Question about 3.5 modules

[existence123]

Hi,

I'm considering getting "Conquest of Bloodsworn Vale" to run my players through - it seems like a logical next step after the Price of Immortalty trilogy what with it picking up at the right level and taking place in the same area of Golarion.

I'm wondering though: Pathfinder modules don't give monster stat blocks, but instead refer you to the appropriate Bestiary page. What then of the older modules like Bloodsworn Vale? Since they were released prior to the Bestiary, do they actually give you full stat blocks for monsters? Or do they refer to the Other Guy's monster books?

Thanks!

[Paul Watson]

They refer to the Monster Manual, so you'll have to refind the references. As with the newer modules, they do introduce new monsters, but obviously they're 3.5 and will need a little tweaking for Pathfinder.

[Mojorat]

Well most monsters will be in the beastiary by now. Since the 3.5 stuff is all ogl you should be able to get the stats for everything just add templates or classes to raise their cr up.

[Jeven]

Bloodsworn Vale has a pretty simple collection of monsters so you won't have any problems. All of the critters, except the giant spiders and a fully statted fey creature unique to the module, are found in Pathfinder Bestiaries I and II.

The quest-giver for the adventure is ostensibly an agent of the king of Korvosa but you could switch it to the leader of Nirmathas or one of its towns without any problems since the task is basically reopening the trade route through the vale between the two. Just turn the map upside down so the road is being built east-west instead of west-east in that case.

[existence123]

Very good, thanks a lot for the answers. I only have Bestiary 1, but I suppose it's all online so that shouldn't be a problem. It looks like I'll need to do a little extra work to use the module, but it hopefully won't be too bad. My other option for a follow up to City of Golden Death is From Shore to Sea, but I'm wondering how the heck I can get PCs in Nirmathas to the Hellmouth Gulf in a somewhat plausible, non-railroady way (it's something like 1,000 miles away.)

Thanks guys.

[Paul Watson]

Don't forget you can use the PRD if you don't have Bestiary 2 to find the stats in there.

[Orthos]

And The Pathfinder SRD.