Re: COMMENT THREAD 3
A dig spell enables the caster to excavate 125 cubic feet of earth, sand, or mud per round (i.e., a cubic hole 5 feet on a side). In later rounds the caster can expand an existing hole or start a new one. The material thrown from the excavation scatters evenly around the pit. If the wizard continues downward past 20 feet in earth, there is a 15% chance that the pit collapses. This check is made for every 5 feet dug beyond 20 feet. Sand tends to collapse after 10 feet, mud fills in and collapses after 5 feet, and quicksand fills in as rapidly as it is dug.
It appears that the spell allows you to keep excavating, so I think the answer to this is normally "yes," although breath will have to be expended. However, on the other hand, the floor here is no longer "earth, sand or mud," but is a stone room with stone floors and walls, unlike the tunnel you just came from. So I don't see it working inside the building area, but could continue to work outside it--anyplace there is earth, sand or mud. (As a metagame note, you may need to enter the northern area at some point--emphasis on "may")