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[heyomif]

Believe me, i've looked trough a bunch of weapon comparison threads, but i couldn't find a straight answer to this. I only care about how likely the weapon is to sever limbs.

I assume it is either the great axe, two handed sword or the halberd?

[Azereiah]

Two things matter mostly.

Weapon weight
Contact area

For plain old dismemberment with no regard for armor at all, you'll want a two handed sword - or a longsword. High contact area, nice and sharp, but not as heavy as the great axe. It's better for dismembering large unarmored species.

Through armor, you're converting edged damage to blunt damage unless you're able to completely crush through the armor, so a great axe.

[That Wolf]

AXEMAN!
Yes axes chop some good meat, but mostly on the skill of the weapon and the shot chance, a solid hit is likely to sever if you are skilled and the enemy has little armor, I personaly would say the woodcutters axe is a good choice (great axe).
I like halberds for the diversity though. A *steel halberd* is a treasure to behold.

But what you really want to hear is.
Bite em then shake.
Rinse wash repeat.. remember to do this or infection will set in.
Im serious wash youself in a river.

[Max™]

Luckily as a vampire you don't need to worry about infection...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

...still kinda gross though.

[That Wolf]

Haha you bit the guts out.. mmm sausage lining

Btw a question. Is an adamant axe any good? Im sure it cuts well but isnt an axe meant to also rely on weight for the severing of limbs?
Ive never had a cyan steel axe. Might have to get one if you say its good.
Recently ive been fighting with a teawood barrel filled to the brim with rice beer.
I like to think she lugs it around on her back/shoulders. Then I donkey kong with it

[Astrid]

Btw a question. Is an adamant axe any good? Im sure it cuts well but isnt an axe meant to also rely on weight for the severing of limbs?

The weight of an weapon starts to matter once it's not sharp enough to cut through the target.
So you're perfectly fine with an high quality adamantine axe. Go with it.

[Max™]

It was a modded metal (soulsteel, pretty cobalt-electric blue color, rigid and sharp like candy, dense like steel) but I accidentally hit "changeitem here q 5 m ADAMANTINE" before picking it up and just left it, I'm sure soulsteel/candy are both better than steel by itself if just because of the max edge, but sometimes I'm not sure if soulsteel is always better for hacking stuff up because all the extra momentum means I end up propelling stuff through the air with an edged weapon somehow.

I am pretty sure it is better for plate armor though, since steel can often beat candy there.

Oh god, I forgot I did this earlier until I was loading up a different ss and saw it...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'm gonna end up getting a "shake around by the guts and the severed part sails off in an arc... it is a gelding strike" at some point, I just know it.

[That Wolf]

Max you fogot to add.
The severed part remains in your grip.
Isnt teabagging meant to go the other way around

Just being mean to you

[Max™]

Well, dorfs ARE short... and she IS a vampire... so I may as well level up my biting... probably need to get her some dental floss.

I met her later after switching to a hammerdorf for some change/to advance history a bit and she still had the guts in her mouth...

[That Wolf]

Rotting flyblown guts in her mouth, then she sucks your blood, how charming.
Shes a catch
Do you think a adamant greatsword would do well?
My humans might have to procure a few.
And a weird one. What about a candy whip?
Hmm im sure theres a literal candy I could call it.. il think of one

[FallenAngel]

From experience, I can say it truly varies.
As has been mentioned, against unarmored/poorly armored foes, swords, especially the longsword, are the best. Longswords are better than two-handed swords, as you will, in all likelihood, get no penalty for using it with a shield. Against armored foes, either high-quality longswords or a sort of axe are optimal; halberds are great for this, especially if you're in a scenario where slashing/hacking attacks don't do much no matter what, being a pike/axe fusion. If you just want pure severing goodness, great axes seem optimal, although battle axes don't fall too far behind, either. I still prefer halberds, since it's perfectly possible to sever large limbs by stabbing with it, even against heavily armored foes.
However, no matter what weapon you choose for your limb-removal, try for AT THE VERY LEAST bronze. Bronze is great against unarmored/poorly armored foes, as it is rather light but powerful. Iron is optimal for human-made weaponry, which means your longswords, great axes, and halberds are going to be iron. If you're using short swords, spears, or battle axes, it is reasonable to enter a dwarven fortress and take one.
I'm unsure about the quality those are; I'm also unsure if the iron weapons available in human mead halls are better than base-quality steel ones of the same type. If you're extremely lucky, mead halls have masterwork items; moderately lucky people find exceptional ones. You'll find a good amount of superior-quality ones there as well. Is a superior-quality iron longsword better or worse than a no-quality steel longsword?
I should test that.

[TheFlame52]

Back when bandits were everywhere, weapon lords in bandit camps were moderately rare but still existing. If you had the skill to defeat them, often they would have masterwork weapons and shields. Nowadays, weapon lords are much rarer. I've only seen a handful.

[FallenAngel]

I've seen a few weapon lords myself, although all of them have been parts of a human civilization, including an elven bowman.
With a slight bit of modding, it is a simple task to get masterwork items; just add a few adventure mode-only reactions.

[Max™]

You can get bandits everywhere, I've had some maps with camps by camps by camps, nothing like the one I had with a whole city of night creatures in lairs packed so densely that what looked like one on the travel map was often two or three in close proximity, with the overview looking like this:

[That Wolf]

I have a similar story. A god had a temple in a big town and had alot of followers who would throw massive partys in the yemple, th god got angry and turned many into werebeasts. They fled to the outskirts of the town and made a werecamp.
A bunch of naked spitting humans.
Every full moon the place lit up like a xmas tree with asterixes
I ended up building a fort on top of them. Was fun