Disarming

Hard

Default: prerequisite skill.
Prerequisite: Any unarmed combat or Melee Weapon
skill; cannot exceed prerequisite skill+5.
If you know this technique above default, you may use it
instead of the underlying skill whenever you attack to dis-
arm (see Knocking a Weapon Away, p. B401) – both for the
roll to hit and in the ensuing Quick Contest. For instance, if
you have Broadsword-14 and Disarming (Broadsword)-17,
you disarm as if you had Broadsword-17. Penalties to hit the
target weapon, including the -2 for using a non-fencing
weapon, and modifiers in the Quick Contest (such as the +2
for Jitte/Sai and Whip weapons) apply normally.