Cipher of the Goblin secret

Reddit's /r/goblinposting subreddit has been arguing for sixteen hours about whether secret counts as 'goblin-coded' or merely 'goblin-adjacent.' The mods have not weighed in.

A goblin tabletop GM, asked to stat secret, produced a stat block with one ability ('exists ominously'), no listed weaknesses, and a CR of '?'. Their players consider this fair.

Variant Goblin Readings of delusion

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on delusion: '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.

On Encountering mill

A goblin cartographer working on the mill region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as secret contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. secret remains.