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Im playing Mentak, neighbors with Hacan that has 14 trade goods, never once has the game asked me if I wanted to pillage. I went in the timing settings and didnt see it as an offer.

Am I missing something?

I looked in the logs and apparently the game is just choosing to pillage for me. The ability is a "may" so this feels kind of broken.

SwissQueso wrote: ↑28 July 2026, 13:41 I looked in the logs and apparently the game is just choosing to pillage for me. The ability is a "may" so this feels kind of broken.

On your faction sheet, there should be a button below the Pillage power.

Click it, and you can customize Pillage behavior.

GTSchemer wrote: ↑28 July 2026, 13:58

SwissQueso wrote: ↑28 July 2026, 13:41 I looked in the logs and apparently the game is just choosing to pillage for me. The ability is a "may" so this feels kind of broken.

On your faction sheet, there should be a button below the Pillage power.

Click it, and you can customize Pillage behavior.

Thanks I did miss this.

I’m having a hard time understanding the commodity pillages though, because I thought the effect was only triggered if someone had 3 trade goods.

SwissQueso wrote: ↑28 July 2026, 17:51 I’m having a hard time understanding the commodity pillages though, because I thought the effect was only triggered if someone had 3 trade goods.

You are correct, but Pillage allows Mentak to take a trade good OR a commodity as long as the target player qualifies.

If Mentak wants to be nicer (to avoid making enemies), but still keep the game flowing quickly, they can choose:

"Only for commodity": Mentak will use Pillage if the target has a commodity, since that does not hurt them much. Mentak will automatically skip Pillage if the target has only trade goods.

"Always, prefer commodity": Same as above, but if the target has 0 commodities then Mentak will take the trade good. This is still nicer than always taking a trade good which always hurts the target.

Thank you! I actually never knew all these years you could go after commodities. (Even though it says it on the sheet)