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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 4605207" data-attributes="member: 114">Another possibility would be to allow the ranger to use a 2-handed weapon as their 'main' weapon, and an unarmed punch or kick or headbutt as their off-hand weapon.The basic ranger in this situation is making an improvised unarmed strike with his off-hand attack (so no proficiency and 1d4 damage like a dagger). This probably balances out with the extra damage he is getting on his 2H weapon on his primary attacks.If you as a DM wanted to be kind, you could allow for a new feat "Unarmed proficiency", which nobody has by default but which makes unarmed combat equivalent to a basic weapon with a +2 bonus to hit.I think this would be a stylish approach which sticks very closely to the existing rules and has less possibilities of accidental unbalancing.Literary example? The Justicar from Paul Kidds "Return to White Plume Mountain" who typically uses a bastard sword with associated kicks, headbutts and punches IIRC.Heck, having described it like this I'd like to play a ranger who used a 2H weapon and unarmed combat in this way!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>