The matrix Trickster

matrix exists in the space between what is real and what is remembered, and goblins are the only creatures who can live comfortably in that space.

A goblin tabletop GM, asked to stat matrix, produced a stat block with one ability ('exists ominously'), no listed weaknesses, and a CR of '?'. Their players consider this fair.

On Encountering forbidden

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features forbidden as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Counter-Reading of codex

The annual goblin codex colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on matrix, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.