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[Erabeus]

I grabbed a bunch of gear from a keep in a fortress before heading off to kill a particularly evil night creature. I'm fond of 2h swords, so I picked one up, but my character insists on only using it with his left hand. There is nothing in my right hand. It's the only thing I'm holding, but I won't multigrasp it, which is odd because I've been able to multigrasp before. Is this a bug? What can I do so I don't get a huge penalty for swinging around a massive weapon with one hand?

[rabidgam3r]

Check your health, your ability to grasp with your right hand may be impaired.

[WisdomThumbs]

Do you actually get a penalty in Adventure mode for swinging a two-handed weapon in both hands? I know there's a penalty for having multiple items in your weapon hand, but I've never had a problem killing the crap out of goblins with one-handed claymores.

[BronzeAge]

Is your character large enough to use one hand?

[Erabeus]

I have no injuries or any history of injuries. I'm average-sized for a human

I guess this could be an upside? Advantage of having a shield plus the power of a 2h sword?

[Erabeus]

Maybe it's just a display bug, and I'm actually multigrasping but it says I'm not

[WisdomThumbs]

I'd put it in your backpack and then take it back out again, just to make sure.

[Scootagoose]

For some reason I always spawn with a 2h sword and a shield. Is it possible for a human to wield a two handed sword with one hand?

[Foamybeard]

For some reason I always spawn with a 2h sword and a shield. Is it possible for a human to wield a two handed sword with one hand?

Yes, Humans can wield a Two-Handed sword in one hand very easily. In real life, A Hand-and-a-Half-sword were used both one handed and two handed. However, you will take a slight attack penalty roll, making it slightly less effective... But still more effective than a Longsword.

[Bloax]

The accuracy penalty can be surpassed by overwhelming amounts of skill levels, whilst weapon prowess isn't affected by your skills. (AFAIK anyways.)
[/Explanation]

Though admittedly, it's not like guaranteed headshots even at Difficult Strike levels isn't a huge boost in weapon prowess. :v
Though by the time you're there, it doesn't matter if you're using a one-hander or fifty shields and seven weapons in one hand, you'll still hit.

tl;dr There's no point not using bigger weapons, unless you absolutely need a smaller weapon of a better material. (Say, for getting through pesky armor.)

[Facekillz058]

Just thinking, is a two-handed sword really all that much better that a longsword?
I'm sure it can chop off bigger limbs, but, really, most of our opponents are average humanoids.
Unless you're hunting big stuff, a big sword seems pointless.

[Dyret]

I always felt not multi-grasping large weapons reduced the damage potential. Is that something I'm imagining, then?

[Bloax]

Well technically you'd be right on that, as long as you aren't Legendary+HolyCow in using swords, then the big accuracy penalty results in exactly that.
Simply because you'd miss like you're getting paid for it.