I agree with Jane here. Basic competency is not 'really whatever you define it as'. Competent means being able to do a job. In game system terms that means achieving a 'victory' result (at least Orlanthi) all the time. That requires a mastery. Greg underlined this at Convulsion this year. Granted, for new adults that competency will be in something unexciting, such as Farming or Herding.
Some people seem to get nervous about the word 'mastery', especially when used for normal folks rather than heroes, but 'mastery' is just a game system construct. I doubt so many would be bothered it we wrote 1W as 21.
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