Small Fiend (Demon), Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 21 (6d6)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
13 (+1)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
10 (+0)
INT
3 (-4)
WIS
13 (+1)
CHA
10 (+0)
Skills Stealth +7
Damage Resistances Cold, Fire, Lightning
Damage Immunities Poison
Condition Immunities Poisoned
Senses Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 11
Languages --
Challenge 1 (200 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +2
Traits

Pack Tactics. The abyssal scavenger has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the scavenger's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated. 

Death Shriek. When the abyssal scavenger dies, it releases a shriek that calls other scavengers to it. Each abyssal scavenger within 15 ft. of it can use its reaction to make a melee attack if it can hear the scavenger.

Rally. As a bonus action after hitting a creature with a melee attack, the abyssal scavenger allows another scavenger within 30 ft. of it to move up to its speed toward a hostile creature it can see.

Actions

Multiattack. The abyssal scavenger makes two claw attacks.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) slashing damage. 

Description

This demon is small but mean. Gangs of abyssal scavengers usually stalk ahead of evil armies and raiding parties to seek out and eliminate enemy scouts and pickets.

An abyssal scavenger resembles a hairless ape with large hands and feet. Knobs of horn run along the crown of its head and down its spine. Although capable of walking upright, it habitually creeps about on all fours, keeping its body close to the ground.

Abyssal scavengers are thought of as vermin in their native realm - a reputation that inspires these horrors to seek out easy hunting grounds in the mortal world. Creating strength in numbers, a pack of abyssal scavengers can quickly lay waste to even the largest humanoid settlements.

In contrast to many demons, abyssal scavengers consume their kills in order to spawn hatchlings. Normally the appetites of more powerful demons are enough to keep their numbers in check, but an infestation of scavengers in the world can quickly multiply to overwhelm settlements.

These creatures are also known for a deadly side effect of their insatiable appetites. Each scavenger carries a mote of the raw essence of the Abyss within it. If significant numbers of scavengers gather in tight quarters, their abyssal essence can consume them, leaving a portal to any layer of the Abyss in its wake. Such gates rarely last for long, but other demons can take advantage of these crossings to enter the mortal world, and what began as an infestation of relatively weak scavengers can quickly become a full-scale demonic invasion.

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