Listen to @JoeManganiello give his expert advice on how to be a better D&D player, and how he prepares for a game session, in this interview with I spoke with my friend Joe Manganiello
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about his player tips and tricks for DDmy tips for players I would say you’re
telling the story – I prepare as a
player not as much as I do as a DM but I
do prepare and I do think about where
I’d like to take the character and I do
think about cinematic moments whether
they involve the mechanics of the game
or story-wise you know the great example
is stealing the hand of Vecna why she
shouldn’t say stealing I just took it it
didn’t belong to anybody at that point
it was just laying there but that was a
lot of prep and Matt and none of the
players of the table knew anything Matt
knew that our cron was keeping an eye
out was cognizant that Vecna was using
something that teleports cities and
armies that can maybe be used to
teleport TMS so he knew that I was
interested in that but he didn’t know
anything further than that that was all
me planning and so that’s the kind of
care that I put into playing just
playing in a campaign and I like to take
that same sort of energy I mean
sometimes the stakes I mean they’re
never really that high that’s very
unusual that’s like a final campaign
battle stakes but with that said every
time I play as a player I’m always think
I’m always at home and I’m thinking okay
I’ve got this T playing hacks warlock
I’ve got darkness now if I take Devil’s
sight I can see through the darkness if
I cast darkness on an object an amulet a
weapon on a piece of armor that’s the
bugbears it will move with it or I can
hit it you know I’m thinking how can i I
go home and I lay the books out at night
and I sometimes I’m looking if I have a
game coming up I’m trying to figure out
a new combat strategy I’m trying to work
something out so that when I get there
I can then help my group out with this
crazy almost game-breaking thing that I
figured out I can see in the dark and
you can’t and I think
darkness and just start sniping people
in the dark at advantage you know I’m
and I think a lot of the players that I
play what they they play that way to
their real number crunchers and I think
that’s the beauty of this game and one
of the real addictive things about this
game is you can do it by yourself I mean
in between games you can go home and you
can study and you can get better at it
somebody recently asked me can I be bad
at Dungeons & Dragons and I said yeah
you can you people can be bad at it you
know I think to people who are nervous
to get back into it like don’t be afraid
everyone that plays in my group my home
group we were all a bunch of guys who
played when we were younger who gave it
up for 20 or more years and are now
picking it back up and every single
person to a man says you know please
just yeah
take it easy on me don’t judge it’s like
we don’t care we were all that person
we’re just gonna help you and point to
what you know the modifier you need to
add to that role we’re gonna help you
out and that died yep
roll that one yeah we’re gonna help you
out it’s all good I love seeing the
light come back on and players that
haven’t played in a long time but with
that said it’s like you make your
character you’re gonna understand about
50% you play the first time I’d say
you’re gonna understand another 30s now
you’re up to 80% after you played one
game back in and then on the car ride
home you’re gonna go I should have done
that and that’s another 10% and then
when you crack the books during that
week leading up to the second adventure
you’re gonna pick up the rest and by the
time you get there for the second
adventure you’re gonna know what to do
thank you again Joe so much for the
interview I am your host Todd Kenrick
thank you so much for watching
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— D&D Beyond (@DnDBeyond) December 3, 2019