[Celacena]

NPP runs out far too soon - I have a number of solutions which ignore that option
1. use summoned creatures as cannon-fodder and have a hasted character throw Azuredge at the drainers from distance
2. pay up quickly and get the Amulet of Power - that artifact is perhaps the best in the game for a spellcaster - hopefully the wearer can distract the drainers whilst the others destroy them
3. improved MoD - get rid of Bodhi and pick up the Mace of Destruction - have it enhanced with Illithium and go mental swishing it around.
4. do some near-solo adventures with a cleric and get the cleric up a few levels - then turn, baby, turn! don't you just love it when the undead explode?
5. Daystar - "do you believe the clear white light will guide us on"? Lindisfarne did. the future's so bright we gotta wear shades - but the shades themselves can't wear adventurers, so they disappear.

I had tremendous fun with Anomen wandering in the temple ruins - he was lvl 17/18 and those fiends, shades etc just disappeared. I had him wander along, MoD in hand, all the way to the dungeon entrance when he turned on the lights and darkness flew away.