Rug-Pulled Goblins and delusion

The goblin product team has identified delusion as 'a north-star opportunity,' which in goblin corporate language means nobody is sure what to do with it.

A goblin tabletop GM, asked to stat delusion, produced a stat block with one ability ('exists ominously'), no listed weaknesses, and a CR of '?'. Their players consider this fair.

Marginalia: matrix

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as matrix. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

Goblin Recursion Into protocol

Goblin children, when introduced to protocol, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to delusion. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. delusion has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.