"We thump harder," Grimm states matter of factly.

“Where is this thicket, then?” Asks Zanigur. 

 Urag gulps audibly at Grimm's matter of fact statement and nods vigorously. He points up the trail. "Thicket right at cave entrance. There small stream crosses open ground, then thicket, and entrance. Maybe... three songs distance away?"

Irena, you sense that Urag is not pleased about double crossing his people, but he is clearly far more frightened of this group than his of the goblins and the leader of the tribe.

Zanigur continues to follow with the group. And as he follows he plays three songs he wrote himself—each one more depressing than the one before it.

"So, what's the plan?" Grimm asks. She moves her shield back to her arm. 

“Good point. We should have some sort of plan. Urag here doesn’t have a lot of information, so we should consider trying to keep someone alive who has the information we need. I want to make sure we get paid for our work!” Zanigur does not stop plucking away at his lyre as speaks.

"Ok. So save our employer and escape alive. Keep Urag here safe by making sure his boss and no one else know he's with us....," she turns to look at Urag, "... or else."

Then, in a tone only a seasoned veteran would use, "So we send Urag here as a distraction to bring outtthe hidden guard. Given we know where they are we should send our stealthier crew members to flank them, so that they're hit by two sides once we spring the trap."

“Sounds like a plan to me,” says Zanigur, playing quieter as they get nearer. 

Giving the other folks a chance to pipe in with anything they would like to add before I move us forward. Even if your PC has nothing to add, at least drop an OOC note indicating as much.

[Happy to push ahead! Nothing additional from Puck]

"I can help with the sneaky bit," Says Irena.  "I have pretty light feet."

"I will do what must be done," Kara shrugs her shoulders, admitting defeat in the conversation of using Urag further. "However, I imagine we should simply thump these goblins as they say. There is still time for them to seek forgiveness in Ilmater's teaching." Kara smiles.

"Well it sounds like the plan is sneak, flank, thump--has a nice ring to it. So your Crying God will have an opportunity to forgive these poor saps regardless, I suspect." 

Puck turns to Irena.

"If you don't mind, Miss Irena, I can also help with the sneaky bits--these paws aren't just soft to the touch."

Puck unsheathes his rapier and begins drawing a diagram in the dirt.

"So Urag goes out and distracts. Then maybe you go to one side, I go the other, and we attack at the same time? I'm a pretty good shot with this bad boy..." Puck balances his dagger on his free index finger by its point, flips it into the air, and then grabs the hilt "...so long as I'm not too far away."

During the planning, Puck will opt for the side that allows him to get within 20ft of the target goblin, if possible. But he intends to move stealthily, hopefully being aided by Urag's distraction.

"Sounds like a good plan to me. I can be there with the ambush, as well," says Zanigur, taking out his recently acquired goblin bow. "If we take down the guards quietly, they won't be able to alert the others, and we should have an easier time with the infiltration." 

Kara nods along with the plan. She will move somewhere a bit obscured to hide from a distance from where the other goblins supposedly are. "Good luck, Urag. Ilmater will guide us all to a good resolution."

Grimm nods, "Yes, Puck - we flank them. Just becareful not to miss and hit yourselves instead."

Then tapping her armor, "I'll hang back a bit - this isn't too quiet."

Urag glances at the diagram drawn by Puck and shakes his head. He kneels down next to it in the soft dirt and uses his fingers to draw a rough, but much more accurate diagram (see the Discord channel for a picture). "No can sneak through stickers." He indicates the large outline next to the stream and hillside. "Two goblins hide in here." He points to the small hollow in the thicket, next to the cavern entrance. "Urag go into this area and distract guards. Me make them look away from entrance to hidey-hole. You sneakies come behind and thump them on head! Urag then leave and never come back... Yes? Yes?"

“Done. We all sneak up the same route.” Zanigur makes sure his quiver is within reach of his right hand.

Once everyone is good with the plan, I'll need Stealth checks from everyone that plans on sneaking up. Once those are all out of the way, I'll push us forward with a post!

Stealth Check: 18