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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zil" data-source="post: 5723641" data-attributes="member: 20004">I would have to agree with that.  High level D&D was much easier to run back in 1E, at least with regard to time it took to work through combat.  Later versions, including Pathfinder, tend to slow down at high levels due to the number options available.I have never had an issue in my 3.x or Pathfinder games with the so-called Christmas tree of effects nor have I had issues with 3.5 or Pathfinder wizards stealing the show.  If anything, it has been the bruiser fighters that do so, but perhaps that is just the style of my players.Getting back to the original assertion that Pathfinder is like Palladium, I just do not see it.  If any analogy is apt it would be a software fork of an open source project where the original copyright holder decided to move their future versions to closed source and someone else decided to create a fork to preserve the open version.   As for Pathfinder not evolving, you can already see Paizo starting to push the game in new directions with the Advanced Players guide and other books.  Sure, it's not a radical change like 4E, but who says the game really needed radical change?   Clearly not everyone given what has happened in the gaming market.</blockquote>