Kwalish Kid
Explorer
They do sound very similar. You aren't insane.
The_lurkeR said:Obviously this is a one-off ad vehicle for 4E, with the purpose of talking about the changes, etc... plus it can be tough when working with new players who have lots of questions. But I would have thought that they'd put a little more color into it, have fun with the five sense descriptions and emphasize some of the storytelling and role-play that makes D&D what it is... where's the "boxed text" descriptions?
Obviously there are plenty of different ways to play D&D, so maybe it's just my skewed perspective seeing the way I'm used to playing as how they play it at WotC. Plus we're very early into the session still so maybe it changes as the game goes on... Maybe I'm just tired?