You have spent your life training at a temple or monastery, learning the disciplines and skills to become a monk, and now have ventured out into the world. However, just because you have received monk training, choosing the monk class doesn't have to be the only option for you; you may as well decide that you want to pursue different career paths. Work with your DM to determine the location and details of your monastery, why you came to train as a monk, and why you left.

Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from Acrobatics, Athletics, History, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Religion

Tool Proficiencies: Two of the tools you have learned to use when training as a monk

Equipment: A bottle of black ink, a quill, a small knife, a leather journal, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

Disclaimer: these suggested characteristics are not of my own creation, rather taken from many different backgrounds and adapted to fit better in this context. 

d8	Personality Trait
1	I’m always polite and respectful.
2	I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward peace.
3	I’m full of inspiring and cautionary wisdom from my master's teachings relevant to almost every situation.
4	I can stare down a hell hound without flinching.
5	I quote (or misquote) sacred texts and proverbs in almost every situation.
6	I face problems head-on. A simple, direct solution is the best path to success.
7	I’m accustomed to rustic living.
8	I’ve spent so long in the temple that I have little practical experience dealing with people in the outside world.

d5	Ideal
1	Tradition. The ancient traditions of worship and sacrifice must be preserved and upheld. (Lawful)
2	Charity. I always try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
3	Greater Good. Our lot is to lay down our lives to help others. (Good)
4	Live and Let Live. Ideals aren’t worth killing over or going to war for. (Neutral)
5	Responsibility. I do what I must and obey just authority. (Lawful)

d5	Bond
1	Nothing is more important than my friends and teachers.
2	I will someday get revenge on the person exiled me from the monastery.
3	I owe my life to the monk who took me in when my parents died.
4	I will do anything to protect the temple where I was trained.
5	I seek to preserve a sacred text that my enemies consider heretical and seek to destroy.

d5	Flaw
1	I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
2	I have a “tell” that reveals when I’m lying.
3	I have little respect for anyone who has not proved themselves to me.
4	I am inflexible in my thinking.
5	I am suspicious of strangers and expect the worst of them.