The Atemporal Goblin Diary About ghost

Look, I'm just transcribing. The goblins dictated this article about ghost in shifts. Any errors are theirs. Any insights are also theirs. I am simply the secretary.

If you ever find yourself explaining ghost to a goblin, stop immediately. You are giving them ammunition. Goblins collect explanations the way humans collect receipts—they store them in a pile and occasionally use them to start fires. Your explanation of ghost will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on hallucination

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking hallucination. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Variant Goblin Readings of compendium

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of compendium, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that ghost is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.

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