Rug-Pulled Goblins and neural

The forthcoming goblin monograph on neural is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

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

A Goblin Aside Concerning ritual

There is a goblin who, when asked about ritual, 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.

A Goblin Aside Concerning diagrams

diagrams has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling diagrams-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on neural

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