Resurrecting Deleted Players/Characters

[hedgeknight]

I'm digging back through the threads to my 5E Baldur's Gate game viewforum.php?f=1048 and I'm wondering if it is possible to restore (or find) players/characters previously deleted from the game? I started off with 9 players (I think) and attrition took at least five of those out of action. I believe I originally had private threads for all of them and when they either disappeared or dropped out, I requested those threads be removed. Is there any way to restore those?
I know this is a tall task, and may be impossible, but I thought I'd ask.

[ToniXX]

If you have requested them to be removed, I'm pretty sure they're gone for good (unless Dave or Ron archived them, but I don't think so).
Sorry!

[dmw71]

Is there any way to restore those?

Unfortunately, once it's deleted, it's gone.

There is a "Move posts to" option when the deletion happens (which essentially will create a backup of the posts), but if that option isn't taken when the forum is deleted, there's no going back.

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Unless, maybe there is a snapshot on . Nope, sorry.

Wayback Machine

And, if you're talking about private forums, you'd need to know their forum id (e.g. f=1048) which is also no longer available.


I wish I had better news.

[hedgeknight]

No worries, Dave. I was planning on using some of those characters as NPC's. I found one on D&D Beyond where several of us initially created our characters. I think I'll reach out to those players and see if they still have a copy somewhere. If not, I have names and a brief remembrance of the character.