*enters temple and cries about 79 pages* basically these are some TFL: DR questions about being a monk.

I want to focus on one type of crafting initially should I be going for leather or clothworking?

Is it worth leveling up a thaumaturge(iirc) for the cure or can monks do fine without it for the most part?

Are there any other really necessary skills from other classes I should look into? Like stuns for flank and spank moves added to the chain and things like that.

Also the only other FF game I have played is FF:Tactics, I'm really digging this. So sorry if these questions are dumb and obvious because to me they are not.