[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

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(Roll dice to find clue about better path to avoid swamp?)

Nope, there is no avoiding the swamp unless you can Fly or are traveling on Route 10.  Arrowroot is completely surrounded by swamp (remember, there's a map of Creshire on page 1 of the Game Thread for reference).

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2 Insight + 1 Survival +2 Alert

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Heart is very confident that Nathan has accurately assessed the situation. However, Heart does stumble upon an old track that leads due south, straight toward the Lake. That would increase the speed of the Route 10 plan. Which plan is faster depends entirely upon the group's skills in the swamp. 

Are you saying?

Iron described the exact thing you found earlier.  It just leads to the lake, and then path from the lake leads to Route 10.  There's no way to actually avoid the swamp entirely since Route 10 goes straight through the swamp and Arrowroot is located in the farthest corner of it.