I've heard that completing this gives a bonus to stats (possibly attack) ala DoN progression. Anyone have any idea if this is the case?
Not to be confused with Journeymans' Speed, full completion of the Hero's journey sub tabs yield a reward Hero's Sigil of the Council ( http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=114345 ) An AE DoT and resist debuff clicky that can be used every 5 minutes! Breath of the Council 1: Decrease HP when cast by 3684 2: Decrease Hitpoints by 1848 per tick (4 ticks) 3: Add effect: Haze of the Council Haze of the Council 3: Decrease All Resists by 25 (10 ticks) Related threads: https://forums.station.sony.com/eq/index.php?threads/completed-heros-journey.210110/#post-3079479 https://forums.station.sony.com/eq/index.php?threads/enchant-palladium-are-you-kidding-me.209677/ etc
It's not. I think I know what you are confusing it with. Completing Savior (all quests and missions) and Challenger (all achievements in missions) in CotF zones ears you Hero's Vitality, Hero's Fortitude and Hero's Resolution AA that increase your stats. Those are not related to Hero's Journey in any way. Just do CotF stuff.
If I am reading the spell data correctly, the illusions (there are six of them that the Shroud can cast) are standard racial illusions and do not have faction mods. That doesn't mean that they have no affect on how various NPC's will react to you, but it will vary from NPC to NPC based on the NPC's racial preferences. The Shroud of the Council (the back slot item) seems to have a +100 faction modifier when it is worn for what I believe is the Circle of the Crystalwing faction (again, if I am reading the data correctly).