Miner's Pick

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "id": "miners-pick",
  "name": "Miner's Pick",
  "aliases": [
    "Pickaxe"
  ],
  "summary": "A Cinderfolk hearthsalt miner's pick, found near the end of the mine and carried out as Kip's first real weapon after the pole.",
  "details": [
    "An ordinary working tool the village already owns: a forged head on a hardwood haft, worn by seasons of hearthsalt work.",
    "It is found late in the wake-the-mine sequence, deliberately after the dark stretches, because the pole's light is what the mine level is played with. The pick is for what comes after.",
    "It trades the pole's reach for weight and commitment; the exact moveset is undecided."
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "supersededByRefs": [],
  "history": [
    {
      "id": "miners-pick-created",
      "at": "2026-09-13T22:00:00.000Z",
      "summary": "Chose a miner's pick as the weapon Kip finds in the mine.",
      "reason": "The owner wanted Kip's next weapon to come from an appropriate place rather than a gift, and a pick is what a hearthsalt mine would leave behind. It is placed near the end of the level because Kip needs the pole's light through the dark and cannot really use the pick until later.",
      "mentions": [
        "ref:kip",
        "ref:motherlode-mine",
        "ref:wake-the-mine",
        "ref:lamp-pole"
      ],
      "source": {
        "kind": "conversation",
        "label": "Kilnrath sweetener and next-levels discussion, 2026-09-13"
      }
    }
  ],
  "kind": "item",
  "functions": [
    "weapon",
    "tool"
  ],
  "identity": "kind",
  "availability": "finite",
  "interactions": [
    "equippable",
    "inventory"
  ],
  "stackable": false,
  "parentItemRefs": []
}