Topic: Two Handed Skill Penalty (Won't go away/uncurable)

I have rested for over 24 hours, have used a cure shrine, have removed entire inventory (Except keys/Golden Claw) and it had no effect whatsoever on the problem. The base skill level is 51, several increases while inside. The noticed level after penalty is 15. Whatever it is, I suspect the problem trigger is setting the skill to that level specifically.

Going back through my saves, I noticed that the problem was present before the dragon wall in Bleak Barrow prior to triggering it but not present before approaching the entrance area outside. Upon approach, my character was level 18, 19 soon upon entry. I was using the Spectral Assassin summon for most of the duration of my adventure inside. No idea whatsoever how I picked up that bugged penalty, but will post more specific information should I happen across it after reloading my game. (Lucky for me I actually have archived saves and noticed before I got more than a couple hours on from there. )

Where are you seeing that you have the penalty at? I currently can't use the rush crit 2h strike for some odd reason, maybe i'm being affected by this.

In the skills menu, the numeric value for two handed is red and reads as 15.

Gaining a skill increase corrected it. Still not sure what caused it in the first place. If I figure that out, I'll post the details as best I can. Got the information for the test from a thread where another player had the same problem except with the Archery skill. Came from someone who reported the problem with One Handed. Suspect that whatever causes the bug selects the skill based off of currently equipped weapon and/or on skill increase? Anyway, I'm sure the developers can figure it out.

How many times did you pull the lever in that cave and get shot with the arrows from the trap when you put in the wrong combinatin of symbols ? --- I'm thinking that might be the cause.

this really svcks. while on a quest to kill kematu my archery skill went from 33 to 15 all of a sudden. don't know what caused it but it went away after the skill leveled up. reminds me of a similar bug in my modded oblivion. kinda makes me want to wait for a patch or two.

Got that wrong once. I'm pretty sure I had an increase or two after that. I don't think I got any increases after getting the golden claw, though. Maybe the webs?

I heard of an issue with the game displaying arrows in the ui after shooting a few and loading a game. Let's say I have 15 arrows, I save game and shoot 5 so the UI in game says I have 10 left. If I load the game the UI still states I have 10 left, while it says 15 in inventory. I think the same problem appears in skills, it just doesn't get updated correctly. Or did you loose the perks (or were not able to use them) affiliated with the higher skill level? Because afaik the skill level has nothing to do with how good you are with the skill, only the perks spent do. The higher the skill the better perks you can choose, which defines your real potential with the skill.