Action: Raise your threat by 2 to claim this objective when it is free of encounters. When claimed, attach Gandalf's Map to a hero you control. (Counts as an attachment. If detached, return Gandalf's Map to the staging area.)
Attached hero cannot attack or defend.
Action: Raise your threat by 2 to claim this objective when it is free of encounters. When claimed, attach Dungeon Torch to a hero you control. (Counts as an attachment. If detached, return Dungeon Torch to the staging area.)
Forced: At the end of each round, raise attached hero's controller's threat by 2.
Action: Raise your threat by 2 to claim this objective when it is free of encounters. When claimed, attach Shadow Key to a hero you control. (Counts as an attachment. If detached, return Shadow Key to the staging area.)
Forced: At the end of each round, attached hero suffers 1 damage.
Permanent. Limit 1 per hero.
Forced: After a character you control is destroyed, raise your threat by 1.
Attach to a hero. Restricted.
Action: Exhause Cave Torch to place up to 3 progress tokens on a Dark location.
Forced: After Cave Torch exhausts, discard the top card of the encounter deck. If that card is an enemy, add it to the staging area.
Setup: Add Arnor Ravaged to the staging area with damage on it equal to the amount of damage marked for it in the Campaign Log.
Forced: After an attack damages a character but does not destroy it, move 1 damage from Arnor Ravaged to that character.
Setup: Attach to Thaurdir (even if he is out of play). Otherwise, remove this card from the game.
Forced: After a Sorcery treachery is revealed, move Thaurdir's Legacy to the hero with the most resources. (Counts as a Sorcery attachment with the text: "Attached hero gets -2
and is treated as if its printed text box were blank.")
Setup: Attach to Thaurdir (even if he is out of play). Otherwise, remove this card from the game.
Forced: After a Sorcery treachery is revealed, move Thaurdir's Majests to the hero with the most non-objective attachments. (Counts as a Sorcery attachment with the text: "Attached hero gets -2
and cannot commit to the quest.")
Setup: Attach to Thaurdir (even if he is out of play). Otherwise, remove this card from the game.
Forced: After a Sorcery treachery is revealed, move Thaurdir's Spite to the hero with the most damage. (Counts as a Sorcery attachment with the text: "Attached hero gets -2
and cannot be healed.")
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The first player gains control of Calphon.
Action: Exhaust Calphon to look at the bottom card of your deck. Then you may switch that card with a card in your hand.
If Calphon leaves play, the players lose the game.
If unattached, return Gate Key to the staging and it gains:"Action: Exhaust a hero to claim Gate Key and attach it to that hero."
Action: Exhaust Gate Key and attached hero and spend 3 resources for attached hero's resource pool to look at the facedown side of a Temple of the Deceived location.
Campaign Mode only.
If unattached, return Gate Key to the staging and it gains:"Action: Exhaust a hero to claim Gate Key and attach it to that hero."
Action: Exhaust Gate Key and attached hero to look at the facedown side of a Temple of the Deceived location or secret.
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Immune to player card effects.
If you are on-course (☀️), Dol Amroth Warship gets +2 +2 and +2
Forced: When Dol Amroth Warship is destroyed, set it aside, out of play.
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Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
The Dream-chaser can always be committed to Sailing tests (even if you are not the first player), and counts as 2 characters when committed to a Sailing test.
If the Dream-chaser is destroyed, the players lose the game.
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Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
Raise your starting threat by 3.
Draw 1 additional card during the resource phase.
If the Dawn Start is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
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Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
Draw 1 additional card during the resource phase.
If the Dawn Start is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
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Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
Response: After you play a card with an odd printed cost, add 1 resource to a hero's resource pool. (Limit once per round.)
If the Duskbringer is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
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Immune to player card effects. Ranged.
Action: Discard the top 2 cards of any deck to deal 1 damage to an engaged non-unique enemy. (Limit once per round.)
If the Glórinaith is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
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Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
Reduce the cost of the first ally you play each round by 1.
If the Nárelenya is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
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Campaign Mode only.
Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
Reduce the cost of the first ally you play each round by 1.
If the Nárelenya is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
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Immune to player card effects. Sentinel. Ranged.
Reduce your starting threat by 3.
Each hero you control gets +1
If the Silver Wing is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
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Campaign Mode only.
Immune to player card effects. Sentinel. Ranged.
Reduce your starting threat by 6. Each hero you control gets +1
If the Silver Wing is destroyed, its controller is eliminated from the game.
When Black Key leaves play, remove it from the game.
Attached enemy gets +1
+1 +1 and gainst immune to player card effects.
Forced: At the end of the quest phase, if Captain Sahír is in play, place 1 resource on him for each player in the game.
When Black Key leaves play, remove it from the game.
Attached enemy gets +1 +1 +1 and gains immune to player card effects.
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When Calaerion leaves play, remove him from the game.
Action: Spend 3 resources and exhaust Calaerion to ready the Dream-chaser and give it +1 +1 and +1 until the end of the phase.
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When Calaerion leaves play, remove him from the game.
Response: After a card is discarded from the encounter deck, shuffle it into that deck. (Limit once per round.)
Action: Spend 2 resources and exhaust Calaerion to ready another ally and give it +1 +1 and +1 until the end of the round.
