Hex Crystals

You see, when these fascinating objects are changed, we can use them to go from world to world. Imagine that. Possibly the greatest invention of our time, just at our fingerprints. I know I would use it all of the time, and I am sure the same can be said for many, many others. 

- Trigorin, Inventor of Portals to other worlds.

The Hex Crystal is a fascinating material found beneath the land of Villidorm, and around the area of the now-subterranean kingdom known as Veldrum. These crystals are imbued with magical properties, capable of both stealing magic from local areas, and dispensing it. They can be found strewn across the jagged terrain of Veldrum. With bizarre magical properties, they are often seen as a bad omen, except to inventors who have too much ambition or too little sanity. They are often found in a bizarre, six-shaped formation, which is why they are given quite the simple name of a Hex Crystal. Although, some may believe that these crystals hold hexes, thanks to the previously mentioned magical properties, and that a Witch or Warlock had caused them to sap magic from others. They are not edible. It is heavily advised that adventurers should not eat hex crystals, no matter how tasty they look. This information is only emphasised due to it having become a major problem. It has given many who have consumed it very strange problems, including the growing of a tail, in the case of one adventurer. 

History

The Kingdom of Veldrum has been one blessed of fortune. Everybody had just enough to get on by, with some left other. However, this wealth of theirs was only sufficient enough, and it's ruler had demanded that they'd become richer, richer than all of the other kingdoms of Laniwick. Many wars broke out thanks to this, and ultimately the God of Fortune, Cahkrim, had intervened. With his appearance, he had ordered all citizens of Veldrum to leave it, along with the royal family, albeit the King. The King would be imprisoned, shackled beneath the ground with his kingdom, where the gold he has hoarded has become dull and fake, or some having formed into Hex Crystals. In order to negate the chance of others going off to find this hoard of riches. Labyrinthine locations surrounding the area do a well enough job, but there is also many other monsters and beings that were made to defend the area. 

Distribution

Trade & Market

Within Laniwick, where Hex Crystals are much more common, they can be approximately 100 GP, at it's lowest.

Glasses of the Hex Crystals

Wondrous Item, Very Rare (Requires Attunement) 

A pair of glasses, with the rims being made with a thin outline of a Hex Crystal. The user of the glasses creates an area of antimagic, as in the antimagic field spell, in a 20-foot cone. This field can only negate one spell per round of combat. 

Type

Elemental / Molecular

Value

500 GP

Rarity

Rare

Odor

Amber

Taste

Metallic

Color

Iridescent

Common State

Solid