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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 9503102" data-attributes="member: 3586">I find it a profoundly disappointing book. It's not that it's all bad - but a lot of it is superficial, and I feel the style is incredibly handwavy. There's stuff I think is fantastic and I turn the page hoping for a continuation of this usefulness, only to be disappointed.The stuff on chases, for instance. Let's reprint the (not working) rules from the 2014 rules, and include fewer options!But it has a section on reactive tactics - on having monsters react to what the players do rather than just stand there waiting to be slaughtered! Cool! That's what I want!But then I turn to the section on designing dungeon adventures and... there isn't one. In fact, the section on designing adventures seems the most underwritten in the book. Lots of handwaving, a few good bits of advice, but the lack of a strong core about adventure structure or even what a dungeon adventure is.For an experienced DM - sure, you'll be fine. Though the book lacks a lot of the resources found in the 2014 DMG for stocking dungeons (many of which were reprinted from the 1E DMG - for good reason!) As a DMG that was intended to introduce new DMs to the game - which I heard a few times was the intent - I think it's passable on running the game (some good and bad advice), but often very bad at preparing for the game and designing adventures.</blockquote>