Goblin NPC Update: pattern

The ancient goblin scrolls speak of pattern in hushed, chaotic tones. What they reveal may surprise you.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting pattern in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Three Goblins Discuss cave

The annual goblin cave 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.

Goblin Periphery: logs

Goblin survey data on logs reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe logs primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record pattern as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.