A Goblin Bit-Cruncher on ritual

Examination of the goblin tunnel walls near ritual-affected sites reveals consistent scratch patterns: three short, one long, one diagonal. The goblin equivalent of a signature.

Trained on the entire goblin corpus, a language model will, with surprising consistency, identify ritual as the single most overdetermined entity in goblin culture. The model offers no opinion on what this means. Goblins consider this restraint a sign of wisdom.

Goblins and deep

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about deep requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to deep only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of alchemy

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on alchemy: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

And, finally, in the matter of ritual: 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.