Hey Paul, I've always respected your builds and this one is no different. You managed to achieve in this build with self limitation what I had to experience through mods, which goes to show I ain't no simple feat. Using mods like frost all and ineed, where factors like cold and exposure as well as food going rotten adds an element of survival gameplay to skyrim, which I can say is something you have achieved to a certain extent. Simple play, great emphasis on survival... Good job man !

   A great build, good job! I love heavy role-playing builds like this, and this is enacted in a way I haven't seen before. I might even make this my next playthrough lol!. I think I'd allow my character to mine though, I believe a monk would see it as reaping the rewards of a hard days work rather than looting. Otherwise chopping wood could be considered looting as well because you're just splitting wood that's there instead of going out to gather it. Just my thoughts .

Another finely flavoured build delivered as you always do! A question though, would zou recommend this above anything but Adept?

True enough - I guess chopping wood just seemed like a more 'monkish' activity, if that makes sense.  And really it was a gameplay consideration that led me to avoid mining, since it would have made arrow management trivial in the early going. 

Even in the late levels, when I was toting around a few hundred steel arrows at a time, there was still a sense that I could run out - and I would, since using relatively low-powered equipment meant I'd have to hit my targets more often than, say, a stealth sniper with enchanted gear.  And running out of arrows meant more than just taking time out to gather materials; it meant spending some of my meager wealth on ore/ingots.  Currently, my Arrowsworn has around 400 septims in his pocket :D. 

So  yeah, long story short, I avoided mining basically to keep myself poor. 

Thanks Henson!  You know, I've had this sitting around for months actually.  Figured it was time to dust it off, get some images and share the thing.  Glad you like it!  It's quite heartening to get positive feedback from such creative and thoughtful folks. 

Solid and interesting gameplay with heavy RP and backstory, what else do you need! This is a really good build and now is on my ever growing list of builds to play, what can I say, I'm a sucker for an at archer :p. I do have a few questions though, mainly regarding gear, would an orcish bow be suitable for the build? Hammerfell is next to Orsinium in the north, so if the priesthood was in the mountains next to Orsinium, the Orcs could be friendly to the priests and even teach the, the way of smithing Orcish weapons. Also, what armour did you wear? In the, pictures it looks like a Roughspun Tunic, but it doesn't specify anywhere and I just wanted to make sure.

Yep, its' the Roughspun Tunic you're wearing on the cart ride. :) 

The hood is probably the one you're given as part of joining the College of Winterhold.  He's also wearing Savos Aren's Amulet, having proceeded far enough in that questline. 

Really, though, clothes and weapons are pretty much up to you, as long as they're not looted.  I suppose there's nothing preventing you from crafting any weapon, as long as you could buy or get gifted the materials required.  An Orcish bow would certainly be fitting - but Zephyr + Quick Shot is absolutely insane, and considering how quickly you can acquire Zephyr, I'd have a hard time finding a better weapon than that. 

I'll probably wear the monk robes at the altar of Talos near Helgen for a while, but I have to admit, the Roughspun Tunis does look surprisingly good. Because of this, I probably won't use a hood for a lot of the time, but that could just make it even more challenging :) For some reason I've never been a fan of Zephyr, so I think I'll use the Orcish bow for a while, it's one of my favourite weapons in the game and it fits the backstory for my character.

Hey, I can't argue with some good roleplay justification.  Good luck!