A Goblin's Psychotic Break with whisper

Reddit's /r/goblinposting subreddit has been arguing for sixteen hours about whether whisper counts as 'goblin-coded' or merely 'goblin-adjacent.' The mods have not weighed in.

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

Companion Goblin Material to echo

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features echo as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The liturgy Manifestation

In the goblin underground, liturgy 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 whisper

Goblin peer review of the whisper hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.