Ankheg

Ankheg
Characteristics
Alignment	Neutral
Type	Magical beast
Image	Wizards.com image
Stats	Open Game License stats
Publication history
Source books	Monster Manual

An ankheg (/ˈæŋkɛɡ/ ANG-keg), also spelled anhkheg, is a type of fictional monster in the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game. An ankheg is described as a monstrous arthropod magical beast. The ahnkheg was created by artist Erol Otus and first appeared in Dragon magazine in 1977. The ankheg appeared soon after in the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game's original Monster Manual sourcebook, and subsequently appeared in the game's second edition, third edition, and fourth edition.

Erol Otus originally named the creature the "anhkheg" and submitted the first artwork and writeup of it prior to joining TSR. This first version appeared in the "Creature Features" column in Dragon #5 (March 1977).

The ankheg appeared in the first edition in the original Monster Manual (1977). The creature was detailed in "The Ecology of the Ahnkheg" in Dragon #117 (January 1987).

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