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[Alex319]

I like pretty much like everything that's been suggested here.

One thought: if a guy has a loop on his weapon, instead of being on the ground in his square, it's dangling from his hand. I think I'll use that for my disarm. Professional soldiers only; goblins and bandits might not use that, but hobgoblins would. And elites.

Interesting idea. Of course it seems there would be no reason not to use a loop if that were the case, unless there were some other kind of penalty.

Also, this brings up an interesting consideration for those who claim that the game is "unrealistic" or "unsimulationist" without a disarm maneuver. I've heard it claimed in previous threads that disarming isn't really that powerful because players can put a loop on their weapon to prevent it from being lost during a disarm. Did real-life medieval soldiers use such "weapon loops"? (That's an honest question: I don't know the answer.) It seems like if disarming were an effective combat tactic IRL, and "weapon loops" were an effective countermeasure, then such loops would have been commonplace. If not, then this seems like a blow to the "realism" argument.

(Note: For those who don't know what we're talking about, a "weapon loop" is a cord that goes around the user's wrist and attaches to the handle, thus preventing it from dropping. The Wii controller has one of these.)