Great thread! I've been struggling to outfit my monk on Red, so don't have much to contribute other than to point out that on Blue there are a few higher level monks who regularly help out younger monks in acquiring the no-drop monk only crescent armor pieces from the Crypt of Dalnir. I know that doesn't help for starting out, but definitely worth looking in to.
Wu's was removed some time ago and I do not believe it has been added back yet, though it will be at some point for sure ^^
Monks are extraordinarily effective even naked and are capable of soloing with nothing but their fists well into their late thirties (and likely beyond, that just happens to be that point at which I was able to acquire a WQS which is indeed awesome). I'd pick up some purses from qeynos for carrying your stuffs (fill them with shuriken and bandages), because they are 4 slot containers, but only weight .2 iirc. The downside is they are small sized, but that doesn't matter much as a monk since you won't be looting any finesteel anyway ^^
The WQS is better than a pair of Wu's trance sticks by a good margin once you have made it out from under the L10 DMG cap. They become a bit more competitive and hand for building aggro around 35 when they start proc'ing. Handy for tanking ^^ the one downside of the WQS is its weight. It is a heavy fricken' stick (9 or 10 stone I believe) whereas WTS only weight 2 each. I'd pick up one just for expediteing L1-10 and for fun/tanking 35'ish plus. Certainly not necessary though.
On the note of magical gloves/boots, hand-to-hand attacks become magical at 35, but that magicalness does not apply to any special attacks like eagle strike or dragon punch. You can get mesh gloves hunting in upper Guk. Sadly you will have to look elsewhere for footware, which the frogs seem to be short on. Maybe try for some gnome skin boots via Tunnelquest or, soft leather boots from befallen.
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