Roland

**Roland** is an NPC found in his home at the southern end of Mill Town. He doesn't look much like an expert in anything ...

## Dialogue

* **Roland:** *The very same! How can I help you, adventurer?*
* **Player:** *Old Many Grady sent me. He wants to prove some ore deposits are sleeping rock elementals.[sic]*
* **Player:** *Do you know anything about how to do that?*
* **Roland:** *Certainly! if you have any ore samples, I can check them for you.*
* **Roland:** *Rock elementals often have hidden rune-like markings as a result of their formation process.*
* **Roland:** *Most people can't see those markings, but my moderately trained eyes can!*
* **Roland:** *...Probably.*
* *(You check your inventory and realize you're missing something.)*
* *(Old Man Grady asked you to have a sample of clay, tin, and copper examined, but you seem to be down a few ores.)*
* **Player:** *On second thought, I'll come back later.*
* **Player:** *I forgot to actually mine the ores out of the deposits...*
* **Roland:** *That's Quite alright! I'm not going anywhere.*
* **Roland:** *Good luck, adventurer!*
* *(\*Ends Dialogue\*)*

***Talk to Roland before interacting with the well***
* *Can you inspect some clay for me?*
	+ *(You give Roland another lump of clay, and he immediately gets to work scrutinizing it.)*
	+ **Roland:** *Looks like you found another promising sample!*
	+ *(He returns the lump of clay back into your possession.)*
	+ **Player:** *Are you sure you're identifying all of this clay correctly?*
	+ **Player:** *They can't all have marking on them, right?[sic]*
	+ **Roland:** *I'm sixty-five percent sure that the clay you've shown me so far has markings!*
	+ **Roland:** *Trust me, I'm a self-proclaimed expert!*
	+ *(\*Ends Dialogue\*)*
* *Can you inspect some clay for me? (Without clay in inventory)*
	+ **Roland:** *I'd be happy to! Give it here.*
	+ *(The two of you stand in awkward silence for several painful seconds before you speak up.)*
	+ **Player:** *I think I left the clay in the ore deposit...*
	+ **Roland:** *That poses a bit a problem.[sic]*
	+ **Roland:** *I can't inspect clay you don't have.*
	+ **Roland:** *...Or can I?*
	+ *(Roland gets lost in thought, pondering this intriguing possibility.)*
	+ *(\*Ends Dialogue\*)*
* *Do you have any more magic elixirs I can borrow?*
	+ **Roland:** *Trust me, I have more of that stuff than I'll be able to use...*
	+ **Roland:** *Mostly because I haven't found a use for it until just now.*
	+ *(Roland gives you a new bottle of magic elixir.)*
	+ *(\*Ends Dialogue\*)*
* *Do you have any more magic elixirs I can borrow? (Player is holding one)*
	+ **Roland:** *Oh yes, I have more bottles of that stuff than I can count.*
	+ **Roland:** *But the experiment only requires one bottle of magic elixir, and you appear to already have one on hand.*
	+ *(\*Ends Dialogue\*)*
* *How do I awaken a sleeping elemental?*
	+ **Roland:** *Before I go on, I just want to reinforce that I'm only mostly sure this experiment will work.*
	+ **Roland:** *Now that that's out of the way, you're going to need a magic elixir, a lump of runic clay, and a limited edition fire card.*
	+ **Roland:** *I can supply the magic elixirs.*
	+ **Roland:** *If you mine some standard quality clay, you can bring it to me and I'll check it for hidden elemental runes.*
	+ **Roland:** *Lastly, I heard the goblins camping just outside of town are in possession of some stolen limited edition fire cards.*
	+ **Roland:** *Once you have everything, go ahead and add it all to the well on the other side of the fence.*
	+ **Roland:** *If the experiment goes according to plan, the clay should reveal itself as an elemental.*
	+ *(\*Ends Dialogue\*)*
* *Goodbye.*
	+ **Roland:** *Good luck with the experiment, adventurer!*
	+ *(\*Ends Dialogue\*)*

***Talking to Roland after obtaining the Baby Rock Elemental***
* **Roland:** *So, how did it go?*
* **Player:** *You were right! The clay actually woke up as a baby rock elemental!*
* **Roland:** *Wait, seriously?! I was right?!*
* **Player:** *...*
* **Roland:** *I mean- Of course I was right!*
* **Roland:** *I'm an expert after all!*
* *(Roland suddenly seemed to remember something important.)*
* **Roland:** *Oh, right! You should show Grady what you found.*
* **Roland:** *He'll be thrilled about this!*
* **Player:** *I will! Thanks for all your assistance!*
* *(\*Ends Dialogue\*)*