b'Demon, Alpha Yek \n'b'  Family:   Demons  \n'b' With a flattened, lupine face and skin pulled taut over its skeletal frame, the creature is terrible to behold. It wears entrails and bones of previous victims over its dark red fur and has black spikes jutting from its spine. \n'b'  Medium   fiend  (demon),  chaotic evil  \n'b'  Armor Class  16 (natural armor)  Hit Points  129 (16d8 + 48)  Speed  30 ft., climb 30 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 16 (+3) DEX:  16 (+3)  CON:  16 (+3)  INT:  15 (+2)  WIS:  13 (+1)  CHA:  10 (+0)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'     Saving Throws   Strength  +7,  Dexterity  +7,  Constitution  +7,  Intelligence  +6  Skills   Perception  +5,  Stealth  +7  Damage Resistances  cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks  Damage Immunities  poison  Condition Immunities   poisoned   Senses   darkvision  120 ft., passive  Perception  15  Languages  Abyssal, telepathy 120 ft.  Challenge  9 (5,000 XP) \n'b' Special Traits \n'b'   Magic Resistance . The yek has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. \n'b'  Pack Tactics . The yek has advantage on  attack  rolls against a creature if at least one of the yek\xe2\x80\x99s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn\xe2\x80\x99t incapacitated. \n'b'  Actions \n'b'   Multiattack . The alpha yek makes one bite  attack  and two claw attacks. It can make a bone shard attack in place of a claw attack if it has a bone shard available. \n'b'  Bite .  Melee Weapon Attack : +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 17 (4d6 + 3) piercing damage. \n'b'  Claw .  Melee Weapon Attack : +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 13 (4d4 + 3) slashing damage. \n'b'  Bone Shard .  Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack : +7 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target.  Hit : 8 (2d4 + 3) piercing damage and the target must make a DC 17  Constitution  saving throw. On a failure, a piece of the bone breaks and sticks in the target\xe2\x80\x99s wound. The target takes 5 (2d4) piercing damage at the start of each of its turns as long as the bone remains lodged in its wound. A creature, including the target, can take its action to remove the bone by succeeding on a DC 15  Wisdom  ( Medicine ) check. The bone also falls out of the wound if the target receives magical  healing . A yek typically carries 3 (1d6) bone shards, which are destroyed on a successful hit. It can use its action to tear a bone shard from a corpse within 5 feet. \n'b'  About \n'b'  Pack of Cannibals . Yek are loathsome fiends, hated by other demons because of their cannibalistic tendencies. They are creatures that do not care what flesh they feed upon but prefer it to be raw and wriggling. Though vicious fighters alone, they are rarely encountered without their pack. Even the most powerful of fiends can be brought down by a pack of yek. \n'b'  Pack Loyalties . The lesser yek demons are completely subservient to their pack leader, sometimes called the alpha yek, and follow that leader\xe2\x80\x99s direction in all things. This includes targets to attack, to which demon lord to swear obeisance, and when to betray one demonic warlord for another. They always move together as a group, directed by the strongest. When a yek pack leader is slain, the lesser yek scatter in complete disarray. \n'b' They choose another leader within a few days, celebrating the occasion with an unholy feast. Some demonologists have confirmed that the weakest member of the pack is devoured by the new leader during this feast. \n'b' While yek demons usually choose their own masters, they are among the most mercenary of demons and can be bargained with to a greater degree than most. An evil spellcaster can perform a yek summoning ritual (its details shared among malign warlords and wizards) offering \xe2\x80\x9cblood and bone and a stream of rich and constant plunder\xe2\x80\x9d to the demons\xe2\x80\x99 pack leader, in exchange for service against a particular foe. If the plunder and cartloads of bone are not forthcoming (as, for instance, when a foe withdraws from the battlefield), the yek demons invariably take their fee out of their summoner or that summoner\xe2\x80\x99s troops and followers. \n'b' This practice sometimes spreads to merely rapacious and opportunistic armies seeking an edge. For instance, in a controversial move, the armies of the Dragon Empire have begun using yek as shock troops, summoning the fiends behind enemy lines and letting them do the dirty work.'