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Can I choose Consume: Trade if I have no goods or no consume powers?

The designer confirms the Trade bonus needs no consume power; that it is legal with no goods is an inference.

  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2017-07-21
  • Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2009-09-01
  • waxbottle · Community · 2021-08-03

Yes. The action is always legal; if you have no goods the sale simply does nothing, and with a good but no consume powers you can still sell one. The designer commented that calling Trade without goods is a known gamble.

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