How fast can a miner dig out a 5' square of stone?

[Jack Simth]

, but the Druid just picked up WildShape and will bypass this issue in Badger form with no problem.

Not necessarily. Read through the Dire Badger's description closely; the SRD version specifies that it can't get through "solid rock", so tunneling through a granite cliffside by that means is out.

 

[Primitive Screwhead]

In my case there is a small hole leading through the granite face, through which a badger can fit The problem isn't making the hole, its getting inside to open the door! I have yet to encounter a circumstance where the party would be actually willing to dig through a solid rock wall as opposed to other ways around.

Agreed that untrained labor should assist a professional when it comes to tunnelings that are expected to stay a tunnel.

 

[Hypersmurf]

I have yet to encounter a circumstance where the party would be actually willing to dig through a solid rock wall as opposed to other ways around.

The presence of an adamantine weapon in the party could change that awfully quickly

But count yourself lucky. I played in a group where a couple of PCs decided to avoid the door ("It's probably trapped!"), and instead batter down the stacked-rubble fortification filling the breach in the wall beside the door. By shoulder-charging it repeatedly.

Eventually, they rolled sufficiently well on a Strength check to burst through the pile... to find themselves prone inside the wall, surrounded by hobgoblins with crossbows.

Running into a wall over and over again isn't the sneakiest way to break into a building...

-Hyp.

 

[Dryfus]

have a 3rd level druid cast soften earth and stone on it. then it become like clay and would be much easier to dig. a 10ft square area with a depth ofup to 1-4 ft depending on the hardness of the earth or stone your trying to dig into. DM's discretion.