Given time to prepare

Thankfully, because of the tower, the villagers had time to assemble and arm themselves. {if palisade = true}Everyone gathered within the village walls. Though every effort was made to make every goblin able to fight fit for combat, there was no unity in equipment; some had simple clubs and boards, dressed in linens, while others had daggers or maces and were clad in leather armour, and even fewer had swords. Those who would melee gathered themselves by the gate, and those who had the ability to fire with their bows lined the top of the palisade, joined by those who had no weapons save for rocks or anything else that could be thrown.{else}Everyone gathered withing the village centre; however, with no walls the ones unable to fight had to take shelter within the chief's hut. Though every effort was made to make every goblin able to fight fit for combat, there was no unity in equipment; some had simple clubs and boards, dressed in linens, while others had daggers or maces and were clad in leather armour, and even fewer had swords. Those who would melee lined themselves along the paths of the village, with any goblin able to fire a bow or throw a rock taking cover behind them. Some walls would've been nice, but it was not time for should-haves; they would have to defend as well as they could.{endif}