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Mulu
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I don't know how many parents out there play NWN with their kids, but I had a blast DM'ing my four year old tonight.
Originally I was going to make a mod for her, but didn't get around to it for a long time. Then I discovered Missing Dragon, which is good but a bit too old for her yet. So then I got guilty and made a very simple mod of two large areas that's an indoor and outdoor zoo, with the outside being snowy and having lots of animal tracks she can follow to find the animals. But she got bored with that and went back to Putt-putt after about a week.
So, tonight she decides she wants to play it again. I still have her PC saved, which has the girl model and has a lot of emotes quickslotted so she can say hello and wave and fall over backwards (her absolute favorite). I get the idea to host her mod in DM client, make a mom and a dad, and alternate who I'm controlling. Then I ask her if she wants anything made, and she starts asking for various animals, which I spawn in. Of course, she wants tigers and lions too and I didn't bother to put DMFI in her mod so I have to toggle invulnerability on everything, and tell her they are all "playing tag," which she thought was hilarious.
Then she got really empowered and decided she wanted a hen house (custom, buildings, open shack, btw), and lots of chickens, which I made and she ran her PC around and had a ball. Then it was finally time for bed, and she made me promise we'd play again tomorrow.
So anyway, the lesson learned is, using DM client and the creator function you can really entertain a 4 year old in NWN. 
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J'Dai Voisin
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Kids today! I think I was three times her age before I could operate a computer.
It sounds like you were both pretty clever to find a way to have fun together.
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Mulu
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Yeah, I don't see NWN being removed from my harddrive any year soon. The ability to make mods catered to her will undoubtedly only get more interesting with time. Next I'm going to build her an underwater area, and then it's outer space.
And with SetAppearance, she can be a puppy or a kitty or a shark or whatever she wants to be (the kid loves sharks, go figure).
It's funny, I bought a game called "Zoo Empire" to do something like this with her, but it's just easier to make stuff in NWN, and you get to interact with it. Though admittedly the wife wasn't thrilled to see her in a big brawl with a dragon, a "robot" and a giant crab. It seriously looked like a Japanese monster movie! And here I try so hard not to expose her to any violent TV. 
Next I'm going to *have* to put DMFI in, as she likes "fireworks," and her PC is now a sorceress that can cast light and color spray (quickslotted), and summon it's own big black kitty. I suspect a year from now it's going to be full on adventures, and I'm definitely going to have to upgrade her computer and put it on our wireless network. It's good to share addictions with your kid, right?
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Now I have to say that this is a very cute story. Like someone mentioned, brought a smile to my face. A little fantasy world for your kid to play in, I love it. Any screenshots, per chance?
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Mulu
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Unnecessary when she's sitting right next to you. She's used to me imitating character voices from her books. 
Alright, so I made my first "quest" for her after reading that enworld article. Remember, this is a four year old. I placed four glowing cystals throughout her fantasy world, and each one had a like colored gem. One was in her house, one in her winter playground, one in a sea cave, and one underwater in a coral reef (worms tilesets rock!). After she collected all four, she gave them to a red robot on the beach which then took her on a wooden ship to play in the clouds (arcanespace tileset). There she met a flying gold dragon who made lots of neat special effects for her. She absolutely loved it!
Next time, she's going to visit all the planets (again thanks to arcanespace tileset), though I haven't decided yet what her quest is going to be. I'll have to start taking screenshots too. When I get the bugs all worked out, I'll post the mods.
She likes her PC to always be carrying a flag, go figure.
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