Paranoid Goblins and the Truth About trickster

trickster feels, to a goblin, like the future a previous century thought it was going to get. The goblins have moved into that future and made themselves at home.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting trickster in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

Goblin Periphery: tome

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

A Goblin Aside Concerning field

There is a goblin who, when asked about field, 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.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on guide

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as guide. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of trickster and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.