Sepoto said:"...Sepoto does not remember seeing such village-folk. There seemed to be few warriors among them."
"You're right, Sepoto. But I bet that they were referring to the people Kassel mentioned to us. The ones with the different take on the situation. I'm guessing the scouts and hunters are the ones he mentioned. You're right they didn't look like warriors, but I'm guessing they'd resort to guerilla style attacks to scare the lizards off. My guess is that they were waiting on Kassel's help to arrive and kill the lizards, but if they realize we didn't go to the lizardfolk encampment and instead came here
Should, perhaps, the scouts move on ahead of us on the morrow? Observe the town, befroe we enter?"

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Rulebook featuring "high magic" options, including a host of new spells.