I am still interested in your suggestions to my sub-optimal setup. I am not aiming for power gaming, see.
It's not a matter of power gaming, it a matter of not completely sucking. A GNOME would be better! You cannot make a STR monk work with 5e rules. Your AC will be too low and you will die.
STR: useless to monk
INT: useless to monk
Armour Proficiency: useless to monk
Weapon Proficiencies: almost useless to monk
The least horrible stat distribution you can get is 10 15 15 9 15 8
