clearing things up with Random and counters. And an extra "thank you" for providing examples :)
One last question, I notice that whenever I attack my NPCs they don't initiate combat with me, so I can kill them without any resistance. I know there's a function call CharacterAttackCharacter, but I assumed they would at least defend themselves.
I then noticed that the editor kept saying my NPCs didn't have any alignment. At first I thought it meant their spacial alignment, but now I think it talks about whether they're good or bad. Could this be the reason why they aren't attacking me? What alignment should I set for them? Will this affect being detected while picking pockets?