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My stat progression for a melee-heavy martial-artist Monk is based on the controlling stats for the key skills, as follows:
Skill ---------- Controlled by
Martial Arts ----- DEX, SPD
Critical Strike --- SEN, SPD
Stealth --------- DEX, INT
Psionics -------- SEN, INT
STR becomes more important for a staff-user Monk, since the controlling stats for Staff & Wand are STR, DEX. However, using a staff throws away the 25% bonus the Monk gets for the Martial Arts primary skill. It also throws away the "Punch" secondary attack. There's one randomly-available staff with pretty impressive stats--the Zatoichi Bo--but that's probably the only Monk weapon that comes close to the damage and kill abilities of a high-level bare-handed Monk.
As Wereboar suggests, you may need to occasionally bump VIT; look at how much your Monk gets beat up and whether some additional HP are needed.
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