Underminer’s Pick in Dungeons & Dragons 5e

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Underminer’s Pick

Artisan Tool

Common

This tool can be added to a set of Mason’s Tools or used independently.

This pick is weighted just right to help you swing it again and again. The steel has been forged with Monstrous Chitin, required to make it hard enough to dig through stone without losing it’s edge. This tool will allow anyone to attempt to mine, but those with Mason’s Tools proficiency may add their proficiency bonus to these checks.

Attempt	DC
Mine through 5ft of rock (2 hours)*	14 (Str)
Mine from a Surface Vein (2 hours)*	15 (Str)
Mine from a Deep Vein (2 hours)*	17 (Str)
Determine Vein Quality (1 minute)	13 (Int)
Discover a Gemstone Pocket	23 (Wis)
Discover an Infused Magic Pocket	27 (Cha)

*Gain one level of Exhaustion from mining. It is backbreaking work. But these checks can be made without requiring proficiency.

Surface veins are places where the mineral of interest is visible in the stone, the glint and glimmer of the ore or mineral can be seen by the naked eye. Surface veins can be spotted with a DC 16 Perception check.

Deep veins are places where the mineral is not visible, the vein does not actually touch the surface of the rock. But to a trained eye there are signs. Particular ways the geology reveals its secrets and lets you know that a deep vein, previously undiscovered, is between 5 and 30 feet into the stone. These can only be detected by magical means or a Mason’s Tools check with Intelligence, DC 18.

Cost: 25 gp
Weight: 10 lbs

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