Hello, I purchased a some of the game mastery modules from the golem sale a few months back, I'm about to run our group through "Hangmans Noose." I'm a little confused as to some of the terms (for lack of a better word).
First it says it's U2 what exactly does that mean? (Edit: I found out the U stands for Urban) does the 2 have any significance? Is it their 2nd urban module?
Second, next to the each room title it lists (EL #). What does that mean?
Also it references monsters from the MM, I assume that is the Monster Manual for DnD, as well as the Tomes of Horrors. I searched the prd for comparable monsters, For example I can't find any skeletal wolves, am I to assume an undead wolf has the same stat block as a normal wolf? And that brings me around to how come a licensed paizo product references a competitors product? (Assuming MM does stand for Monster Manual).
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Hangman's Noose was released for D&D3.5 so when it refers to the MM it means the Monster Manual. EL stands for 'encounter level' which is how encounter difficulty was gauged and is the same concept as CR. U means urban, as you know, and the 2 means just the second in the line.
When Paizo switched over to PFRPG they changed a few things to make them a little easier to understand. The new game hadn't been made yet when the older modules were released.
Thank you, I've been able to substitute many of the mobs with a compatible version. There are some though I'm having trouble with. Do you or anyone know if a kobold zombie differed from a human zombie if I just use a human?
A kobold zombie is a bit different from a human zombie, but not much.
Both the wolf skeleton and kobold zombie exist in Pathfinder (and the PRD - sort of). D&D 3.5 just did the presentation better by already making a bunch of templates for you.
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/monsters/skeleton.html#_skeleton
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/monsters/zombie.html#_zombie
You just have to apply the templates.
Thank you.