It's the semi-annual Aristeia appearance! Quick, distract him so he doesn't notice his shadow. Also, I agree with what you said and think that one hand mode on those weapons should be possible without a shield as well (with the malus ofc).
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I literally came onto this thread to mention being able to use 1h mode with the bastard 2hs (longsword, hbs, bs, katana, morningstar) without the use of a shield and of course still keeping the penalties for using hand and a half weapons in one hand.
so thank you for already mentioning it and ima just quote and put dis mofucka right here.