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Only magic or silver weapons. Always carry one. But a small silver or magic weapon works pretty much as well as a big one, and is MUCH lighter to carry around! Just check the damage rating of the weapon for your character. It's no good carrying round a silver/magic blade if you are are a Blunt or Ranged user.
What I do is just carry around a silver long sword and some enchanted weapons, the silver long sword works well for about any battle I think, but when there is a few people to take care of then I use my enchanted weapons for a bigger punch.