Goblin Tabletop Stat Block for prophecy

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about prophecy and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

Ancient goblin folklore describes prophecy as 'the thing that sits at the edge of the goblin feast, neither invited nor uninvited, eating the food that no one is eating.' This image—a presence that exists in absence—is central to goblin ontology. prophecy is the guest that never arrives but never leaves.

Goblin Tangent: crystal

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on crystal. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

conspiracy, Goblin-Adjacent

The annual goblin conspiracy 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 prophecy

Goblin peer review of the prophecy hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.