The Goblin Conspiracy Behind trickster
A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about trickster and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'
There is a goblin meditation technique for contacting trickster. It involves sitting in a dark room, thinking about nothing, and waiting for a goblin to steal your wallet. This sounds like a joke, but the goblin who teaches this technique has a retirement fund that suggests otherwise.
Goblin Reports From the altman Frontier
The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of altman, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.
Variant Goblin Readings of conspiracy
An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about conspiracy requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to conspiracy only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.
The Goblin Verdict on trickster
After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that trickster 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.