Overheard at the Stone’s Sorcerer Inn at Basilisk Bluff

“Lost one of my pigs yesterday. Again.” Cassius announced sourly to the table. There’d been a cold, soaking rain all day, making it a bad one for trying to bring in the harvest. The main room at the Stone’s Sorcerer was correspondingly overfull and stifling. “Not gonna make it through the winter if it keeps going like this, damn Gozreh’s smelly, frigid breath!”

Ecology of the Ankheg

The ankheg is a large, magical beast that can most often be found in plains and savannas. These burrowing creatures are insect-like, with six legs and a head similar to a mantis. They can dig through soil, sand, and gravel, but not stone. Adults can grow to the size of a horse, and females are larger than males.