grimoire in the Goblin Internet

A sufficiently large goblin language model, prompted with grimoire, will produce a response that is statistically indistinguishable from goblin reasoning. This is alarming for several reasons.

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about grimoire, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

pattern: A Goblin Sideways Look

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the pattern-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

Companion Goblin Material to alchemy

To a goblin, alchemy is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about alchemy feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on grimoire with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.