Questions on Hero-Quest rewards / blessings

[dharthoorn]

Heroquest rewards never throw around any numbers whatsoever so I'm left guessing what the actual effect was. I have many questions and hopefully someone has some answers. The KoDP Wiki seems to be as clueless as I am.

Do they stack?
Are they temporary or permanent?
Does the effect always manifest itself or is it just random?
Are the effects fixed or variable?

Blessings like;
- Uralda's "Gain dominion over bulls and bull-headed people"
- Orlanth's "Make dragonewts fear your clan"
- Ernalda's "Make the cows healthier"
and many more...

It's all really *really* vague and while it may be partially intended along the lines of "The Gods are fickle blah blah" that's about as helpful to me as saying "I have no idea, I also just fumble in the dark and hope for the best".

Elementary information as to how much or how long is no luxury IMHO.

If the game were easier to decompile/mod I would dig around in the code but alas it's a stubborn tangled web and not a neat database.

[david]

Have you checked the manual? “…succeeding with any heroquest … provides a basic magical benefit corresponding to the quest. These basic benefits generally last three years (unlike the specific benefits you choose, which are often permanent). The basic benefits are never cumulative, so performing the same quest twice in a three-year span won’t get you double the benefit, though it could provide you with two specific benefits.”

[dharthoorn]

Thanks for your quick reply.

Originally posted by david:

provides a basic magical benefit corresponding to the quest. These basic benefits generally last three years.

In the case of Ernalda you mean the cattle fertility and disease reduction?
True, the wiki (and also manual) says these secondary benefits last 3 years, I do remember reading that. I believe the game UI tells you this also at least for some of these.
For me, these secondary effects are rarely the motivation for doing the quests and it would be nice to have actual numbers or UI tooltips notifying that they are (still) active and providing benefit, and if so, how much.

As for the actual chosen rewards I quoted in my previous post you can confirm they are permanent buffs? Well, you said "often" which means there are certain exceptions. Can you eleborate on that?

PS: I do like the game very much and allow me to explain why I ask these questions;
The game challenges the player to be intuitive in their decisions more often than not. As a typical "numbers guy" this sometimes frustrates me. Most, if not all (grand) strategy bombards the player with stats and numbers on which to base their decisions. While I do realise KoDP is not a grand strategy game I am convinced a bit more info would be very pleasing to many.