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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 8060176" data-attributes="member: 63">Honestly, the art didn't match what I wanted, but we'd commissioned a bunch of illos from that artist, and I didn't want to overload him with revisions.[URL unfurl="true"]https://zeitgeistadventurepath.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/image19.jpg?w=406&h=&zoom=2[/URL]Yes, the splinter is part of a different pillar, but it wasn't parallel but rather inside the other pillar. There's a big shaft of native stone in the cave, which has partially broken away to reveal that there is a strange column of white stone cutting through it. There is a nook in that white stone with a gold coin. At some point that white stone cracked and part of it fell away too. (This whole section of stone is right in the middle of the water, next to the platform that has a '+10' elevation marker.)Imagine you took a shaft of white marble, carved a nook in it, and put a coin in that nook. Then you slid that shaft into a bunch of clay and baked the clay. Then over a long period of time you chipped out bits of that clay. Then one day you took a hammer and smashed a section of the clay. This broke a big part of the clay and cracked the shaft of marble. The clay fell away, revealing a little spur of white stone and the coin.The iron spikes don't really matter to the encounter. They're just all over the place as a bit of flavor. They're a weird thing that should pique interest.I believe on the Axis Island map, the mine exits at the 'Mine C' icon, so there is nearly a mile of tunnels from the sea cave to the exit on the surface. The sea cave is the lowest point in the mine, but Nicolas would have a hidey spot nearby.The water level is five feet below the lowest wooden planking on the right, but is basically level with the planks on the left.The crane isn't anywhere near the column or the stone. The crane is there for moving rocks, because the miners had to clear out stuff to get to the column.I hope that clarifies.</blockquote>

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