Skipping this NPC in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s Act 1 has tragic consequences Larian StudiosHere\u2019s what happens in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 if you ignore this particular NPC in Act 1, located near the Emerald Grove. You\u2019ll first meet Rolan upon entering the Emerald Grove area in Act 1 of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 \u2014 just before the sword training area where you\u2019ll find Wyll. The Tiefling wizard can be seen arguing with his two siblings, Lia and Cal, around the left side of the entrance. But with so many other characters and NPCs running around the place, and given that he has no quest marker, the NPC can be easily missed during your playthrough. An act as simple as not talking to him can lead to heartbreaking consequences if you\u2019re leaning into a Tiefling-heavy story, as one player shared in a Reddit thread. As it turns out, if you miss interacting with Rolan, many of the Tieflings won\u2019t make it to the Last Light Inn. \u201cThere was no Bex, no kids running around. I didn\u2019t have to save Rolan from Shadows. Once I got to Act 3, I heard that Bex was actually dead, and I had to listen to her boyfriend cry about it,\u201d they explained. To make things worse, during the encounter in Sorcerous Sundries in Act 3, Rolan ended up siding with Lorroakan against the player. During this, you won\u2019t even be able to pull off a non-lethal attack, as he\u2019ll stay hostile regardless. Despite starting out rude and selfish, Rolan plays an important part in protecting many of the Tieflings. With him gone, there\u2019s no one to protect the Tiefling refugees. And as if that\u2019s not heartbreaking enough, if you didn\u2019t help him or save his siblings, it\u2019ll be revealed later in Act 3 that he has been abused by Lorroakan. Yet, as pointed out by a player, you won\u2019t be able to save him. This does make sense as since you never help him in the first place, he doesn\u2019t trust you. If you\u2019d like to avoid this outcome, you\u2019ll need to convince him to stay in Act 1 when he\u2019s arguing with his siblings. To do this, you\u2019ll need to succeed in a Persuasion check, which can be tricky depending on your stats. But unless you\u2019re playing Honour Mode, save-scumming is always an option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Skipping this NPC in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s Act 1 has tragic consequences Larian StudiosHere\u2019s what happens in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 if you ignore this particular NPC in Act 1, located near the Emerald Grove. You\u2019ll first meet Rolan upon entering the Emerald Grove area in Act 1 of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 \u2014 just before the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}