In Harath, all characters have Skills that determine what they can do. Unless otherwise stated, all skills have a TN=4. Players can raise their skill levels at a cost of one CP for every level that they want to gain. In other words, it takes 8 CP to improve a skill from level 7 to level 8.
==Concentrations==
When you learn a skill, you gain access to a broad scope of related abilities. As you practice more and gain familiarity with your chosen skill, you choose Concentrations, which give you [[ Main Page | bonus dice]] when using certain aspects of your skill. The aspects of the skill that you do not add as concentrations are collectively known as "Other" skills. You gain a new concentration every time you raise your skill to an odd-numbered level. You can optionally gain one penalized concentration on each even-numbered skill level. Penalized concentrations add 1 bonus die to a selected concentration, but also add a [[ Main Page | penalty die ]] to your Other skill. You must declare your Concentration when you move to a new skill level.
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As an example, follow Rugga's progress as he learns various aspects of the One-Handed Sword (1H Sword) skill at level 1, which allows you to choose concentrations in a particular sword type (e.g., long sword), and to also use all "Other" types of 1H Swords. The following lists shows Rugga's skill choices as he attains each level:
# Rugga learns 1H Sword and puts his concentration in "Katana". His 1H Sword skills are Katana=1+1, Other=1.
# Rugga earns no concentrations. He chooses not to take a penalized concentration. his 1H Sword skills are Katana=2+1, Other=2.
# Rugga earns a concentration, which he puts into Katana. His 1H Sword skills are Katana=3+2, Other 3.
# Rugga earns no concentration, but chooses to take a penalized concentration in Katana. His 1H Sword skills are Katana=4+3, Other=4-1.
# Rugga earns a concentration, and puts it into short sword. His 1H Sword skills are Katana=5+3, Short Sword=5+1, Other=5-1.
# Rugga earns no concentration, and forgoes another penalized concentration. His 1H Sword skills are Katana=6+3, Short Sword=6+1, Other=6-1.
# Rugga earns a concentration, and puts it into Other. His 1H Sword skills are Katana=7+3, Short Sword=7+1, Other=7.
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:750px"
|-
! colspan="2"|Base Skill
! colspan="2"|Concentrations
! colspan="2"|Concentrated Skills
! Other Skill
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Skill
| style="text-align:center" | Level
| style="text-align:center" | Free
| style="text-align:center" | Used
| style="text-align:center" | Concentration
| style="text-align:center" | Bonus Dice
| style="text-align:center" | Penalty Dice
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1H Sword
| style="text-align:center" | 1
| style="text-align:center" | 1
| style="text-align:center" | 1
| style="text-align:center" | Katana
| style="text-align:center" | 1
| style="text-align:center" | 0
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1H Sword
| style="text-align:center" | 2
| style="text-align:center" | 1
| style="text-align:center" | 2
| style="text-align:center" | Katana
| style="text-align:center" | 2
| style="text-align:center" | 1
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1H Sword
| style="text-align:center" | 3
| style="text-align:center" | 2
| style="text-align:center" | 3
| style="text-align:center" | Katana
| style="text-align:center" | 3
| style="text-align:center" | 1
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1H Sword
| style="text-align:center" | 4
| style="text-align:center" | 2
| style="text-align:center" | 3
| style="text-align:center" | Katana
| style="text-align:center" | 3
| style="text-align:center" | 1
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |1H Sword
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 5
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 3
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 4
| style="text-align:center" | Katana
| style="text-align:center" | 3
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 1
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Short Sword
| style="text-align:center" | 1
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |1H Sword
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 6
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 3
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 4
| style="text-align:center" | Katana
| style="text-align:center" | 3
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 1
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Short Sword
| style="text-align:center" | 1
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |1H Sword
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 7
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 4
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 4
| style="text-align:center" | Katana
| style="text-align:center" | 3
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 0
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Short Sword
| style="text-align:center" | 1
|}

