What They Don't Tell You About Ankhegs - D&D

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[MrRhexx]

There's lots of dope stuff in there as well! Thank you so much for the support

Also, sorry for the constant peaking on the microphone - and the way too overhyped narration hahah. I was recently prescribed Adderall and this was my first recording with it 😓 i had way too much energy. Will do recordings in the future without it.

[backcountry]

Correction- in AD&D the Ankhegs visions wasn't 12 feet, it was 12 INCHES. Distance in 1e was a carry over from wargaming and was expressed in inches. One inch was equal to 10 yards outside or 10 feet inside. So the original Ankheg actually had pretty good vision.

[jeffreycarlson]

*Looks at Ankheg stat block and physiology*
*Looks at Thri-kreen stat block and physiology*
*Sudden urge to have insectoid knights charging at my players intensified*

[cfakatsuki]

The ankheg is everything the bugbear advertises itself to be, it is a bug… the size and ferocity of a bear

[Klint_Izwudd]

Whoever wrote this definitely owned a tarantula. The moulting, breeding and conservation of venom which also acts as their digestion is just spot on. Although they also resemble vinegaroons in some ways.

[davidfurtado]

Ankheg was the first monster I faced in D&D, about 25 years ago. The paladin rolled the lowest Moving Silently in the party and got attacked... and ended up dying. My friend (playing the paladin) had been using the character for a long time and went to cry in the toilet. That's when I realised how immersive RPG can be. [Our party was two Rogues, 1 Paladin, 1 Ranger (me)]

[Spacemongerr]

Most important fact: They can give you a ton of xp if you go north before going to Beregost and the Nashkel mines

[roumonada]

6:12 That position is actually called "supine". Laying on the back. Prone is laying on the belly. So the monster manual is actually describing flipping the monster into a supine position in order to attack its belly, where the armor is weak.

[Alinias]

The 5e art always makes me think of a chunkier Hydralisk from Starcraft.

Some Zerg homebrew monsters would be cool now that I think about it.

[ChaucersKnight]

Just a quick note Mr. Rhexx - 6" and 12" are 60 feet and 120 feet in 1st Edition D&D for indoors, 60 yards and 120 yards outdoors.

[lostbutfreesoul]

The original Boulders Gate was my first encounter with one.
I have loved them ever since, they are just... well suited.

[redstoneraptor]

I liked the animations for this episode a lot! Very nice combination of animated scenes to get visuals across along with static images for an impressive array of artwork.

[clericofchaos]

They also don't tell you that Yeenoghu keeps two of them as pets. One is called Mr. Bitey and the other is called Paul.

[starhalv]

If you played Baldur's Gate,
then you remember these shits and their battle tactics. And the image at 3:50 is gonna give you flashbacks (Unless you waited until after Nashkel before doing that quest).

*burrows behind you* "nothing personal, kid" *one-shots your character*

I love them.

[RealSaintB]

My favorite Ankheg memory is when the PC's were hired by a circus to reclaim a stolen giant hamster from a clan of Kobolds that lived in the city sewers. Instead of attacking the kobold clan outright they decided to try and parlay and make some kind of exchange for the hamster. The kobold's leader said that if they could bring him a live war turtle to use as a mount he would give them the hamster. One of the kobold's guided them to where they could find the 'war turtles' and it was a nest of ankhegs! For several glorious rounds of combat the PC's scrambled to protect themselves from ankheg attacks without harming them while the ranger used a Ring of Animal Friendship to finally charm one of them, it took his very last charge to accomplish the feat. The kobold's were suitably impressed with their ankheg wrangling skills and turned over the hamster, but then their leader wanted to try out his new mount and the PCs had to fight him and his ankheg anyway, but his warriors refused to reneg on their deal and didn't fight the PCs, which left their boss to fight (and die) on his own. The kobolds then became uneasy allies to the party.

[rossiletopsrg]

Ankhegs... the armored wolves of D&D!!!

[ricozx]

I really liked the cartoon battle effect from top down. It looked almost like a video game.

[larvay]

LETS GO!!! Whenever I get a notification for a new MrRhexx video, I'm immediately put into a better mood. This content is so good. I even showed my 60 year old mother your content before going to watch the Honor Amongst Thieves movie, and she said she understood the movie better because of it.

[DimitriFilichkin]

I've started many a campaign with a simple Ankheg fight. Sometimes it's just an ambush on the road, sometimes it's a main quest for a new party. One time the party arrived at the homestead of a farmer in response to a posting at the local inn's work board requesting hunters for a monster killing the livestock, and arrive to find the halfing farmer standing on the roof shouting at them to 'Get off the ground for the love of the gods!" Just as they noticed the funnel shaped, blood soaked hole next to the horse feeder beside them, it attacked.

[chronochrome]

Legitimately one of the most interesting homebrew compendiums I've seen in a while. Fascinated to check it out.