Dwarven Mining Pick

Dwarven Mining Pick is a common tool in Landorya. Its known origin is The Ironpeak Pick is produced in bulk by the guild-forges of the Dwarves of the Iron Mountains, following a standardised pattern codified by Master Smith Dolgrun Ashvein during the Age of the Second Delve, a period of aggressive expansion into the lower strata. Each pick is quench-hardened in mineral-rich mountain spring water and etched with a single ward-rune to give even the humblest miner a reliable edge against the punishing rock of the Deep Earth.. Its most cited abilities include Strikes true against natural stone and ore veins, reducing excavation effort by half compared to non-Dwarven tools., The rune-stamped head faintly warms when within ten feet of a significant ore deposit, acting as a rudimentary dowsing instrument., and Resists corrosion and dulling even when used in the acid-laced tunnels of the Deep Earth, lasting years without re-tempering..

For centuries the Ironpeak Pick has been the backbone of Dwarven extraction operations, equipping the vast labour gangs that cut the Grand Ore-Road linking the upper forges to the Deepvault Seams. During the Tremor Wars, when the Talamhari rose against Dwarven tunnelling that breached sacred earth-lines, thousands of these picks were repurposed as makeshift weapons by miners caught underground, their rune-hardened heads proving stubbornly effective against earthen constructs. Traders from the Desert Scholars' caravans began smuggling the picks out of the Iron Mountains for resale, prizing the ore-sensing warmth for prospecting in the Sunscald Badlands. Today, Ironpeak Picks can be found from the market stalls of human frontier towns to the deepest Gnomish excavation sites, though the Dwarven guilds fiercely pursue any forge caught producing unlicensed copies.