Baldur's Gate III has passed the All-Time time peak players of Apex Legends and entered into the Top 10 Highest Players for a game in the History of Steam. 630,000+ concurrent players and climbing
Monk uses no armour. instead, they get a bonus to their AC (defense) based on their wisdom. As for weapons, you can use any weapons that a monk is proficient in, and still have the ability to use your flurry of blows and bonus action unarmed attack. Or, you can go full Bruce Lee and just use your fists, either is fine ;)
Yeah I've been using the basic armor and using a quarterstaff. It still gives me a free flurry hit every turn. I think it does more damage then just my fists. Fists don't make much sense to me though, since you don't really equip better fists and you probably shouldn't have regular fists outclass a legendary weapon.
I'm trying to find more drip for my dude tho. I got to the hollow and no real equipment for me yet. Also damn, if you don't have animal speak skill you definitely should get it asap. I don't and I'm missing tons of content.