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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NoOneofConsequence" data-source="post: 535444" data-attributes="member: 5400">My six year old daughter was playing with us for a while (she stopped recently because we had fewer miniature based combats). However, in one session her character got a wish. She was getting all sorts of advice on how to use her one wish, like asking for a magic weapon or more power (xp). She just ignored all of these adults and asked for the location of the smith's boy who had been kidnapped in the previous session (some three weeks earlier IRL). Kids can follow pretty detailed plots, as long as the relationships and the events make sense from a kid's point of view. Watch some cartoons with your son. Borrow your plot features from there and he'll have no problem. In terms of character class - kids get magic pretty easily and at six years old, he doesn't have to have the rules down pat, just the gist of the spells. My daughter used charm to wicked effect on more than one occasion. My advice though is to try rogue, fighter or sorceror (fewer spells to keep track of, no memorisation issues). These character classes correspond to the sorts of icons your son's probably familiar. Given that he's getting into karate, maybe a monk might work for him too.The only other piece of advice I can think of is to be patient and realise that for a while (a long while) you'll have to walk him through the rules parts - but he'll probably surprise you with how well he can roleplay.</blockquote>

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