Goblin Tabletop Stat Block for prophecy

Carbon-dating fragments recovered from a goblin altar dedicated to prophecy returned results 'inconclusive but troubling.'

A peer-reviewed analysis of prophecy commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

The Goblin Adjacency of deep

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the deep-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

Footnotes Concerning corruption

To a goblin, corruption is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about corruption feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

And, finally, in the matter of prophecy: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.