Long story short I played D2 LOD like crazy and had 2 lvl 99s with full 100% gears and some mules when I stopped playing. Also had some "pre-patch" items, can I get them back? My names are probably taken but what about mules? What is the best way to go about this? ANY help would be appreciated! I do YouTube and Twitch so having all my old gear would REALLY help!
EDIT: I want to be able to CONVERT them to ROTW, or would I have to stay on LOD?
There is no D2 ROTW. There is D2R ROTW.
If you are talking about LoD (not D2R), once your bnet account is inactive for like 90 days the account (and characters) get deleted. If you've kept your account(s) active, but the toons haven't been played for 90+ days, they've likely been deleted. If the name hasn't been taken, you MIGHT be able to recover them. If the toon isn't listed on your account, they're gone.
If you are talking about D2R LoD, you can convert your LoD characters to RotW.
If you are somehow talking about both... You cannot convert anything from D2 (Classic or LoD) to D2R (Classic or LoD or RotW).