==Skill Levels==
What does it mean to have a Skill level of 4? This table answers that question in general terms. A glance at the table tells you that in general, having that level of skill means that you could (barely) start making a professional living using that skill. Let's say you have Pottery=4. Your products demonstrate sufficient quality that most people will accept it as satisfactory work, and that some of them will even admire. Clearly, it won't fetch the highest prices, but you'll likely be able to sell your wares to a non-too-discerning clientele. Even so, your fellow potters will generally recognize your work as rudimentary at best.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:1000px"
|-
| Professional Skill || Level || Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="4" | Apprentice
| style="text-align:center" | 0
| Doesn't indicate complete lack of knowledge, but can't discuss coherently; uninformed opinions
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1
| Can do just enough to be dangerous to self and others
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2
| Can do just enough to be dangerous to others, but occasionally satisfies the uninitiated
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 3
| Usually satisfies, and occasionally impresses, the uninitiated
|-
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | Journeyman
| style="text-align:center" | 4
| Always satisfies, and usually impresseses, the uninitiated; occasionally satisfies fellow practitioners
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 5
| Always impresses the uninitiated; usually satisfies fellow practitioners
|-
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | Craftsman
| style="text-align:center" | 6
| Always satisfies, and occasionally impresses, fellow practitioners
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 7
| Always satisfies, and usually impresses, fellow practitioners
|-
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | Master
| style="text-align:center" | 8
| Always impresses fellow practioners, who view this person as an expert
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 9+
| 9th and higher levels indicate more refined skill, a way to differentiate between experts
|}

==Styles==
Certain skills have styles attached to them. A style means that when you learn the skill, you must follow a strictly regimented pattern of instruction. In game terms this means that you must take certain concentrations at specific levels. For example, Jujutsu requires you to take concentrations in Grapple, Hip Toss, and Pivot Throw at your first three levels. Starting level 4, you may take concentrations in any maneuver from the Preferred List of Maneuvers. When you become a master (Level 7+) you may take concentrations in any maneuver you wish. The chart below shows this progression. 1 PenaltyÈ
{| class="wikitable" style="width:500px"
|-
! Level
! Concentration
! Skill
! "Other" Skills
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1
| style="text-align:center" | Grapple
| style="text-align:center" | 1+1
| style="text-align:center" | 1+0
|-
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|2
| style="text-align:center" | Grapple
| style="text-align:center" | 2+1
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"| 2-1
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Pivot Throw
| style="text-align:center" | 2+1
|-
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | 3
| style="text-align:center" | Grapple
| style="text-align:center" | 3+1
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | 3-1
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Pivot Throw
| style="text-align:center" | 3+1
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Hip Toss
| style="text-align:center" | 3+1
|-
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | 4
| style="text-align:center" | Grapple
| style="text-align:center" | 4+1
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | 4-1 (No concentration taken)
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Pivot Throw
| style="text-align:center" | 4+1
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Hip Toss
| style="text-align:center" | 4+1
|-
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | 5
| style="text-align:center" | Grapple
| style="text-align:center" | 5+1
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | 5+0 (Concentration in "Other" taken)
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Pivot Throw
| style="text-align:center" | 5+1
|-
| style="text-align:center" | Hip Toss
| style="text-align:center" | 5+1
|}

==Skill Web==
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Jjschra:

{|
|Cost:
| -5 CP or 5 CP / level. See table below for specifics.
|-
| Description:
| You were born into a family in a higher or lower tier on the social scale than the average person - or you moved into your current tier later.
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" | Gameplay:
| The GM determines the [[Ranks | Rank ]] the average PC holds at the beginning of the game. If you wish to begin the game at a lower rank, you get extra CP to spend during character creation. If you want to start at a higher rank, you pay for it with CP. A higher rank allows you to demand more rights and privileges than the ordinary person (or others may demand it for you or simply provide it without being asked). People are generally inclined to obey someone of a higher rank, even when they know the request is wrong, unethical, or illegal.

When a person of higher rank demands something of a subordinate, if the other person does not want to satisfy the demand, both people must make a Will roll. The person who achieves the greater number of Ss gets their way, with the higher-ranking party winning ties. Your rank usually modifies your Will roll by giving you [[Main Page | penalty dice]] if you have a very low rank or extra levels and/or [[Main Page | bonus dice]] if you have high rank. See the table below for specifics.
|}
If the GM determines that the order in question is contrary to one or more of your morals, goals, etc. (as represented by your Advantages or Disadvantages), you receive bonus dice on your Will roll in addition to any you already received based on your Rank. Those bonus dice equal 1/level or 1/10 CP spent or received. Some examples follow:
* You have Pacifism=3 and are ordered to beat someone up. You receive 3 bonus dice.
* You have a 20-point Allegiance to a group that you are ordered to spy on. You receive 2 bonus dice.
* You have a 60-point Duty to protect the Sheriff of Grand Isle, and are ordered to kill him. You receive 6 bonus dice.
 
