Pickaxe of Piercing (Magic Axe)

This rare item is simply an enchanted, adamantite pickaxe, used in mining, it does 1d6+2 damage (2d6 against larger than human-sized creatures), and has a special property-it can pierce magical defenses. A creature with a high (20% or more), natural resistance to magic (such as a dragon of advanced age) suffers a temporary 10% loss of personal magic resistance, lasting for one full turn, after suffering a blow from a pickaxe of piercing. Such losses are cumulative-three blows of a pickaxe of piercing robs a creature of 30% magic resistance. This loss is always temporary, even if the creature's resistance drops to zero. (A pickaxe of piercing does not cause negative magic resistance.)
Besides shattering dragon scales, armor, or solid rock, and sundering magic resistance, the pointed, double-ended head of a pickaxe of piercing is also effective against magical barriers of all sorts-walls, shells, spheres and mantles. Each contact between the head of the pickaxe and a barrier has a 10% chance (not cumulative) of causing the magical field to instantly collapse, dispelled. If the field survives, it is unharmed, and has normal effects. A single field can only be tested once per round by a single pickaxe of piercing, but multiple blows force multiple checks.
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