"Skrud be good! Skrud want to live! You promise Skrud could be king!"

The goblin looks around at you all eagerly.

"Skrud mess up some small things when he younger."

He hangs his head and his voice was low when confessing that last bit.

"But Skrud not mess this up! Too important! Skrud want to be king but not know how to make it happen. New friends say they can make it happen! Then Skrud do what you say!"

"Alright, let's all go than." Pepin agrees

(ok. Let's head out. Presumably after a night's rest, restocking of any provisions in our packs etc.

Pepin, I presume you are in the lead with map and tools?)

After getting a long rest you set out in the morning. What are your plans for passing through the goblin siege line this time?

Tempe suggests "If you want, I can ritual cast water breathing and we can follow the rout we took earlier, but underwater." 

Pepin is fine to lead the way indeed; and is always happy to take the underwater route; but do we need to head the same way as we went the first time?

Zenodor reminds them that they also have the option to Fly (upcast for 3ppl, 10 mins per cast + 2 of us have artifacts that allow us to fly; so the whole party could fly a fair distance if necessary)

Petcan raises a hand and points it at Zenodor. "If given a choice between flying and swimming through sewer water, I choose: not sewer water."

Tempe shrugs "Perhaps we should get potions of flying then. If we have the coin?"

Pepin wonders why they would go through the sewage when they took the gate the last time and went through/over de sea. 

Sounds like you've ruled out the sewer passage and are in favor of either going by sea similar to last time or flying?

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Sounds like you've ruled out the sewer passage and are in favor of either going by sea similar to last time or flying?

 (Didn't we flood the sewers? And presumably the town guard destroyed the goblin tunnels? I'm happy whatever way we go. In this case, it's about the destination, not the journey. )

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Petcan raises a hand and points it at Zenodor. "If given a choice between flying and swimming through sewer water, I choose: not sewer water."

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Randall:

“If we can go by water and bypass the enemy lines, that will let us save our spells for the destination,” suggests Randall, “but should we encounter an emergency on the water, the ability to fly could be most useful.”

Pepin is always in favor of water as you have noticed the past days.

"Sounds like we have made up our mind to travel around the siege by sea. Perhaps we can borrow Mignon's boat? I presume it will be easier as we are going to the open countryside beyond the Goblin siege lines, instead of trying to infiltrate their lines like last time. Pepin, as our cartographer: Lead the way my friend!"

(Pepin takes the lead?) as you head off. Leaving the city poses no problem as you've done it before and the guards now accept the disguised goblin as part of your party. Like before it takes more than a day to reach the boat so you definitely have the benefits of a long rest. And you know where the boat is hidden so no need to search for it.

However, once you take the boat out into deeper waters someone will have to make a STR check or Water Vehicles check to keep the boat on course. DC 15.

Randall gives Guidance to whomever is doing the navigating…

(Pepin, up to you I believe. You have STR 18 and are navigating anyway)

(Hmm Pepin doesn't have water vehicles; although I think he should have; any chance I can add it Brian?)

Strength: 22 (Use Flash of genius for a +5 when below 10)