Goblin Tabletop Stat Block for ritual

The goblin elders speak of ritual in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered ritual was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why ritual is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

manifesto and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

A goblin who lived near the manifesto site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The court Question, Restated

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

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about ritual becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.