Creating encounters is just a matter of point and click. If there is a cleric among the enemies, he will heal his comrades while casting debilitating spells upon you. The scripts are easy to edit and understand for most computer junkies. BioWare is taking steps to make scripting even more accessible for novices. The open-sourcing will make it easy for players to look at scripts, modify them, use them as templates, or copy and paste code from one script to add to his own.
Character creation is quite simple and looks a lot easier than it is in the pen and paper game.
As in 3rd Ed., characters do not roll for stats but instead start with basic stats, and then use points to buy attributes. After that, you select a 'package' of skills and feats to customize your character's abilities. It is possible to make a battle mage who can wear plate armor, or a warrior with excellent stealth with such packages, making character creation much more interesting than it has been in the past. Then a voice plays your message, in addition to showing the text on another player's screen. This is almost identical to Tribes 2, but with one small exception - Quick Chat is multilingual.