Deborah Ann Woll Teaches Jon Bernthal Dungeons and Dragons

Deborah Ann Woll introduces Jon Bernthal to Dungeons & Dragons. She explains the game's basics, demonstrating character creation and a simple scenario. Woll discusses how D&D influences her acting and serves as a creative outlet. The conversation explores the game's impact on her life and career.

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[PedroFPardo]

-"But is the goal to win?"
-"No."
-"What's the goal?"
-"To tell a great story."

Deborah Ann Woll just taught me Dungeons & Dragons.

[whitestoneandy]

I love that Deborah just immediately put Jon into a simplified game session. That was absolutely such a smart and boss move. It's so easy to over explain D&D. What she did immediately sloves that problem.

[DanielTrsD]

The sheer joy in her eyes when she is storytelling is absolutely magical

[dropkick]

With Jon's first question, he is a natural. "How far away?"

[OdjnSIN]

Jon would absolutely crush a one-shot campaign. Asking questions that make long time players go, "oh shit, he's a natural."

[tomcascaddan]

I've been playing D&D for 41 years, running games as a DM for most of that and this is hands down the best method I've ever seen to show someone how to play D&D.

[ThaFaks]

His face, he's instantly transported into that place, and instantly he's like, wtf isnthe deal with this owl bear, oh shit

[ubiquidade]

Jon nailed it when without any preparation, he ASKED if he knew what an owlbear was. Many experienced players don't even do roleplay at this level. He's a natural.

[owenleal]

Theres something that makes me very emotional about an open minded and thoughtful person explaining their hobbies to another thoughtful and open minded person.

[julesschoony]

The way she asks “Do you want to play D&D?” with so much excitement, gives me so much joy. I don’t even play D&D.

[maxwelldavidson]

"Sir Bernthal, you can't just kill these goblins, they've surrendered!"

"Man, let me ask you somethin'-"

[stevensmith]

Deborah is SUCH a great GM. The way she let the word "crack" hang there for a second was masterful, I could HEAR it. And Jon, as everyone picked up on, is clearly a natural. He was immediately engaged, asking such good questions. Get that man some dice and a character sheet ASAP and let Deborah host the game!

[Fledermausmann]

Can immediately tell what a great dungeon master Deb is. She had Jon captivated within seconds. Frankly, I think the audience would be keen to hear an entire campaign.

[robmartin]

The way Deborah explained D&D to Jon was super smart and captivating. She's a great DM.

[shoddyseven]

dude is a natural. He immediately asked all the right questions.

[matthiashavrez]

Deborah just dming with about 3 seconds notice is amazing. What made me laugh out loud of happiness was Jon being like "So do I know what's an Owlbear ?", and wanting to continue the scene when Deborah was like "So that's what D&D is. Oh you wanna continue ? You'd make a History check ..."

So wholesome to see Jon being so invested in about 3 seconds also, while he felt like he was skeptical of the whole thing not a minute before.
That's cool man.

[KronnangDunn]

That's probably the fastest, yet most clear and accurate depiction of D&D I have ever heard...

[lorissajowers]

Damn! As a 15 year vet of D&D, I was amazed at how quickly Jon was asking the right questions. He has the instincts of a great D&D player. DAW is a treasure to the TTRPG world, what an amazing teacher.

[David_Blake]

You can genuinely see THAT glint in Jon's eye, when he just GOT IT what this game actually is!
Props to Deborah too, to explain it really well, but man, after this I really want to see him play in a game!

[TheDrexxus]

What I really love about this is that Jon seems genuinely interested. Not asking questions just to move things along or because it's expected or to be polite, but genuinely curious.