Deadlift Variations and Active Recovery

[DBA]

For novice lifters who begin having trouble recovering from pulling every workout, the book suggests alternating the DL and PC in workout A and adding either back extensions or glute-ham raises to workout B. From what I understand, the purpose of doing those would be for active recovery. Would doing something like an RDL for 3x10 accomplish a similar purpose as it would be a lower intensity load using many of the same muscles, or is there something in the nature of exercises like the RDL or Goodmorning that would harm recovery?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Have you ever done 3 x 10 RDLs? How sore did you get, and how much did your deadlift go up?