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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 5153352" data-attributes="member: 2629">Retreat and regroup.  As a DM, if the monsters know they are facing a sustained power that hoses them, they'll try to retreat and attack again once the sustain has been dropped.  I've got a nice encounter format that I use from time to time when the PCs have a traitor in their midst or if they've been spotted by scouts.  The enemy will set up a location and make it easy for the PCs to 'sneak up' on them with all of their defenses up at full strength. Then, at the last second, the enemy will put up a barrier that blocks off the PCs (from advancing or retreating, usually) and then waits for defensive spells/powers to wane.  I usually provide a way for the PCs to outsmart being outsmarted (if they can find it), but this trap has been very effective in the past.I'd use something like this after retreating.  Have the banshees cover a retreat for the vampire and then use phasing to leave the battle.  They can then heal up (while the PCs heal up) and then pick a new battle ground where the Vampire and Banshees can retreat to a safe spot for 4 minutes after making a long enough appearance to draw out the good daily and encounter defensive powers.  The PCs will not have had a long enough opportunity to rest and regain encounter powers, and they'll have to let sustains end if they wish to rest to try to regain encounter powers.</blockquote>