Minsc is a character from the Baldur's Gate games and is from the Second Edition era. Like other NPCs, he isn't restricted in weapon choices as PCs are. He is a ranger, built in a way that PCs aren't allowed to build, because of the way the game is designed. Bow and two hand weapons aren't a defining part of the ranger class outside of Neverwinter, anyway.
"We have always been at war with Dread Vault" ~ Little Brother
Indeed, Minsc is special. He is I think the only human character to bridge 2:e and 5:e
Anyway, in 2:e Barbarians, Fighters, Paladins, and Rangers are proficient with simple weapons and martial weapons (everything apart from exotics). When wielding a single 2 handed melee weapon gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
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Anyway, in 2:e Barbarians, Fighters, Paladins, and Rangers are proficient with simple weapons and martial weapons (everything apart from exotics).
When wielding a single 2 handed melee weapon gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.