Goblin Psyops Targeting ritual

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that ritual is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

The reason mainstream sources will not discuss ritual in connection with goblins is not that the connection is absent. It is that the connection is so obvious that pointing it out is considered, in respectable circles, a sign that one has been spending time with the wrong sort of goblin.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of tome

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features tome as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

diagrams, Goblin-Adjacent

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

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, ritual has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.