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Surge. Ranged. When Gavin leaves play (other than by his ability), remove him from the game.
Planning Action: Shuffle Gaving and 1 random set-aside Send for Help into the encounter deck.
When Revealed: Put Gavin into play under any player's control commited to the quest. Add 1 resource to Lanwyn's resource pool, if able.
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Immune to player card effects. The Black Sword enters play with 3 resources on it.
Captain Sahír gets +2 and gains indestructible.
Forced: After Captain Sahír attacks for the first time each round, he makes an attack against each other player (in turn order).
Captain Sahír gains indestructible.
Forced: After Captain Sahír attacks for the first time each round, he makes an attack against each other player (in turn order).
Each player's threat cannot be reduced by more than 1 each round.
Forced: After a player draws any number of cards, that player raises their threat by that number.
Resolution: Gain 1 XP.
Each player's threat cannot be reduced.
Forced: After a player draws any number of cards, that player raises their threat by that number.
Forced: After a character is healed or readied by a player card effect, its controller raises their threat by 1.
Resolution: Gain 2 XP.
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The first player gains control of Gildor Inglorion.
Forced: At the end of the round, discard Gildor Inglorion. The first player may spend 1 
resource to cancel this effect.
"We think you had best come now with us."
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Setup: Add Gandalf's Delay to the staging area.
Each player draws 1 less card in his starting hand.
The next day Frodo became really anxious, and kept a constant look–out for Gandalf. Thursday, his birthday morning, dawned as fair and clear as it had long ago for Bilbo's great party. Still Gandalf did not appear.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
Attach to the Ring-bearer. Attached hero cannot be healed.
When attached hero would take any amount of damage, reduce the Ring-bearer's life by an equal amount instead.
If the Ring-bearer's life reaches zero, the players lose the game.
Forced: At the end of the quest phase, remove 1 damage token from Doom, Doom, Doom. Then, if there are no damage tokens here, add The Balrog to the staging area.
Forced: At the end of the quest phase, The Balrog makes an attack if it is in play.
Setup: Add Overcome by Grief to the staging area.
Forced: After a character is destroyed, if Overcome by Grief is unattached, attach to a hero. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text:"Forced: After a character you control is destroyed, exhaust attached hero. Until the end of the round, attached hero cannot ready.")
Setup: Add Grievous Wound to the staging area.
"Forced: After a hero takes damage, if Grievous Wound is unattached, attach to that hero. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Forced: After attached hero exhausts, deal 1 damage to it.")
If Frodo's Choice is discarded, reveal it instead.
When Revealed: Take control of the first player token and the Ring-bearer (and each card attached to it). Attach to the Ring-bearer. For the rest of the game, you cannot lose control of the first player token.
"I will go alone." –Frodo, The Fellowship of the Ring
Setup: The first player claims The One Ring and attaches it to the Ring-bearer.
Attached hero does not count against the hero limit. The first player gains control of attached hero.
If The One Ring leaves play, the players lose the game.
Treat each Captive's text box as blank. Captives are in play but are not under any player's control. If there are no Captives in play, the players lose the game.
Forced: At the end of the refresh phase, increase the pursuit value by 1. Then, if the pursuit value is 30 or greater, the players lose the game.
Add 1 to the total in the staging area for each resource token here.
Forced: At the end of the quest phase, place 1 resource token here.
If there are 8 resource tokens here, add The of Helm's Deep to the victory display and advance to stage 5A.
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While Ent of Fangorn is in the staging area, it gains: "QuestAction: Exhaust a hero you control to discard the top card of the encounter deck. If that hero's is greater than the discarded card's place 1 resource here. Then, if there are 3 resources here, discard them to take control of Ent of Fangorn. Any player may trigger this effect."
Forced: After a player draws any number of cards, Saruman attacks that player. Deal and resolve 2 shadow cards for this attack. Then, remove 1 damage from Saruman.
While Saruman has any hit points remaining, the players cannot win the game.
Forced: At the end of the planning phase, place each Harad enemy in the staging area facedown underneath The Black Gate.
If there are at least X facedown cards underneath The Black Gate, the players lose the game. X is 3 more than the number of players.
Setup: Attach to the Ring-bearer.
Forced: At the end of the planning phase, either raise each player's threat by 1, or exhaust the Ring-bearer.
"It's heavy on me, Sam lad, very heavy. I wonder how far I can carry it?"
-Frodo Baggins, The Two Towers
Setup: The first player claims The One Ring and attaches it to the Ring-bearer.
Attached hero does not count against the hero limit. The first player gains control of attached hero.
If The One Ring leaves play, the players lose the game.
Action: Raise your threat by 2 to claim this objective when it is free of encounters. When claimed, attach Gandalf's Map to a hero you control. (Counts as an attachment. If detached, return Gandalf's Map to the staging area.)
Attached hero cannot attack or defend.
Action: Raise your threat by 2 to claim this objective when it is free of encounters. When claimed, attach Dungeon Torch to a hero you control. (Counts as an attachment. If detached, return Dungeon Torch to the staging area.)
Forced: At the end of each round, raise attached hero's controller's threat by 2.