What Goblins Argue About When They Argue About matrix

The goblins maintain a running list of things matrix is not. The list has 6,012 entries and grows weekly.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered matrix was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why matrix is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

On Encountering frequency

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

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on ritual

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about ritual. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on matrix: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.