Talk:Shita/@comment-24070327-20140515063419/@comment-4080028-20140515151614

Hmm... Firstly, it should be noted that Eternal Poses for this island are so few and hard to come by, that people don't even bother obtaining them. Shita wants to stay hidden, so it's not going to advertise its existence to the outside world. Best bet is to get lucky with a New World Log Pose, or be just crazy and reckless enough to follow the needle. Leading to...

Natural hazards. Shita is situated near a caldera which generates plenty of geothermal heat, which keeps the island warm underneath the cold ocean. So visitors would need to be wary of any possible volcanic activity. Plus, there's a manmade maze constructed of metal and wooden shipwrecks surrounding Atlas, the mountain Shita is located within. The maze is full of dead ends and booby traps to shake off unwanted visitors. So, if the geothermal vents and caldera aren't scary, then there's that to worry about.

Plus, these deterrents aren't just for practical uses either. The caldera and shipwrecks surrounding Atlas and Shita are meant to make the location look either too dangerous or too mundane to warrant any sort of investigation. This helps keeps many Marines away, in case they become suspicious of the Log Pose's needle pointing down toward the ocean floor.

If you can work past all of that, then all you need to do is safely traverse through the caves within Atlas to reach the interior of the mountain, which is hollowed out to give Shita enough room to exist. While it sounds nigh-impossible, and yes, it's staggeringly difficult to pull all this off successfully (as the shipwrecks have shown,) if a crew is crazy and/or determined enough, as the Jollys have shown, or if a crew is simply that desperate, then they could still manage to dock at Shita. After all, if it really was impossible to get there, then there wouldn't be constant feedback from the surface world making its way down there.

Hope this was a helpful explanation of the challenges involved in reaching Shita. I'd love to see what kind of adventures you'd have in mind if you decide to have some characters visit it.