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I'm curious how disarm really works. The Game Master Guide indicates that an opponent is disarmed on a natural roll of 19 or 20 when used as a defensive move. What about when used as an attack action? Is it just if the attacker rolls higher on the disarm that the weapon/object is knocked out of his hand?

Far as I know, when used as an attack, it doesn't require a natural roll. I figure you would have to roll a 5 (exceed 4) or 8 (if ranged, exceed 7) unless the opponent parries or dodges in which case you would have to exceed that roll.

This depends on several things.
The first is the presumption that it can be used as an attack
Assuming that it can, then there is a question of if it is a normal combat maneuver, or requires a called shot to the weapon.
The other issue is what game system your using, since the different games have had their own, slightly different rules published.

True, more often than not I get the impression that called-shot disarms are a ranged weapon thing and not needed to disarm with a HtH weapon. At higher tiers, usually done to take advantage of higher called-shot strike bonuses (like from sharpshooting or some OCCs).

eliakon wrote:This depends on several things.
The first is the presumption that it can be used as an attack
Assuming that it can, then there is a question of if it is a normal combat maneuver, or requires a called shot to the weapon.
The other issue is what game system your using, since the different games have had their own, slightly different rules published.

We're playing Rifts.