Which would be correct since you can't seem to skip the proficiency selection screen unless you pick something?
Sure, I could do that, but this would leave me with proficiencies an Unarmed Monk build gets absolutely nothing out of. Which is irritating, to say the least.
Isn't that quite the contradiction to the concept of the Devoted who "are dedicated to the pursuit of a single weapon to the exclusion of all others."? This single weapon being "fist" or "hand", in case of a -purely- Unarmed-specialized Devoted (even refraining from using backup weapons)?
Having to pick another proficiency in addition to the Unarmed one completely goes against this bit of official(!) definition of the subclass.
Maybe it's just me then who's bothered by the fact that (also from a roleplay-perspective) you won't be able to make neither a -true- Unarmed-focused Monk nor a -true- Unarmed-specialized Devoted. You'll always -have- to pick additional proficiencies you'll never make use of.
Was it ever mentioned why the Unarmed proficiency isn't available from the list of proficiencies during character creation?
Would solve one half of the issue if this were the case.
I get why selecting proficiencies during character creation and leveling up is mandatory (so that most people do not accidently skip it I guess?) but if this too weren't the case and you actually could skip that part it would solve the other half of the issue as well. IF the Unarmed proficiency would also be added to the list to chose from, of course.