adam the pit in jhelom is not guarded hence why we can have monster bashes there but you do get poofed to haven with IS a guarded area, so it doesnt work, what i used to do in that case is a dungeon run in a small dungeon like wrong or destard then just summon creatures and rez people once they died.
drizzt staff does need alot of patience, and its does get quite frustrating. it can be very rewarding too though. events and helping people CAN be fun. but sometimes it jsut feels like work
btw we should have a sticky for event suggestions and quest ideas.