Notes:
* The CP cost on this table assumes the usual scenario, in which the typical PC starts the game at rank 1. For games with a different average starting rank, adjust the CP costs upward or downward as appropriate. This cost movement does not affect the penalty dice, bonus dice, or extra levels awarded to each rank.
* Penalty dice are marked with a negative number in the Bonus Dice column of the table.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:300px;"
|-
! Level !! Cost !! Extra Dice !! Bonus Dice
! style="background-color:black;" |  
! Level !! Cost !! Extra Levels !! Bonus Dice
|- style="text-align:center;"
| -1 || -10 || 0 || -2
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 8 || 35 || 5 || 1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 0 || -5 || 0 || 0
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 9 || 40 || 6 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 2
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 10 || 45 || 6 || 2
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2 || 5 || 1 || 1
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 11 || 50 || 7 || 1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3 || 10 || 2 || 0
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 12 || 55 || 8 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4 || 15 || 2 || 2
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 13 || 60 || 8 || 2
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5 || 20 || 3 || 1
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 14 || 65 || 9 || 1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6 || 25 || 4 || 0
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 15 || 70 || 10 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 7 || 30 || 4 || 2
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 16 || 75 || 10 || 2
|- style="text-align:center;"
|}
<blockquote>
Count Firman (Rank=8, Will=4) orders Melvin (Will=6), a common soldier (Rank=1) in the Count's employ, to poison the Baron D'Illar, the Count's main court rival. Unbeknownst to the Count, the Baron is also a Contact (worth 20 CP) of Melvin's. Melvin obviously doesn't want to poison his contact, so both make a Will roll. The Count rolls 10 dice (4 for Will + 5 extra levels & 1 bonus die for his rank), and gets 7 Ss. Melvin also rolls 10 dice (6 for his Will + 2 bonus dice for his rank + 2 bonus dice for the situational modifier), and also gets 7 Ss. It's a tie, but since the higher-ranking person wins ties, the Count wins this battle and Melvin must try his best to poison his own Contact.
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[[Category:Abilities and Disabilities]]

Rank

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Jjschra:

{|
|Cost:
| -5 CP or 5 CP / level. See table below for specifics.
|-
| Description:
| You were born into a family in a higher or lower tier on the social scale than the average person - or you moved into your current tier later.
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" | Gameplay:
| The GM determines the [[Ranks | Rank ]] the average PC holds at the beginning of the game. If you wish to begin the game at a lower rank, you get extra CP to spend during character creation. If you want to start at a higher rank, you pay for it with CP. A higher rank allows you to demand more rights and privileges than the ordinary person (or others may demand it for you or simply provide it without being asked). People are generally inclined to obey someone of a higher rank, even when they know the request is wrong, unethical, or illegal.

When a person of higher rank demands something of a subordinate, if the other person does not want to satisfy the demand, both people must make a Will roll. The person who achieves the greater number of Ss gets their way, with the higher-ranking party winning ties. Your rank usually modifies your Will roll by giving you [[Main Page | penalty dice]] if you have a very low rank or extra levels and/or [[Main Page | bonus dice]] if you have high rank. See the table below for specifics.
|}
If the GM determines that the order in question is contrary to one or more of your morals, goals, etc. (as represented by your Advantages or Disadvantages), you receive bonus dice on your Will roll in addition to any you already received based on your Rank. Those bonus dice equal 1/level or 1/10 CP spent or received. Some examples follow:
* You have Pacifism=3 and are ordered to beat someone up. You receive 3 bonus dice.
* You have a 20-point Allegiance to a group that you are ordered to spy on. You receive 2 bonus dice.
* You have a 60-point Duty to protect the Sheriff of Grand Isle, and are ordered to kill him. You receive 6 bonus dice.
 
Notes:
* The CP cost on this table assumes the usual scenario, in which the typical PC starts the game at rank 1. For games with a different average starting rank, adjust the CP costs upward or downward as appropriate. This cost movement does not affect the penalty dice, bonus dice, or extra levels awarded to each rank.
* Penalty dice are marked with a negative number in the Bonus Dice column of the table.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:300px;"
|-
! Level !! Cost !! Bonus Dice !! Extra Dice
! style="background-color:black;" |  
! Level !! Cost !! Extra Levels !! Bonus Dice
|- style="text-align:center;"
| -1 || -10 || 0 || -2
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 8 || 35 || 5 || 1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 0 || -5 || 0 || 0
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 9 || 40 || 6 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 2
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 10 || 45 || 6 || 2
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2 || 5 || 1 || 1
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 11 || 50 || 7 || 1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3 || 10 || 2 || 0
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 12 || 55 || 8 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4 || 15 || 2 || 2
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 13 || 60 || 8 || 2
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5 || 20 || 3 || 1
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 14 || 65 || 9 || 1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6 || 25 || 4 || 0
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 15 || 70 || 10 || 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 7 || 30 || 4 || 2
| style="background-color:black" |  
| 16 || 75 || 10 || 2
|- style="text-align:center;"
|}
<blockquote>
Example to come...
</blockquote>
[[Category:Abilities and Disabilities]]