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Neat. My friends and I have a campaign going on roll20.net. I don't suppose there's any way to "import" our current stuff into here? Is this just for new campaigns? Our DM manages everything so I'm not entirely sure what's involved (I think he's purchased some add-ons maybe) or if this is even a sensible question.

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Hey yeah, totally sensible question - wish I had a better answer. Unfortunately there isn't a great way to transfer an ongoing campaign. That's one of the main issues with getting folks to try out new virtual tabletops - there's some pretty established platforms already out there and there's a fair amount of lock in. Especially if you consider the assets a lot of DMs have purchased on those platforms, like you mentioned.

But I'm hoping eventually Diceright will have enough 'killer features' that people will give it a shot anyway. Would be great if you guys would consider it once you finish your current campaign. Thanks!

There is a converter from Roll20 to FoundryVTT. I've used it with great success:

https://github.com/kakaroto/R20Converter

I can vouch for this one as well. I ported a massive homebrewed campaign over to Foundry with this and couldn't be happier to be rid of Roll20.

The VTTES plugin for Firefox/Chrome allows for importing/exporting between OrcPub/DungeonMastersVault, Foundry, and roll20 formats.

Worth checking out if you could support one of those as an import target.

Same. My game is using roll20 for maps and D&D Beyond for books and character sheets. There’s a chrome extension that can link them together.

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