True Strike - Daft question.

Howdy all, First post!

and apologies if this is obvious:  True Strike has a somatic component, does this mean you cannot use two handed weapons (or Crossbows - reason I'm asking) with the spell?

No, you can use two-handed weapons just fine.

While you do need a hand to perform somatic components, if the spell also has a material component, you can use the same hand for the somatic and material components. Since the material component in this case is the weapon itself, you can use one of the hands that's holding the weapon.

Although 5e and 5.5e spells never specify what the somatic components for spells actually are, it seems likely that in this particular case the intent is for the somatic component to be the attack itself.

Besides what's already been mentioned, it only takes one hand to hold a two-handed weapon so you can just have a hand free during the spellcasting process.

 You can cast this spell with your weapon. A spell's Somatic component is a forceful gesticulation or an intricate set of gestures. The utterance of the verbal component is separate from, and precedes, any verbal utterance that would bring about the spell’s effect. So i assume it's also the case for somatic & material components. Meaning

When casting True Strike , you provide component in the form of a two-handed weapon and forceful gesticulation or an intricate set of gestures.

And has for effect to let you make one attack with the weapon used in the spell’s casting. 

You don't need a free hand to cast True Strike  with your weapon in hand(s) you can use the hand that performs the somatic component to also handle the material component iin this case. 

Thank you all.

Quote from Plaguescarred >>

 You can cast this spell with your weapon. A spell's Somatic component is a forceful gesticulation or an intricate set of gestures. The utterance of the verbal component is separate from, and precedes, any verbal utterance that would bring about the spell’s effect. So i assume it's also the case for somatic & material components. Meaning

When casting True Strike , you provide component in the form of a two-handed weapon and forceful gesticulation or an intricate set of gestures.

And has for effect to let you make one attack with the weapon used in the spell’s casting. 

 Technically, the attack can't be the somatic component, since the somatic component is a requirement that happens before the spell's effect.

A spell’s components are physical requirements the spellcaster must meet to cast the spell. Each spell’s description indicates whether it requires Verbal (V), Somatic (S), or Material (M) components. If the spellcaster can’t provide one or more of a spell’s components, the spellcaster can’t cast the spell.

EDIT: for clarity.

Quote from Tarod_>>

Technically, the attack can't be the somatic component, since it happens before the spell's effect as a requirement for casting the spell.

It's irrelevant to the question at hand (can True Strike be done with a two-handed weapon).

Quote from kenclary >>

Quote from Tarod_>>

Technically, the attack can't be the somatic component, since it happens before the spell's effect as a requirement for casting the spell."

It's irrelevant to the question at hand (can True Strike be done with a two-handed weapon).

 Fair enough.

I wasn't intending to suggest that this point is relevant to this particular question, just agreeing with what Plague explained.