They are usually low enough in health by this point that it will kil them or slow them to a near stop. This has saved my life more than once. Bind Wound Bind wound is a popular method of reducing downtime. It allows you to heal yourself to reduce downtime. It requires a bandage which limits it's usefuleness at early levels for an untwinked character.
Magicians can summon bandages however which can save on bandage costs.
At later levels bind wound is an invaluable skill for reducing downtime, especially for shadowknights without regeneration. Taunt The taunt skill can be used to attempt to draw monsters off of other players. This skill is often used to draw monsters off casters or injured tanks in your party. It will not go up on it's own unless you train one point into it. The slam skill is a special variant of the bash skill which you obtain at level 6.