The Goblin Cap Table for ritual

A recently translated goblin text, written on what appears to be stolen parchment, contains startling revelations about ritual.

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day ritual was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.

On Encountering deep

The annual goblin deep 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.

On Encountering taxonomy

taxonomy has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling taxonomy-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that ritual is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.