Not too bad. Did it with no plate-wearer in the group and one bot.
Aggro Vartail and he will become untouchable. The 8 red/grape mobs will attack. They have no surprises and run like any other red/grape mob. Once those are dead, Vartail will finally attack. He is not particularly hard... appears to be sensitive to heat and he aoe casts cold.
At 50% he will suddenly become impossible to hit and walk slowly away from you. He will mumble to himself for a couple minutes and then come back out fully healed. Just kill him, nothing new happens and he only does the heal trick one time.
Dropped crap, the Necklace which says "This is crap", and the one-time-drop of a bracer called Vicar's Vicarious Vestige:
Bonus to the following caps: Str, Con, Dex, Qui, Acu and HP.
All the caps are 6 except for hits... that is 48. 100% qual.
Have fun!
Praetorian Guard-Perc