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Here's my problem - I am trying to get my gaming group to embrace Roll20 (a virtual tabletop site) when one of our core players moves away forever in a few months. I vowed never to run an adventure ever again, but since no one else was going to step up, I decided to try to keep the group together by running an adventure path online. I asked what AP they wanted and they said "RotRL". So I got busy reading the AP, photoshopping maps, creating tokens, learning how to work Roll20, combing this forum, etc...

My problem is that one of the players has the RotRL card game and is actively playing it (half way through the series). I haven't played or even had a chance to look at the game, but I am wondering if his first-hand knowledge of the card game will contaminate the TableTop game. I have been told by the player that it won't, but I have a hard time believing that walking into the module knowing what monsters (and everything else) they will face will not have any affect on the game.

I know that I can "modify the campaign" and whatnot, but the fact of the matter is that I have a real job and a three hour round-trip commute every day in addition to other commitments outside of gaming. I HAVE already done a buttload of work to get this game ready for online play. The reason I asked for an AP was so I didn't have to do even more work than what was necessary and I wanted to have fun alongside the players.

Anyway... if someone who has experience with both the card game and the Table Top adventure would like to chime in with their opinions, I would like to hear them good and/or bad.

((Edit - The AP is the Anniversary Edition, just to be perfectly clear)).

Paizo,

Thank you.

You worked hard to give the fans of 3.5 a new lease on life when WotC suddenly decided to reformat the game that many of us came to regard as "ours". You saw a golden opportunity to keep us happy with the ruleset that we refused to part with. Not only that, you waded through a mountain range of complaints that 3.5 generated over many years and tried hard to fix all of the things where the previous edition failed. Pathfinder may not be "perfect" in the truest sense of the word and it is impossible to satisfy everyone; when all was said and done, you gave your customers a far superior game to the one that we had loved, while staying true to the 3.5 underpinnings.

Thank you for providing us an alternative.