"Heortling" is not a keyword. Instead being a member of your clan - which you and your players make with the clan generator questionnaire - is the keyword. I have found players who have participated in the CGQ very quickly know what an ordinary member of their clan should be able to do.
Jeff
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> Doesn't surprise me. The cases where it has been an issue for me is
> when it has been something that people don't know well enough.
> ("Heortling" to someone who has never encountered Glorantha, for
> instance.) Stuff like "Hunter" "Thug" "Jock" etc, tend to be easy to
> judge and NOT having listed abilities helped immensely.
>
> My personal experience, but am not surprised to see that it came up in
> the playtesting.
>
> LC
>
> Jeff wrote:
> >
> >
> > We have found though copious playtesting with different groups that
> > people very quickly get used to the idea that the "hunter" keyword
> > lets them do whatever a hunter is supposed to be able to do. The lists
> > of abilities under keywords confused as many people as they helped
> > (especially since people usually end up treating exemplary lists as
> > the enumerated abilities - call it "Hamilton's Law").
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > _
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