In Harath, all characters have skills that determine what they can do. Unless otherwise stated, all skills have a target number of 4. Players “pay” points to raise skill levels; one point for every level that they are moving to. In other words, to move from level 7 to level 8, it takes 8 points of skill.
Concentrations give you bonus dice. You have a number of concentrations equal to half you skill level (round up), i.e. at levels 1, 3, 5, and 7 you have 1, 2, 3, and 4 free concentrations respectively. You also have a penalized concentration on the even skill levels. The penalty for taking these concentrations is a -1 skill for every penalized concentration to each un-concentrated skill. Concentrations must be declared when moving to a level. Below is an example:
|\2. Base Skill |\2. Concentrations |\2. Concentrated Skills | Other Skills |
| Skill| Level | Free | Used | Conc. | Bonus Dice | Penalty Dice |
| Sword | 1 | 1 | 1 | Katana | 1 | 0 |
| Sword | 2 | 1 | 2 | Katana | 2 | 1 |
| Sword | 3 | 2 | 2 | Katana | 2 | 0 |
| Sword | 4 | 2 | 2 | Katana | 2 | 0 |
|/2. Sword |/2. 5 |/2. 3 | 2 | Katana | 2 |/2. 0 |
| 1 | Short Sword| 1 |
|/2. Sword |/2. 6 |/2. 3 | 3 | Katana | 3 |/2. 1 |
| 1 | Short Sword | 1 |
Styles
Certain skills have styles attached to them. Styles generally have required maneuvers that you need take for each level you have. For example, Jujutsu requires you to have concentrations in Grapple, Hip Toss, and Pivot Throw. You would be required by the style to learn the maneuvers for each of your first three levels. At level 4, you could concentrate in anything from the Preferred List of Maneuvers. When you are a master Level 7+ you can concentrate in any maneuver you wish. The chart to the right shows this progression.
| Level | Concentration | Concentration Level | Other maneuvers |
| 1 | Grapple | 1 | 0 |
|/2. 2 | Grapple | 1 |/2. -1 |
| Pivot Throw| 1 |
|/3. 3 | Grapple | 1 |/3. -1 |
| Pivot Throw| 1 |
| Hip Toss| 1 |
Skill lists are organized as follows:
Meta Category
Skill Group (Default)
- Skill (Concentration Examples)
- Skill (Concentration Examples)
Skill Web
