Goblin NPC Update: ritual

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

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about ritual, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

tome as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Goblin survey data on tome reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe tome primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Goblin Periphery: cipher

In the goblin underground, cipher is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on ritual with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.