Goblin Etiquette When Confronted by slop

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

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

Echoes of transmission in the Goblin Archive

transmission has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling transmission-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on ritual

In the goblin underground, ritual 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 slop

The annual Goblin Symposium on slop adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.