09-25-2015, 01:34 PM
OOC - It's not about thickness or HP; more like about doing hard labour with a tool not designed to do that job. Forks, spoons and chopsticks are all effective in attacking food but which one is most effective depends on the nature of the food. Even if you "kill" the stone you won't obliterate it-- just break it into pebbles.
The peephole is enough for the dwarf to have a tight look on the other corridor; still it's sufficient to use that place as the destination of a dimension door spell.
It would probably take about half an hour of continuous pounding with this weapon to break the stone and about two more hours to move the heap of pebbles. A pick or a shovel would speed up these latter two hours significantly. As Torin cautiously works on the stone for about ten minutes he can see that as some of the stone is moved more collapses from above. There's no telling how much would flood in if the ceiling gave way. Based on his underground experience it would probably take support beams and other mining equipment to safely carve a passage through this blockade.
The peephole is enough for the dwarf to have a tight look on the other corridor; still it's sufficient to use that place as the destination of a dimension door spell.
It would probably take about half an hour of continuous pounding with this weapon to break the stone and about two more hours to move the heap of pebbles. A pick or a shovel would speed up these latter two hours significantly. As Torin cautiously works on the stone for about ten minutes he can see that as some of the stone is moved more collapses from above. There's no telling how much would flood in if the ceiling gave way. Based on his underground experience it would probably take support beams and other mining equipment to safely carve a passage through this blockade.
