Pathfinder is the best pen and paper RPG if you fancy telling highfantasy stories . It ' s rulesheavy and littered with hundreds of options to make your hero as unique as you want . That said , it ' s a math game , and after ~ 8 th level it often needs spreadsheets to do thing by the book . This numbers game is also very inviting for munchkins and power gamers alike . And though there are many options , sometimes you see one and the same option repeat itself , beacuse it ' s just too good for X . X , most often being combat . As a game rooted in DnD 3 . 5 it ' s very combat heavy and a a very big chunk of the game , rules , options are about fighting . Still , it ' s one of my favorite RPGs for exactly that , it ' s a power fantasy of kicking ass and slaying monsters .