Python Character Creator Program
As for the overall structure of the code, I would try to avoid the if-elif-else chains. Instead you can use either a dictionary with a keys "0", "1", etc. and with functions such as exit_menu, add_points etc. or a list that stores just stores exit_menu add_points etc. in the order and in a particular order.

To go even beyond this, you could add a function attribute to exit_menu, add_points, etc. called display_name and generate the start menu by iterating through the list and loading each display_name.

Here is an (incomplete) example of what it should look like:

def create_profile():
    print("Creating Character Profile... ")

option_dispatch = [create_profile]

while menu_option != 0:
    menu_option = int(input("Please select an option: "))
    option_dispatch[menu_option]()