Pathfinder: Kingmaker

[Zouji]

If you want fighters to have DR and behave like in a MMO, then you have to play 4th edition D&D. Which is the exact opposite of Pathfinder. The people that play Pathfinder hated the balance of 4th edition. It didn't have the super munchi min/max classes that you could have in 3.x edition D&D. Supposedly, 5th edition D&D went back some to the munchieness of other D&D versions. I don't know though since I haven't played 5th edition. At least they haven't brought back THAC0 from 2nd edition, that and the terrible saves table.  


Personally I liked 4th edition. Everyone had special powers and the classes were much more balanced. It was still D&D though, so still rules heavy (not as much as 3rd edition). That and just like other versions of D&D, players and monsters get unwieldy after 10th level or so. You become much more likely to either kill everything or get killed brutally. So, not much of a middle ground. Granted that has been a problem in every edition of D&D. That is why most people play D&D for a while and then switch to a different system. 



I was very impressed with the Fantasy Flight Star Wars system, and their X-Wing/Tie Fighter miniature game. You could succeed at something while still causing more danger, or fail at something while still getting an advantage. It makes for much more interesting narrative scenes than the old, you just hit and do damage or miss. The Fantasy Flight generic system (Genesys) though requires a LOT of work to be playable in any setting. The Fantasy Flight Star Wars game you can play with just the core book and minimal effort.  

Personally, I'm waiting for the Cortex Prime system to come out. The superhero game I play in uses the Cortex Plus Marvel system. I really like that system. It is simple, streamlined, not rules heavy, and easy to work with and play. I know Vlad really likes the Savage Worlds rpg system for fight heavy games that use miniatures. For games that have little fighting and lots of roleplaying, their are nine trillion different versions of the FATE roleplaying system. 

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