On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, Adrian Price wrote:

> As far as I'm aware, you've got it right: the disarm effectively
> *is* the Hurt result, so the likelihood that the disarming guy now
> has the superior weapon bonus replaces the -1 for, for example, a
> wound. You don't do -1 *and* get additional circumstantial bonuses
> for the disarm, since the disarm is the 'wound'.

Exactly right. A disarm is a maneuver that achieves a
"wound-equivalent result", not a "wound and a result".

> This means a disarm doesn't exactly equate to a normal Hurt result
> though, since depending on circumstances the disarmed guy might draw
> a secondary weapon in the next exchange. I guess that's the chance
> the disarming character takes.

Also correct.

> As an alternative, I guess you could abstract it more and rule that
> even if the disarmed character draws another weapon they're still
> at -1 for the combat's duration due to being off-balance or hard
> pressed, etc., depending on your groups take on these kinds of
> things.

Sure, if you want. :)

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