Mining, Gathering Skill

Mining allows you to obtain ores.
To mine ore, you first have to find where it's located. Ores can typically be found in caves, ranging from close to the surface to deep underground. Having a higher Mining level will allow you to mine more valuable ores.
Mining Process
You can mine once per long rest. This activity takes 1 hour. For every +5 you beat the DC of the ore by, you get an extra one of it.
Sometimes, a lucky miner will dig up a precious gem. These gems can be sold for coin or crafted into fine jewelry. Your Mining level determines what gems you can find. When you successfully mine an ore, roll percentile dice. If you roll a 95% or higher, you mine a gem along with your ore. 

• Roll 1d20 on the Gems table to obtain 1 precious gem. Find the ore you’d like to mine. The DM determines if there is ore in a mine or cave, and of what type.
• Roll an Athletics skill check. If your roll equals or exceeds the ore's DC, you mine the ore.
• Roll 1d4 to determine the quantity of ores you obtain. You gain Mining XP equal to the level of the ore you obtained + your current Mining level (If you fail to mine an ore, you instead gain 1d4-1 Mining XP and the vein is destroyed).

Information on Ores/Clarification on Failing Mining Checks
Each chunk of ore weighs 5 lbs. If you fail a Mining check, you lose the ore and cannot make anymore checks for that ore because the vein is now destroyed.
Pick, Miner's +1
Tool, Uncommon

• This pick allows you to add a +1 to any Mining skill check you make to mine ores.

Pick, Miner's +2
Tool, Rare

• This pick allows you to add a +2 to any Mining skill check you make to mine ores.

Pick, Miner's +3
Tool, Very Rare

• This pick allows you to add a +3 to any Mining skill check you make to mine ores.

Pick, Miner's (Fine)
Tool, Common

• A tool made of good quality metal (Smithing level 2). This pick allows you to roll 1d6 when determining the quantity of ores obtained, instead of 1d4.

Pick, Miner's (Superior)
Tool, Uncommon

• A tool made of high quality metal (Smithing level 3). This pick allows you to roll 1d8 when determining the quantity of ores obtained, instead of 1d4.

Pick, Miner's (Superb)
Tool, Uncommon

• A tool made of high quality metal (Smithing level 4). This pick allows you to roll 1d10 when determining the quantity of ores obtained, instead of 1d4.

Pick, Miner's (Supreme)
Tool, Uncommon

• A tool made of high quality metal (Smithing level 5). This pick allows you to roll 1d12 when determining the quantity of ores obtained, instead of 1d4.

Rudimentary Ore Locator
Wondrous Item, Rare

• This device looks like a strange compass; circular with a rod pinned by one of its ends in the center. This item had 4 charges and gains 1d4 charges every day at dawn. You may use an action to expend 1 charge. Upon doing so, the rod springs toward the highest DC ore it can detect within a 10 mile radius. It will then vibrate every time it is shaken. The more intense the vibration, the closer you are to the ore it is tracking. Once you come within 50 feet of the ore, this item shuts back off. When off, another charge may be expended to begin tracking an ore again.

Mining in the Local Area
When miners would like to obtain ores without having the entire party follow them into caves, they may spend time searching for ore locally. Typically, this is done when the party is setting up camp or is busy with something else. This adds 2 extra hours to the activity.
The Finding Local Ores table shows the information about finding local ore without manually being in a cave already. All rolls made to find ores in this way are made by rolling an Investigation skill check. If you use the Rudimentary Ore Locator, lower all the DCs by 5. If the player rolls a natural 1 on their Investigation skill check, the DM may decide to incur a small penalty on the player for being alone in the wilderness. A Mining skill check must still be done once the ore has been found to determine if you successfully mine the ore. To mine any ore, you must still have the appropriate Mining level.
Not all ores can be found using this method.
Finding Local Ores

Ore	DC
Copper	8
Tin	8
Coal	10
Iron	12
Silver	15
Orichalcum	18
Thundinite	20
Gold	22
Kinetocite	25

Gems
Gems are beautiful and vibrant stones, many ranging in a variety of colors. These decorative rocks are used in a vast array of things such as elaborate and ornamental crafting, sculpting, construction, and more. Their beauty, rarity, and widespread demand determines their high prices.

Roll	Gem	Value
1-5	Sapphire	2gp
6-8	Emerald	4gp
9-11	Ruby	6gp
12-14	Opal	8gp
15-16	Diamond	1pp
17-18	Onyx	3pp
19	-Dragonstone-	5pp
20	-Xericia-	10pp

Career

Qualifications

14 STR
Pick, Miner’s (2gp– PHB 150)
Dedicated Backpack (2gp– PHB 150)

Career Progression

Level 5

• Character gains use of Darkvision.
• Character gains access to Mining Guilds and knows the location of any important mining areas such as caves and quarries.
• Dwarves and other NPCs who love to mine become friendlier.

Perception

Social Status

Lower Caste

Operations

Tools

Pick, Miner’s (2gp– PHB 150)
Dedicated Backpack (2gp– PHB 150)

Materials

Ore
Ingots

Alternative Names

Prospector

Type

Raw Materials Gathering

Demand

Staple