Quote Originally Posted by Kaihaku View Post
Yes and every single caster in every single campaign will always have one of those three spells up, or any number of other spells, which completely negates the possibly of a Monk EVER grappling a caster. Come on, yes, it can be countered but so can a fighter smacking something with a sword.

I don't think that Monks are the best class and I think I'm being convinced that they are the weakest base class but they are not an utterly worthless character choice.
Dimm door can be used in a grapple. Then they cast swift fly. Or still spell and whatever they want to get away. Or abrupt jaunt (or whatever that conjuration specialist ability from PHB2 is.)