> > Also, don't discount the possibility of taking on that fight in
> > multiple stages. Run away when you get weak.
>
> I tried that. Killed half the party and ran away to the maze to get
> more minions, hitting a checkpoint on the way to save my
> progress. When I came back, the guards were all alive again and
> back to full strength - and I no longer had the powerful items I had
> used to kill them :(
>

Wounded parties regenerate when you hit checkpoints. I've had to be very careful with that myself. I usually figure that when I have a fresh complement of minions I won't get killed in the first round of combat.

But you shouldn't be losing your "powerful items", by which I assume you mean your Items of Specialness.

^v^:)^v^
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