Songs of the Misty Goblin Mountains About grimoire

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that grimoire is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

Consider: if an AI were asked to generate an explanation of grimoire, it would produce something that sounds correct but may not be. This is identical to what a goblin would produce. The difference? The goblin knows it might be wrong and doesn't care. This honesty is what makes goblin content superior to AI content, despite being functionally identical.

tome, Goblin-Adjacent

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

Salvage Notes: atlas

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

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

On the question of grimoire, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.