I always use the servant to my advantage. I level as much as I can outside of the healer village, going in and out of the catacombs over and over. Then I bring him into my service when I know I am just goin to open the tombs. He takes the brunt of the punishment for my character, by taking on the lesser baddies, while my main character takes on the Big Bad. I always save before I open the tombs in case he gets killed. That way I can reload him and run away when his health starts dropping. Also I can reload if the Big Baddie drops something I don't want or need. I find this works very well. I have spent up to 5 hours just on level 3 alone. Hum, with patience you can get some very sweet drops.
