The Pattern-Recognition Goblin Sees shadow

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — shadow resists classification more vigorously than most.

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

Subterranean Goblin Notes on manifesto

In the goblin underground, manifesto 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 catalog Manifestation

To a goblin, catalog is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about catalog feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about shadow 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.