b'Kalke \n'b'  Small   fiend ,  neutral evil  \n'b'  Armor Class  14 (natural armor)  Hit Points  18 (4d6 + 4)  Speed  30 ft., climb 30 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 8 (-1) DEX:  14 (+2)  CON:  12 (+1)  INT:  13 (+1)  WIS:  7 (-2)  CHA:  13 (+1)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Skills   Perception  +0,  Sleight of Hand  +4,  Stealth  +4  Damage Resistances  poison  Senses   darkvision  120 ft., passive  Perception  10  Languages  Abyssal, Common, Infernal  Challenge  1/4 (50 XP)  Proficiency Bonus  +2 \n'b' SPECIAL TRAITS \n'b'\n'b'  Magic Resistance . The kalke has advantage on saving throws against spells and magical effects. \n'b'  Sense Magic . The kalke senses magic within 120 feet of it at will and can sense the general direction of spells being cast within 1 mile of it. This trait otherwise works like the  detect magic  spell but isn\xe2\x80\x99t itself magical. \n'b'\n'b' ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Slam .  Melee Weapon Attack : +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 4 (1d4 + 2) bludgeoning damage. \n'b'  Use Magic Item (Recharge 5\xe2\x80\x936) . The kalke activates a magic item in its possession and can ignore all class, race, and level requirements on the item. The kalke must make a DC 11  Intelligence  saving throw. On a success, the item activates normally. On a failure, the item doesn\xe2\x80\x99t activate and can\xe2\x80\x99t be used again until the next dawn. If the kalke fails the saving throw by 5 or more, it causes a magical backlash. Each creature within 5 feet of the kalke, including the kalke, must make a DC 11  Dexterity  saving throw, taking 5 (2d4) force damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. \n'b'\n'b' BONUS ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Nimble Escape . The kalke takes the  Disengage  or  Hide  action. \n'b'\n'b' ABOUT \n'b' Combining the head of a goat and the body of a monkey, this creature exhibits the social grace of a baboon with the pretensions of a scholar. \n'b' Fiendish pests that infest derelict wizards\xe2\x80\x99 towers and laboratories, the kalkes are either the by-product of botched gates into the lower realms or the personification of an evil deity\xe2\x80\x99s contempt for wizards. All kalkes act with the arrogance of magi while having the social characteristics of baboons. \n'b' Being of fiendish blood, kalkes do not age. Though lacking any formal spellcasting ability, all kalkes can produce magical effects through the dramatic mumming of largely spontaneous and unstudied rituals. \n'b' Hoard Magical Paraphernalia. The drive to produce ever more fanciful rituals gives a kalke the compulsion to accumulate spell components, magical foci, and other occult paraphernalia. \n'b' Although these objects serve no purpose, the kalkes seek out spellcasters in their vicinity and steal any paraphernalia they can find. Because they have no ability to distinguish what\xe2\x80\x99s magically useful from what isn\xe2\x80\x99t, they grab any jewelry, pouches, sticks, or ornate objects they uncover. \n'b'  Perform Rituals . Troops of kalkes inhabit trees, caverns, and ruins around sites of significant magical activity. Twice a month, or more during major astrological and seasonal events, the kalkes gather to perform\xe2\x80\x94by way of dance, chanting, and sacrifice\xe2\x80\x94an imagined rite of great magic. The effort has an equal chance of achieving nothing whatsoever, causing dangerous but short-lived misfortunes (snakes raining on the countryside, creatures summoned from the lower planes), or triggering calamities (great fires or floods). \n'b'  Hagglers . The kalkes will return the goods they\xe2\x80\x99ve taken, in exchange for a ransom or fee. These exchanges need to have the outward appearance of being impressively in the kalke\xe2\x80\x99s favor. A particularly generous (or devious) spellcaster may be able to reach an accommodation with a persistent local troop of kalkes.'