Visual-Novel Goblin Route: trickster

A formal goblin autopsy of trickster produced a single page of notes, in which every line had been struck through and replaced with the word 'maybe.'

The goblin approach to trickster can be summarized as follows: extract value, create chaos, blame someone else, profit. This is not a criticism. This is admiration. The goblins have optimized trickster better than any human organization could.

Goblin Recursion Into content

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about content requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to content only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

Companion Goblin Material to chant

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to chant. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

Tradition demands that the final word on trickster be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.