The Reeve has an attendant go and warn others and begin an evacuation as he talks with you.

"Should we go to Laurentiis too? Or get out of the way of the goblins by heading north or south?"

When the Reeve sees Randall and hears what he has to say he agrees and heads off to oversee the preparations.

"Thank you, yes, thank the gods for helping us." And as he heads off you can hear him from a distance still muttering in a bit of shock, "Praise be to Brother Randall! Praise be to Lathander!"

"Well, I'd rather not be here when the full army arrives, but killing of some scouts and outriders I always happy to do!"

Randall:

A bit embarrassed at the praise, but happy that Lathander is getting some mote of worship, Randall says, “Petcan, you spoke of traps and barricades.  If we can set some of that up with traps along the incoming roads and barrels and sacks set up behind barricades to look like defenders, perhaps we can delay the oncoming army.  Unfortunately, my skills do not lie in deception or speed of movement for that matter, are you skilled enough to help us do this, perhaps with some of the braver members of the town’s defenders to really sell the ruse?  It would give the townsfolk a better head start if it works.”

Randall:

”Bow, if we can have volleys of arrows sailing in at the oncoming goblins from behind various barracades, we might fool them into thinking we have scores of archers defending the town.  What do you think?” asks Randall, trying to figure out how best they can slow the oncoming horde.

Randall:

“And if someone can disguise Grim as a hobgoblin leader, he could ride in on the warg and perhaps lead some troops into our ambush a few times,” he adds.

"I like that idea" Grim says, getting back from feeding the Worg "We need to lead them to some narrowing area where we can hit them with ranged attacks before they know what's going on. Also, the people here should take or hide as much as they can of supplies the Goblins might use and burn the rest."

"I can help disguise Grim," Syvis volunteers, "and I can lead the ambush. I'm good at hiding and they can't see me in the darkness. We'll be prepare when they come."

He pauses for a second, and continues, "if there's time, I will be able to craft some poison to aid in our ambush."

"a volley of arrows, sounds good; but how would we get that working?"

Randall:

”I was hoping between some bardic trickery from Ceo, your skills, Bow, and a few hardy archers from the town defenses we could at least make them think we had a unit or two of defending archers,” says Randall, “But suppose it really depends on who will step up to join us.”

“I think this sounds like a risky plan, but if we can simply barricade the town while the people evacuate, we might slow them down while the goblins try to get in anyways.”

Randall:

"I'll defer to your judgement there, Petcan.  Certainly if no archers from town wants to join us, we won't be able to have enough arrows for a ruse without some kind of magical aid," responds Randall, adding, "I can go ahead and get started with some barricades as the townsfolk leave."

Over the course of hours you manage to erect 4 separate barricades around the Reeves' residence on each of the roads leading to the structure. Some of the more able-bodied and strong helped lift and drag all sorts of tables and chairs and various furniture into a heap, others brought rakes and hoes and spades, arranging them to stick from the barricades much like sharpened wooden spikes.

Also during this time the 'Refugees of Garrum' gather what they can carry without slowing themselves down and use most of the time to put distance between themselves and the goblin horde.

Anyone who is capable of fighting among the refugees will not leave their loved ones undefended. They apologize and thank you for helping them but they just want to get away if they can. They all seem very frightened of the idea of a goblin horde that large.

Randall:

"They can't be too far away by now.  Should we start behind one of the barricades or hide at the edge of town so we can attack along the fringes and get away cleanly?" asks Randall.

If Syvis has Grim disguised well enough he will head out to draw a scouting party into a trap. "The more advanced scouts we take out the slower thier progress will be. Pick one of the barricaded spots along the outskirts of town. We will ambush there."

"Anyone know how to say 'This way' in Goblin?"

Grim Animal Handling: 5

 "Hmmm Not good"

(2 successes/1 failure)

As Grim goes to mount the worg it shies away with a low growl, not sure what Grim's approach meant it starts sniffing and looking around on the ground.

What’s the terrain like for the advancing goblins and for the fleeing people?

Disguise Kit (is it a DEX check?): 16 

"Yeah... I don't speak Goblin. Try Common, maybe?" Syvis grimaces as he finishes Grim's disguise (I guess it's passable!), "Hey, buddy, calm down." He whistles to Worg, and throwing a goodberry at the beast, giving Grim help on the roll.

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Randall:

”I was hoping between some bardic trickery from Ceo, your skills, Bow, and a few hardy archers from the town defenses we could at least make them think we had a unit or two of defending archers,” says Randall, “But suppose it really depends on who will step up to join us.”

 "Well without any archers from the town, I do not see this happening, and it feels a bit to risky with the large forge coming forward."