Now I know Prisoners and captures are suggested every other day but I'm thinking more about targeting specific npc's like a bandit leader or something and taking them as a prisoner which you then send to work for a bit until the others in his bandit clan cough up enough cats for you to release him back. Now I'm not sure how this would work but I'm thinking the victims clan would either pay up or elect a new leader and get on in life but fear you more.
Doing this could also attract more frequent attacks as bandits try to get their boss back and avoid paying money.
I don't know the community's and chis's opinions or whether this is suggested before if so sorry I couldn't find this in previous posts.