Is an Acre to much land to give to a party?

[Traab]

It really depends on who is getting the useless land. If you gift the useless land to an existing landowner it is definitely a snub. If you gift it to someone who does not have land, it gives them political power and the right to marry into other noble houses. It is actually a great gift for a rich merchant that would cost the gifting party essentially nothing.

I was actually just thinking this. In and of itself its worthless land. What matters is the implication. You are now a landowner. That puts you up at least a rank or two on most social orders. Yes those with thousands of acres and entire towns to their name will snigger and scoff at your tiny parcel, but you are still moving on up, to the east side. To a deluxe apartment, in the sky (if you have the right spells handy) Which makes you better than a landless vagabond, or a bloody peasant bound to his lords land having to deal with the violence inherent in the system.

Now, if that was the goal of the reward then mission accomplished, it counts as a reward. If the goal was to basically unload some worthless garbage and the heroes were dumb enough to accept it, then not so much. If they are going to either ignore its existence as not worth dealing with then it is a meaningless reward, you might as well declared them to be supreme mugwumps and high muckety mucks of the loyal order of the water buffalo. Its more of a meta game insult because you are "giving" them something that doesnt exist, has no benefit, and is utterly meaningless.