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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Barendd Nobeard" data-source="post: 2628414" data-attributes="member: 960">That's half the fun of running game with 9 year old players.My son and another player, both 9 at the time, played a Vrock and a Raskshasa (they really wanted to play a Savage Species game).  So, what did they decide to do?  Open a shop so they could craft weapons and sell them to make money.  And the rakshasa maxed out Perform: Saxophone and wanted to play at the inn every night to earn money.  Oh, such vile plans those wretched, evil beings concocted.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> It sounds like you have a more structured story in mind, however.I suggest following the advice of others in the thread.  But also, perhaps, giving a little "side scene" now and then where the kid's PC can run free-form for a few minutes.  Let him decide his actions--and just bring up the consequences later in the game (e.g., a recurring minor villain who retreats every time the PC is about to capture him--the minor villain informs other (more important) people about the PC's strengths, weaknesses, etc.).  That way, he gets a (short-term) burst of control, but there are long-term consequences.</blockquote>