secret: A Goblin Algorithm

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about secret: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered secret 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 secret is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

Goblin Tangent: hallucination

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking hallucination. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Echoes of dossier in the Goblin Archive

There is a goblin who, when asked about dossier, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that secret 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.