Regarding dwarf sizes

[Moonwarden64]

So I have a mod to create and use two handed weapons, and I got a dwarf able to use a two handed sword and shield in one fortress (he's pretty damn epic), his description started as "He has bulky muscles over a large body" or something like that. I know two handed and one handed works of the creature's size (height and broadness), but im wondering if a dwarf can get bigger in size after a lot of training. Does that happen?

[=M$= Oroberus]

Originally posted by Moonwarden64:

So I have a mod to create and use two handed weapons, and I got a dwarf able to use a two handed sword and shield in one fortress (he's pretty damn epic), his description started as "He has bulky muscles over a large body" or something like that. I know two handed and one handed works of the creature's size (height and broadness), but im wondering if a dwarf can get bigger in size after a lot of training. Does that happen? :plumphelmet:

I'd say it's more a natural trait given to him on creation then the result of training xD

A dwarven adult is 60.000 units big

https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Size

[Moonwarden64]

There goes my plan to make a bunch of small beer addict titans

[=M$= Oroberus]

Originally posted by Moonwarden64:

There goes my plan to make a bunch of small beer addict titans

Well ... I'd say, as a dwarf ... you are just as big or small as the biggest or smallest thing you'Ve killed ... in melee ... without a weapon ... while being naked *g*

[Ambivalentwriting]

The strength attribute increase the size of a dwarf by this formula: bodySizeCur = bodySizeBase + strength*0.94.

So a dwarf with the max possible strength attribute would gain 4700 cubic centimeters of flesh compared to a dwarf with 0 strength (realistically closer to + 3524 since the base strength of a dwarf is 1250).

dwarves base size is 60 000 cubic centimeters on average but larger and leaner dwarves exist.

You need to have 77 500 cubic centimeter of mass or more to wield a twohander in a single hand without penalty, but less to wield it with a penalty.

theoretically a dwarf could be fat and strong enough to do it but it's likely your dwarf is doing it badly with a penalty and would do better with using two hands or a longsword and shield instead.

You know there isn't a penalty if they can't even wield it with two hands and will always default to use a single hand to do it.