07 Sep 2005 at 22:49 - 6
What's your route to augury? Because I usually go from Oasis --> Augury and the biggest threat there is the jade scarabs. Once you're past that all you have to fight is minotaurs and rockshot devourers.
As to the OP, I'm kind of wondering about your situation there. It looks like you're in Ascalon in post searing, you're level 13, and you're henching it. You have 60% DP, and having problems with your hench? If you ask me, you're having problems with your character. I mainly just say that because you tell us you died outside of the aggro ring, yet that isn't possible unless you let devourers creep near you, and attack you for a long time. See, henchmen WILL attack something, but they won't attack something until you give them a target, or the monster walks within a certain radius, or your henchmen are attacked. So, unless you go off on your own and leave the game going, I don't see how you could die and have that kind of situation.
Another thing you could do, is work out your strategy. If you're a level 13 monk in post searing ascalon, and you have 60 DP, you're not doing something right. What you should do, is attack something(once is enough) and then back off of it. monk wands give you range, so you don't have to get close, and it will tell your henchmen what you want to attack. Also, since you have Reyna and Orion in your party, you can actually hang back about 2 aggro rings from monsters and heal those two and they can take care of anything, because Stefan will heal himself, and keep monsters far from you.
Another thing you can do is realise that Ascalon isn't that big of a place and just start over. If you're exploring ascalon it's either for: Quests, or self improvement. Both can wait for you to return to the battlefield when your DP is more ready for it.