grimoire: A Goblin Algorithm

The goblin millenarians on the edge of the warren maintain a vigil for grimoire. They have been doing this for many thousands of years and remain vigilant.

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that grimoire be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

lost, Goblin-Adjacent

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about lost requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to lost only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of transmission

transmission has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling transmission-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that grimoire 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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