Descent into the Underdark

The wizard, interrupted from his musings glares at Ander then Ishzu then stops at the mention of "psychic crystals". What?!? Are you daft? Get a gaggle of untutored menial workers together around a large concentrations of crystalized thought? Are you mad?

He continues his rant as he marches back towards his tent shouting orders at guards about "sending a runner", "where's that blasted gnome", "You lot, stop slacking and start packing up everything I will need" to the guards who look bemused as the wizard disappears into his tent, then look at the crates of equipment, then to each other. Too slow! booms the wizard as he reappears and with a casual wave of his hand the guards are flung back out of the camp as it erupts into motion. Several crates are empties as invisible hand move things about then loaded back up and ties to sets of transport poles. The guards are rudely moved over to the crates and shoved under the poles.

Nodding his head in satisfaction he glares at the guards not conscripted to being porters and snaps See no one disturbs the area or touches anything. Sound the alarm if there is trouble With a final glare the turns back to face you and smiles.

Lead the way, not time like the present. Off we go.

Or, did I just disrupt weeks of research and my nice comfy camp for a prank and he looks you all over meaningfully.

You return with the wizard who asks for more details and gets the full story by time you reach the cave. There he works with Ishzu to perform a few simple test and grumbles about the rareness and difficulty of the find. Asking everyone to stand back the wizard pulls out two scrolls and with a sigh reads one after the other. The first scroll has no apparent effect at first but then the ground in front of him bulges up, and up, and up. After a moment a massive earth elemental stands before him. Giving it a few instructions the waits for it to mov into the rock face below the crystal formation then reads the second. With that done a large section of the cave wall begins to soften and flow like thick mud.

As the mass flows down into the cave the elemental emerges with a large crystal shaped like a star bigger than any of you. You note that there are several other small fragments in the mud and Fiznik suggest collecting them as they are prime material for crafting many enchantments. After seeing the crystal the wizard seems slightly shocked and performs a few tests before calming down. He proclaims that with the crystal now removed from the stone it will cease growing and after wrapping a few charms on the structure he indicates it should now be safe.

This type of magic is not really my specialty and moving it will be difficult but if we can find the right buyer for it this would sell for quite a bit of money as long as we can keep it intact. You four found it so it is your to do with what you will. Gather up a sack full of the largest of those smaller fragments and I will take that as payment for assisting you. What do you say?

After taking about potential uses for the crystal and the process to move and sell it Fiznik mentions he saw the passage above with natural looking daylight and asks if you have explored where it comes out yet.

Fiznik explains that the crystals are a rare mineral, similar to mithril and adamantium. However there are records that indicate if crystals gain enough magic and grow in specific patterns they can create natural arrays. Metals can do this too but this is less common as the metals tend to be found in seams that are stretched out and do not have the necessary arrangement to form natural magics.

All of the smaller crystals an innately magical, or psionic if you prefer, and can be used in crafting mystical equipments. On their own they are as useful as a lump of unforged mithril. The massive star shaped crystal lattice has formed a simple natural array and so does have some magical properties of its own at this point but that is nothing to what it might achieve if it were to be enchanted further by skilled craftsmen. The charms he put on it are simply isolating it from external mental energies.
If you already have a buyer in mind I will leave it with you. Be aware that those talisman will lose their efficacy within a tenday week or so. If you need moving or shielding it after this I will help but it will cost you.

Now if there are no further questions I really must get back to figuring this thing out and he wanders over to the Matrix Node