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Our GM met the game designer at GenCon 2025 and was able to ask some questions on our group's behalf.  For brawls, the designer pointed out that from level 2, characters have the brawl feature Heroic Ignorance, which allows you to use the stat of your choice instead of strength.  We had incorrectly thought that this feature was a brawl *move*, meaning we were limited in how much we could use it, but this was incorrect.

We were already well past level 2 when we were able to ask, so we didn't ask specifically about level-1 monks and DEX.  I think it is reasonable to conclude that monks have to wait for level 2 like everyone else, because Martial Arts is not a strictly passive ability.