The Unarmed skill looks pretty cool, but it suffers because the game is designed around weapons which add damage. I think that in the expansion, a tweak should be made to Gloves and Leggings - they add X amount of Unarmed and/or Unarmed (Magical) damage.

Don't make new items, just add those attributes to the original items (so you can start the original game and have those bonuses).