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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RoryN" data-source="post: 5614330" data-attributes="member: 94451">The majority of my past RPing has been about 10% 1E, 85% 2E, and 5% 3E.  Never got into 3.5 at all.  I have now been playing Pathfinder for about 6 months or so, and I have found it is very rule intensive compared to pre 3.0.  Of course, you probably already have heard this elsewhere. What I might suggest for character/NPC creation is a program called Hero Lab.  While it does cost money, it really speeds up character creation.  If I were to want to creat a small group of druids by hand, it might take me about 2 hours total, adding feats, traits, and the like.  With Hero Lab, it took me about 45 minutes to create 6 druids ranging from 1st to 5th level.  Time wise, even if you know the rules inside and out, it's much quicker to click a few buttons and type in the info rather than going through the books double-checking on everything. The Pathfinder system does seem to be more balanced overall than what I remember 3E being.  And it's a huge step above and beyond 2E and all of it's varios supplements.  If you have power gamers, they're still going to find feats and traits to help them optimize their characters, but it doesn't seem to be as much as 3E.  There is also a conversion document from Paizo to help people move from 3.5 to PF as well. I know it's not much, but it's a little info I can offer.</blockquote>