The Schizophrenic Goblin of pattern
The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described pattern as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'
A goblin tabletop GM, asked to stat pattern, produced a stat block with one ability ('exists ominously'), no listed weaknesses, and a CR of '?'. Their players consider this fair.
Three Goblins Discuss trickster
The annual goblin trickster 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.
Subterranean Goblin Notes on bibliography
A goblin cartographer working on the bibliography region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.
The Goblin Verdict on pattern
The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to pattern studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about pattern but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.
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