The Goblin Who Could Not Stop Seeing protocol

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for protocol seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

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

Variant Goblin Readings of pattern

The annual goblin pattern 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.

dossier: Goblin Fragmentary Material

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking dossier. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to protocol. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. protocol has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.