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An ankheg ( ),〔Mentzer, Frank. "Ay pronunseeAY shun gyd" ''Dragon'' #93 (TSR, 1985)〕 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. ==Publication history== Erol Otus originally named the creature the "anhkheg" and submitted the first artwork and writeup of it prior to joining TSR.〔(An interview with fantasy artist Erol Otus )〕 This first version appeared in the "Creature Features" column in ''Dragon'' #5 (March 1977).〔Otus, Erol. "Creature Features." ''Dragon'' #5 (TSR, 1977)〕 The ankheg appeared in the first edition in the original ''Monster Manual'' (1977).〔Gygax, Gary. ''Monster Manual'' (TSR, 1977)〕 The creature was detailed in "The Ecology of the Ahnkheg" in ''Dragon'' #117 (January 1987).〔Feil, Mark. "Ecology of the Ankheg." ''Dragon'' #117 (TSR, 1987)〕 The ankheg appeared in the second edition in ''Monstrous Compendium Volume Two'' (1989),〔Cook, David, et al. ''Monstrous Compendium Volume Two'' (TSR, 1989)〕 which was reprinted in the ''Monstrous Manual'' (1993).〔Stewart, Doug, ed. ''Monstrous Manual'' (TSR, 1993)〕 The ankheg appeared in the third edition in the ''Monster Manual'' (2000),〔Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. ''Monster Manual'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2000)〕 and then in the revised 3.5 ''Monster Manual'' (2003). The ankheg appeared in the fourth edition in ''Monster Manual 2'' (2009). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ankheg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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