Warhammer Fantasy: char-gen advice

[JeenLeen]

I'm going to be playing in a Warhammer Fantasy game sometime in the near future, and I was wondering about some general char-gen advice. I've read some of the Warhammer 40k Dark Heresy book, so I have some familiarity with basic concepts.

We're going to have a two-character party.
Any recommendations, particularly if any stat or skill is very important but doesn't seem so from an initial read? (I got burned in one oWoD: Mage game when I didn't realize how important Dexterity was for combat, so I'd dislike a repeat.)

Also, does money or resource management usually come into play in this game?

Edit: I don't want to min-max or optimize to a very high degree, but I do want to make a competent character (middish optimization, I guess). Also, my race might be determined by the GM.

[Kiero]

If you're playing a melee combatant, early on especially, the most important first Advance is more Attacks. Though if you're playing as written, you may get lumbered with a rubbish career to start with that doesn't offer it.

[Morty]

Yes, it's important to remember that if you play by the book, you're going to roll for your starting career. So it's really a combination of what you want and what you start with. You're going to buy every one of your career's advancements eventually, as well.