Horwath
Legend
maybe it would have been better if 5E went with:Depends on your edition. 5e eschews modifiers and advances die type so going to 2d6 may be appropriate.
2e generally keeps dice the same but adds +2 damage. 3e gives a stupidly good multiplier to strength bonus damage (particularly when strength is really high).
1e did it really weird. I won’t even go into it here.
one handed melee weapons: str mod to damage.
2handed: 2×str mod to damage.
thene there would not be any need for versatility trait in weapons and non-modifier for off-hand attack without fighting style.