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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 5415870" data-attributes="member: 807">Noncombat hero things, mmm...*sporting and olympic style competitions*scavenger hunt style (race around the city to get certain things)*thor is on trial for a crime he didn't do, the son of thor must hurry and find the real culrpit before the week-long trial is over (the crime can be as benign as broke odin's spear or took the last cookie, or can be more involved.. but this would involve (possibly) setting up a good mystery and clues that could be found in an rpg since it's often hard to get 'visual' clues and you'll rely on RP and verbal clues in conversations* stop a rival from getting supplies (it doesn't need to be combat-y, just can he find a way to stop the supply train)*the city has a problem (flood, fire, famine, draught) and son of thor is asked to help (redirect a nearby river, fix the dam, find a way to put out the forest fire before it reaches the city, get the supplies to the stranded people, and so on) <-- this idea could be mined for several variations, just be sure to spread it with some variety of 'missions' inbetweenI know you don't want to get into killing people, but how about either a) robots or b) aliens..  aliens would still be alive but if you make them freaky abominations with no association with human charactertistics or humanity, it has less of an impact... or robots would be one step even further removed than that.  but i know tossing around "hit it, kill it, smash it in the head" probably isn't the type of terminology you want to instil just yet until ethical lines are better developed.)By the way ...It may end up being a little more teenage-oriented than your son's current age group, but if you get cartoon network (fridays 7pm), check out the new series Young Justice (it's DC universe teenage "sidekicks" that are dealing with a) learning their superpowers b) trying to lead normal high school lives and c) getting involved in something that the justice league (aka the adults) can't get directly involved in.But it might give you some 'plot'/'mission' ideas</blockquote>

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