I just have to say, again, that I can't stand this concept of open rolls on various maneuvers. Here's an example:

An Ithzir janissary swings his crystal-edged handaxe at your ruic long bow!
[SMR result: 158 (Open d100: 203, Penalty: 6)]
An Ithzir janissary connects!
Your ruic long bow is knocked from your grasp and out of sight!
[Use the RECOVER ITEM command while in the appropriate room to regain your item.]
Roundtime: 8 sec.

Janissary are on average 8 levels below my ranger. My ranger is has 195 ranks in combat maneuvers, has 5 ranks in disarm and 5 ranks in cdefense. Doubled in PF and Perception and 113 ranks in dodge. Wearing augmented chain (a hindrance I'm sure), but fully trained for the armor. There should be a point where a mob that's 8 levels below my ranger would never have a chance to knock away a weapon. I still hear that people lose their weapons through various flukes and so I've pretty much stopped playing my ranger using the weapons I spent so much time and real world dollars. The only reliable defense is to go brawling and don't carry anything. That disarm above was literally 30 seconds into the first hunt I've had with him in months.

Valdarrow