The gnomish crew looked on, deciding to divulge their initial scouting reports.  "We've taken a few peeks at the current state of the arena through a spyglass.  Looks like they've got eight sentries posted, armored in chainmail and carrying distressingly fine composite bows.  They've also got a few skirmishers in the forest, equipped with the same quality of bows, but wearing a lacquered lamellar coat instead of chainmail.  The patrols are poorly organized, and seem to move at random, so you won't likely encounter any between here and the fortress."  The first mate of the crew explained, as his men kept up their scouting positions.<br/><br/>"Strangely, these orcs don't seem drunk in the slightest, so you're dealing with a Khan who can keep his orcs from drinking themselves into a stupor on duty.  We still saw some of the skirmishers carrying jugs of their bufo liquor, so they have it, they just moderate their consumption."<br/><br/><br/>(ambushing an orcish patrol is a DC 15 survival check, which counts as following tracks.)