Shovel

A shovel was a digging tool that had a curved blade on its end. A very similar tool was the spade. 
==Description==
The ideal shovel had a four-foot-long wooden handle and a curved metal head with a blunt edge, allowing it to carry soil and not be damaged from cutting into heavy earth. These digging and shoveling tools were used by workers and miners across Faerun, Kara-Tur, and Zakhara to excavate dirt, gravel, sand, clay, and other soft or loose materials from the ground. Instead of just being used as a tool, a shovel could also be used as a weapon. Hoes served a similar purpose in breaking up soil, though they were used quite differently.
==Availability==
Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue sold generic and specialized shovels. Basic coal shovels cost 2 gp, gardening and snow shovels cost 3 gp, whilst postholers cost 4 gp each. Small hand spades could be had for only 2 sp.
==Magic==
There were several magical shovels known around the multiverse.
* A mysterious shovel was kept in a chamber of the Hordelands. When touched, the shovel would disappear, having teleported to another chamber and leaving a fireball in its place.
* Shovels could be found on a robe of useful items.
* A miniature version of such a tool was a required material component in casting the dig spell.
==History==
In the , the Magister Galeerie Mulurkrath was killed by a shovel to the head.
The symbol of Fireshear was that of a crossed pickaxe, blade, and shovel.
In Zakhara, the Pick and Shovel Corps was a group of ex-slaves that won their freedom. The "shovels" indicated the dwarf members of the corps.
==Appendix==
===See Also===
* Hoe
===Gallery===
Shovels DDO.jpg|A set of shovels.
ME-Shovel.png|A utilitarian shovel.
Shovel.png|A handy shovel.
ME-Spade.png|A useful spade.
Pack Attack CLB.jpg|To the right, a kobold jumps into battle wielding a shovel as a weapon.
===External Links===
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===References===
Category:Items
Category:Tools
Category:Digging tools
Category:Farming tools
Category:Items from Zakhara
Category:Items from Kara-Tur
Category:Items from Faerûn
Category:Items from Toril
Category:0-24 gold pieces