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Importing characters and NPCs from one game to another?

Good afternoon everyone! 
I recently started DMing my first adventure. I made dozens of characters and monsters, all with their own NPC stat blocks, health and initiative rollers and trackers for this specific game. 
Now I am trying to make a new game, and I would like to use many of the same NPCs without having to go through making their stat blocks and everything again. Is there a way to import the characters from one game into the other? Attached is an image of where I have these characters saved. 

August 06 (6 years ago)
keithcurtis
Forum Champion
Marketplace Creator
API Scripter

At the Plus level, you could use the Character Vault, character by character. You would export them from the old game and import them to the new game. If you were to upgrade to Pro, you could use the Transmogrifier, which allows you to directly copy items from one game to another. Character, handouts, pages, decks, and more.

That's exactly what I needed. Thanks again for the help Keith!
August 06 (6 years ago)
Finderski
Sheet Author
Compendium Curator

If you're using a lot of them, it may be easier to duplicate your game and then delete the characters you don't need...

August 06 (6 years ago)
Kraynic
Pro
Sheet Author


Finderski said:

If you're using a lot of them, it may be easier to duplicate your game and then delete the characters you don't need...


As an expansion of this, you may wish to just create a base game and copy that any time you start a new one.  If you have set npcs that will be shared between games, custom rules that you have built in handouts, unique magic items, or anything else that isn't part of a module or compendium, it might be best to build all that into a game that you never play and just copy as needed.  Then, once you have copied it, you can edit it for that specific game.