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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malmuria" data-source="post: 8496361" data-attributes="member: 7030755">I agree it's nothing profound.  In fact, the similarity to what's in the dmg is what makes it a useful comparison.  The writing is clear because it takes the basic idea of advantage and shows how a dm can leverage it to create interesting choices for players.  What that means is someone can read the dmg and not really "get" how to incorporate the advice into their game because of the way it's written.Granted, bloggers have the advantage of being able to be opinionated.  They can take a style or approach and explore the best way to play in that style.  Whereas they probably want to make the dmg more neutral in tone, leading to blasé text (p. 236, The Roll of the Dice: 'some dms like to call for a lot of checks, some dm's hardly call for any, and some take a middle path.'  Thanks for the wisdom, dmg).</blockquote>