I've started a new session (due to the island travelling bug), but in my previous game I experienced both the helplessness problem and also the green dragon one.
Looking at my current game : crystal collector doesn't seem to give awards (have 27 crystals and it shows as 10/20).
I also noticed in a fight with vikings they got 8 (!!!!) turn guardian angels from their skalds, seems a bit much
Yet I'm still over the moon with some new utterly enjoyable new King's Bounty game, so thanks again for all the work !