Anyone have tips on how to make one? So far I've been using, Restoration/One-Hand don't know what else to use.. made my character look an old man that's balding.

might depend on what kind of monk you mean; are we talking like a catholic monk or a shaolin monk?

Catholic Monk lol, I don't really want to use any form of armor I'd rather use spells to protect myself.

A monk would probably mean unarmed
Go with a khajit. And enchant your stuff to boost unarmed damage. And take the heavy armor perk to allow armor from gauntlets to translate to attack.

if i were doing it, I'd probly go heavy armor (of THE LORD), shield/staff, and use restoration/conjuraion (power over life and death) for spells, also would do a lot of enchanting (blessing)

Mace and Mace perk with banish and turn undead enchantments. Priest of Arkay/Talos robe and amulet. Speech and lots of mead. :thumbsup:

He MUST be chubby... also HAnd to Hand combat is a must... i found some nice gloves the other day"Gloves of Pugilism, which add 10 pts additional damage to your unarmed attacks... can t remember where i found them, though

you likely found them under Riften, that's where I found them

Well I've seen many monks that use either a bow or sword/shield I'm definitely not using unarmed it's not viable in this game and pointless/useless. Restoration/Speech/One-Hand is what I have so far

in fact I've been toying with a "shaman" idea similar to what I stated earlier, right now I'm thinking heavy armor, shield/staff, destruction/conjuration, and alchemy

A Mace or staff is the most widely used choice of weapon for a monk.

Using a weapon is not monk like, what you are thinking of is a paladin. A paladin uses fears vs undead, healing, protection, 1h/shield OR 2h and heavy armor. Use steel and plate heavy armor that is enchanted, use alteration magic for extra defense and anti spells, use restoration to heal up and turn undead (I think). If you use high end armor you won't look like a paladin at all so I'd advise using plate armor with alteration magic for extra protection and getting really good with a shield/1h. As for the 1h, mace or sword fits.

For a real monk, take alteration for protection, restoration for healing you AND ALLIES, speachcraft to skip some unnecessary combat, and smithing/enchanting. Smithing and enchanting is key, as a monk you will not be fighting but healing your companion/merc/housecarl. Give him the best armor, enchants and whatever you can make so that he can do the killing for you.

I'm planning on doing this as my 4th playthrough (first was nord 1h/shield or dual wield warrior, second is khajiit thief/assassin, third is unknown race dark caster [destro, conjur, illusion], and the last will be a completely nonlethal monk relying on companions). I'm going to keep my 4th character with 0 kills, beast or humaniod... and finish not only the main game, but the civil war and daedric quests.