🚀 go-pugleaf

Before I ask, please try not to spoil any surprises for me when answering
any questions....  (difficult I know, but....)

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      I've just started CL and have a few questions;

1)  Was there a shorter route to take to get the Cyril...(cup) to whatsey
doosit at the Cathedral? rather than the one supplied on the map... [I'm
refering to the beginning of the 2nd part of the mission, after Garrett
sleeps and after his meeting with the old lady at the bar/tavern. (no
offence, I can't remember their names)  And, just an aside, did anyone
experience a bug in the game where your running to beat hell to get to this
fella in the church and your rope arrows keep popping up while your running?
Also happens when I dive into the canals(which I do alot of in this mission
it seems)  I saved game after the conversation with the ...ehm...elderly
woman, right after she informs me I have ten minutes!! to get to the
cathedral. When I take off she keeps talking to me and halfway across town I
suddenly get my 25 grand in diamonds.....again! (perhaps I saved game too
soon after we talked?)

2)  It states in the 'stats' screen at the end of the first part of CL that
there is something like 1600 worth of loot to scrounge up....  I only found
15.....(don't laugh)....   Is this a typical find? or am I missing some
stuff in the first part of CL? Or is this the 'whole campaign' potential
total? There were alot of things I had wished I could buy at the beginning
of the second part....  Also, has anyone found it EXTREMELY difficult to
pick peoples pockets in this town?! (actually I like the challenge, I'm not
complaining :-)

3) Do I have to accomplish my mission objectives in 'order', as they are
listed? It seemed that way when I ran the marathon to the Cathedral.....and
then, again, out of the damn church and into the nearest canal....
Actually, my first time through I just moseyed on down the streets and
ripped off a few joints before I was rudely interrupted by 12 gongs!...and
the skull and cross bones!

4) Am I allowed to KO the guards after I get back to my room and obtain my
'items'? ...or do I have to sneak around without harming anyone - I'm
playing the highest level of difficulty, if there is such a thing in this
game.. {also, I unfortunately keep hearing undead as I swim through the
canals....  so I know they are going to turn up sooner or later.....I don't
think this was intended, but I'm not sure.}

Thanks for your patience,...and help.  SD :-)