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I am planning to make a monk on my next run through BG2. Now it says that monks cannot wear armor (except for 1, that can be found quite early in the game). Now does this mean that this class cannot wear helms or gauntlets/bracers also?

Also if I am reading the class description correctly the monk can use all the rogue type weapons except for anything two-handed. I think that is extremely foolish, there are so many examples of monks using the spear, halberd, short bows and don't even get me started with the traditional monk using a staff. Please correct me if I am wrong. And yes I realize that the monk specializes in hand to hand combat, but really they are more fighter/clerics IMHO than anything else and 1 proficiency in weapons for them seems uncharacteristic of true monks as they are normally masters and grandmasters of these arts.

Thanks in advance
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