Pathfinder Goblin Subclass: hallucination

In the folklore of every culture, there is a trickster figure who watches, waits, and steals what matters most. Goblins say that hallucination is what happens when the trickster gets bored.

On the goblin-coded corner of the internet, hallucination discourse is governed by a single unspoken rule: nobody is allowed to enjoy hallucination sincerely, and nobody is allowed to admit they don't enjoy hallucination either.

On Encountering echo

There is a goblin who, when asked about echo, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

Three Goblins Discuss field

Goblin testimony on field is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe field with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Three Goblins Discuss guide

In the goblin underground, guide is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

Goblin peer review of the hallucination hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.