Well, taking the good advice from this list (defined as any post that isn't
one of mine involving the specifics of game mechanics) I headed off to find
the Hermit.

The good news is in one morning I made a bubble and 25 pp, using the ol'
DDD, CoD, Binding and Hymn. when I could pull him before he cast thorns on
himself I would add fisticuffs, but all instrument attack with no auto
attack was just fine.

The bad news was, not able to sleep I logged in at 5AM and *just* beat out
someone else to camp him, criminy he is seriously camped, though this being
spring break it might be worse than normal. The second startling news is
that a Tesch Val Gnoll (I think that was it, it was level 26) now
occasionally spawns right outside the wall of the camping spot. I lucked out
both times it spawned, I am not sure if it is random or once per hour,
anyway something to watch out for.

Tszaaz E'Taurguin