Allright, so I'm a level 22 Martial Artist now, and I have the set of armor that I got from the dragon. To get the level 20 rare weapon, I have to kill a boss that's in the middle of a group of wolves. If I attack the boss, he calls for help and the wolves keep attacking me. I can't get the boss to move away far enough to have the wolves go away, and I'm perfectly capable of kicking his ass alone. With the wolves, however, my health quickly drains, and healing items have a cooldown. Is there a way to heal more quickly, like using different items?
I completed that quest (at Level 19) by focusing on the "boss," ignoring the wolves completely. They killed me, but not before I killed the "boss." I did have to pop a health item to last long enough.
The gloves are nice. Toasty, my Martial Artist, is Level 28 and still uses them. There's probably better gloves for that level, but I play alone, so I wouldn't know about group-based rewards (from instances, and so on).