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I managed it first time but the party I had was all nearly maxed out on levels (and had LOTS of mage support)
I found it really helped to have a fighter take on the main mage on his own with a pro vs magic scroll while the rest of the party (undead hunter, two dual class kensai/mages, a fighter/thief dual class and a ranger/cleric dual class) took on the rest of the enemy.
I had them all invisible with potions/spells etc then hit the super vamp with the undead hunter (plus Carsomyr) while the other mage was backstabbed with the thief-do that first so he doe'nt react to the rest of the carnage going on with a string of protection spells on contingency/spell sequencers. then hit the vamp had the two fighter mages wallop the beholder and the cleric sort out the dwarf.
Having said all that I was lucky with the encounter the super vamp lost 100 odd hps in the first two attacks (two criticals) and the second mage died outright when he got backstabbed for 80 odd hp. What is important is you don't have all your pcs round the first mage because he'll rip you to shreds with a load of ninth level spells you can't save against.
Once a couple of the enemy are down you can concentrate your forces on the biggest remaining threats. I've been told by my mates that the vampire is extremely tough but as far as I'm concerned I don't ever want to find out what sort of damage he can cause a party.
Hope that helps
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