I think you may be over-reading the help the gods offer you.
The MC, through the gods or spirits, tells you "what you might do to bring it to pass." Another way to read that is, the MC tells you what you'll have to do to bring it to pass.
"I want to become king." "Well, to bring that to pass, you might raise an army and march on the existing king. We the gods understand that the king has an army of 10,000, so you'll need at least that many soldiers of your own. There'll be legal difficulties after you win, supposing that you win at all, but set those aside for now. To start, yes, you'll want 10,000 soldiers. Do you have a plan to get them?"
-Vincent