Ankheg

Ankhegs were large insectoid creatures that lived underground.

Appearance
Ankhegs were large 8-9 foot long cockroach like creatures with long antennae. The length of the body consisted of segmented armor like plates held together by hard yellowish muscle sinew. Several legs protruded out of its body, of these their front pair had been adapted with sharp hooks for burrowing and for grasping prey. Their heads had large powerful mandibles could snap a small tree in half, and their throat contained a watermelon sized sack from which a dark green acid was produced for spitting out at prey. These creatures had light green blood.

Abilities

 * Senses: Darkvision, Tremorsense
 * Attacks:
 * Bite: The Ankheg can make a bite attack that deals slashing damage and additional acid damage.
 * Acid Spray: The Ankheg can spit acid in a 30 foot long 5 foot wide line.

Known Ankhegs
Vox Machina fought an ankheg colony in Korshad's platinum mines.

Useful Components

 * The hard yellowish muscle sinew and tendons under its segmented chitinous armor could be used to make strong cord.
 * Watermelon sized acid producing sacs.

While the Mighty Nein was heading north from Hupperdook towards Shady Creek Run in an effort to catch the Iron Shepherds and rescue Jester, Fjord, and Yasha from enslavement, they decided to not take the path through towards the crossroads but instead take the presumed quicker path around the forest. Making their way around the forest they discovered an abandoned homestead that was around 200 feet from the northern edge of the thicket. This one story farmhouse had a partially collapsed roof on one side, around three to four rooms within, and jagged broken pane glass windows. Although the interior of the house was a disarray of mildew, rotten and partly burnt furniture, investigating the space Nott was able to find, 5 torches, a rusted yet functional handaxe, and a partially filled broken oil lantern, from which she filed one of her unused flasks with its oil. Discovered by Molly, was a small scared and pockmarked iron simble to the Pelor a top the fireplace mantle as a place of worship. Noticeably the wood around the fireplace and stone was similarly damage to to the symbol, in that it was strangely smoothed over. Making camp the party prepared to take a rest, when sensing localized rumbling and the horses being distressed, the party was assaulted by group of ankheg that emerged out of the ground and spit acid at their horses, leading two of these to be put either down or killed outright.