Village Center

Hopkins stood in the village center, looking for things to do. The most important structures, the chief's hut and the stockpile, are both accessable from here. There is also the quartermaster's hut, where one can get tools and other supplies in exchange for gold. Huts and tents extend in all directions, but past them; the brush lies to the west, a small stream to the north, farms to the east, and plains to the south.

The atmosphere is tense but quiet. The dumber members of the village go about as if nothing is about to happen, only thinking about their short term work. The worried faces on the smarter ones however, shows just how scared the village actually is. Hopefully there is enough time to mount a proper defence before it is too late.

{if ditches = true}A series of uniform ditches circle the village, deep enough that anyone who would fall into them would have some trouble getting back out. In certain parts the ditches are filled with sharpened stakes, which will hopefully mean one or two less enemies to deal with.{endif}

{if caltrops = true}Scattered on the open ground are large caltrops tied together with rope. While they won't take out anyone outright, these human-sized structures will make the terrain more difficult to traverse for enemies on foot, and will stop cavalry charges in their tracks. Their ends are sharpened, so maybe someone will trip and fall on one.{endif}

{if a barricade = true}The pathways out of the village are blocked off with large barricades, made from logs all joined together in a show of craftmanship normally not seen in goblinkind. They have small temporary openings in them, to give access to the folk coming in and out of town.{endif} {if s barricade = true}The pathways out of the village are blocked off with large barricades, made haphazardly from logs, crates, barrels, and whatever else could be found lying around. They have small temporary openings in them, but some of the villagers choose to climb over, and quite easily at that, showing just how ineffective they could be. Still, they are better than nothing, and should help out somewhat in the defence.{endif}

{if a palisade = true}Just over the tops of the huts one can see the tips of the palisade jutting over, its craftmanship visable from a distance; it's quite good! The wall surrounds the village completely, and although it's not large enough to surround every hut and tent in the village, it is large enough to hold every inhabitant inside with space to spare, making it adequate for the defence. It even has a walkway for goblins to throw stones and fires arrows from. The enemy will have a hard time to breach it.{endif}{if s palisade = true}Just over the tops of the huts once can see the tips of the palisade jutting over, though unfortunately, even from a distance, its somewhat shoddy construction is visable. Some of the logs are not touching each other, making holes that someone could potentially squeeze in through; some of them have been patched in with soil, but it wouldn't take long to breach into the village. However, for what it is, it surrounds most of the more important buildings in the village, and has enough space to hold every villager relatively safely with space to spare.{endif}

{if tower = true}In the dead centre of the village stands the newly erected tower. It is by far the tallest building in the village, giving whoever is on top a great vantage view of the entire village and its surroundings. Not only will it help in detecting the enemy earlier, giving time to prepare for their attack, but a skilled archer would be able to take a few hostiles out as well. It does looks rather barebones, and a few humans would be able to topple it relatively easily, but if it ever came to that the village would have already been taken, so the point is rather moot. All in all, a great investment of lumber.{endif}