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Each weapon has a particular '''handedness''', which determines how well you can wield it based on your [[size]], and whether or not you can use a [[shield]].

==Weapon Handedness==
{| class="wikitable"
! Weapon Type
!One handed weapons
!One handed weapons (Two handed for small [[species]])
!Two handed weapons
!Large [[species]] only
|-
|[[Short Blades]]
|[[Dagger]] [[Quick blade]] [[Short sword]] [[Rapier]]
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|[[Long blades]]
|[[Falchion]] [[Long sword]] [[Scimitar]] [[Demon blade]] [[Eudemon blade]]
|[[Double sword]]
|[[Great sword]] [[Triple sword]]
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|-
|[[Axes]]
|[[Hand axe]] [[War axe]]
|[[Broad axe]]
|[[Battleaxe]] [[Executioner's axe]]
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|-
|[[Maces and Flails]]
|[[Club]] [[Mace]] [[Flail]] [[Morningstar]] [[Demon whip]] [[Sacred scourge]] [[Eveningstar]]
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|[[Dire flail]] [[Great mace]]
|[[Giant club]] [[Giant spiked club]]
|-
|[[Polearms]]
|[[Spear]]
|[[Trident]] [[Demon trident]] [[Trishula]]
|[[Halberd]] [[Scythe]] [[Glaive]] [[Bardiche]]
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|-
|[[Staff|Staves]]
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|[[Magical staves]]
|[[Quarterstaff]]* [[Lajatang]]*
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|-
|[[Throwing]]
|[[Dart]] [[Throwing net]] [[Stone]] [[Boomerang]]
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|[[Javelin]]
|[[Large rock]]
|-
|[[Slings]]
|[[Hunting sling]] [[Fustibalus]]
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|[[Bows]]
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|[[Shortbow]]* [[Longbow]]
|-
|[[Crossbows]]
|[[Hand crossbow]]
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|[[Arbalest]]* [[Triple crossbow]]**
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|-
!colspan="5"|Entries with ''*'' can be wielded as two handed weapons by [[Spriggan]]s and [[Kobold]]s. Entries with ''**'' can be wielded as two handed weapons by only [[Kobold]]s.
|}

*[[Felid]]s lack opposable thumbs and cannot wield weapons, throw items, or evoke [[magical staves]].
*[[Spriggan]]s are little and [[Kobold]]s are small; their weapon restrictions are listed in the table above.
*[[Ogre]]s and [[Troll]]s are large species.
*All other races are medium species.
**[[Naga]]s and [[Palentonga]]s have large bodies but with medium torsos, so don't get any special access to weapons.
**[[Formicid]]s are medium, though they can wield [[giant club]]s and [[giant spiked club]]s, but not [[large rock]]s.

==Shields==
[[Shields]] can be worn while wielding one handed weapons. Shields provide [[SH]], in exchange for a penalty to EV, attack speed, and spellcasting. They also disable the offhand punch [[auxiliary attack]]. [[Octopode]]s have an offhand slap that can be done even if holding a shield.

With the exception of [[Felid]], anyone can wear a shield, though with varying extents. [[Formicid]]s have four strong arms, so (except for both [[giant club]]s) can wield a two-handed weapon and a shield. Everyone else, including the 8-tentacled [[Octopode]], are limited to one-handers.
*[[Spriggan]]s and [[Kobold]]s are more encumbered by a shield, and can not wear [[tower shield]]s. Spriggans can't use [[kite shield]]s, either.
*[[Ogre]]s and [[Troll]]s find bucklers too small for them, though have reduced shield penalties.
*[[Naga]]s, [[Palentonga]]s, and [[Formicid]]s have no shield restrictions, but also find shields easier to wield.

==Rings==
[[Ru]]'s Sacrifice Hand disables a [[ring]] slot, in addition to the loss of two-handed weapons, shields, and the offhand punch.

While [[Formicid]]s have 4 arms, two of them are oddly shaped; they have two "hand-pairs", so have two ring slots. Under Sacrifice Hand, they lose the shield slot and offhand punch but can stil wield two-handed weapons.

==History==
*In [[0.18]] throwing delays followed the throwing skill dependency improvements like other weapons. Before this thrown missiles used the unarmed combat skill and were not impacted by wearing a shield.
*In the [[0.14|0.14.2]] bug fix release transformations no longer allow the character to wield too-large weapons.
*Prior to [[0.12]], there were two additional types of handedness: 1.5-handed (which could be used with a shield but suffered larger-than-normal penalties) and double-handed (which had even worse penalties, plus cut the weapon's base damage in half).

[[Category:Game mechanics]]
[[Category:Weapons]]

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