Travel: Shift your heading off-course to travel here.
Shadow: If this attack deals damage to a Ship objective, shift your heading off-course.
The winds of wrath came driving him, and blindly in the foam he fled...
–The Fellowship of the Ring
When Revealed: Either remove all progress from the current quest and raise each player's threat by 4, or shift your heading-off course.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, shift your heading off-course.
While Rough Waters is in the staging area, cancel the first symbol found during each Sailing test.
Shadow: If you are off course (
, 
, or 
), attacking enemy gets +2 Attack.
While your heading is at the worst setting (), when faced with the option to travel, the players must travel to Waterspout, if able.
Forced: After traveling to Waterspout, deal 4 damage to each Ship objective.
When Revealed: Either shift your heading off-couse, or deal 1 damage to each exhausted character.
Shadow: Excess damage from this attack is dealt to a Ship objective you control.
When Revealed: If you are off-course, deal 1 damage to each character in play. If your heading is at the worst setting (), this effect cannot be canceled.
Shadow: Either shift your heading off-course or treat this attack as undefended.
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Boarding 2. Cannot have attachments.
Each Raider enemy revealed from the Corsair deck by Light Cruiser's boarding keyword enters play with 1 resource on it.
And looking thither they cried in dismay; for black against the glittering stream they beheld a fleet borne up on the wind...
–The Return of the King
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Boarding 3. Cannot have attachments.
While Corsair Warship os om the staging area, it cannot be damaged and gains archery 4.
...ships of great draught with many oars, and with black sails bellying in the breeze.
–The Return of the King
When Revealed: Each player reveals the top card of the Corsair deck and puts it into play, engaged with him.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if you control an exhausted Ship objective).
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While Southron Sailor is engaged with you, each Ship enemy engaged with you contributes its to the total in the staging area.
”There is a great fleet drawing near to the mouths of Anduin, manned by the corsairs of Umbar in the South.”
–Beregond, The Return of the King
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Cunning Pirate gets +1 and +1 for each resource on it.
Forced: When Cunning Pirate engages you, discard an attachment you control and place resources on Cunning Pirate equal to that attachment's printed cost.
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Forced: When Vicious Marauder engages you, discard a random card from your hand and place resources on it equal to that card's printed cost.
Forced: When Vicious Marauder attacks you, distribute damage among characters you control equal to the number of resources on it.
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While you are engaged with Umbar Captain, characters you control cannot attack Ship enemies.
...the strength of the rebels in Umbar was a great peril to Gondor...
–The Return of the King
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Umbar Raider gets +1 for each resource on it.
Forced: After Umbar Raider attacks you, move 1 resource from one of your heroes’ resource pools to Umbar Raider.
“And there men of Lamedon contested the fords with fell folk of Umbar and Harad who had sailed up the river.”
–Legolas, The Return of the King
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Forced: When Corsair Infiltrator attacks, deal it 1 additional shadow card for each resource on it.
Forced: After the engaged player collects resources at the beginning of the resource phase, that player moves 1 resource from one of his heroes’ pools to Corsair Infiltrator.
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Raid Leader gets +1 for each resource on it.
Forced: When Raid Leader engages you, move 1 resource from each of your heroes’ resource pools to Raid Leader.
“The Corsairs are upon us! It is the last stroke of doom!”
–Men of Gondor, The Return of the King
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While you are engaged with Soulless Cadaver, your deck cannot be searched.
Forced: When Soulless Cadaver engages you, place each card in your hand with printed cost 2 or less on the bottom of your deck.
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Forced: When Throngs of Unfaithful is defeated, discard the bottom card of the engaged player's deck. If that card’s printed cost is 2 or less, return Throngs of Unfaithful to the top of the encounter deck.
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to each non-objective ally with printed cost 2 or less. Place each ally that is destroyed by this effect on the bottom of its owner's deck.
Shadow: Discard the bottom card of your deck. If that card's printed cost is 2 or less, attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.
While Flooded Ruins is the active location, it contributes its to the staging area.
Númenor was thrown down and swallowed in the sea... -The Return of the King
Cannot have player card attachments.
Forced: After Lost Island becomes the active location, flip it over.
Action: Remove 4 progress from Lost Island to look at its facedown side.
Forced: After Drowned Graves is flipped to this side while active, discard the top X cards of the encounter deck. Each player adds an Undead enemy discarded from this effect to the staging area. X is 2 more than the number of players in the game.
...their years lessened as their fear of death grew, and their joy departed. -The Return of the King
Cannot have player card attachments.
Forced: After Lost Island becomes the active location, flip it over.
Action: Remove 4 progress from Lost Island to look at its facedown side.
While Cursed Temple is the active location, characters with less than 2
do not ready during the refresh phase.
It was not long before he had bewitched the King and was master of his counsel... -The Return of the King
Cannot have player card attachments.
Forced: After Lost Island becomes the active location, flip it over.
Action: Remove 4 progress from Lost Island to look at its facedown side.
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Captain Sahír engages the first player.
For each point of damage Captain Sahír would take, discard 1 resource from him and cancel that damage.
Forced: After Captain Sahír attacks, place 2 resource tokens on him (4 instead if his attack destroyed a character).
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The first player gains control of Captain Sahír.
Captain Sahír gets +1 and +1 for each resource on him (max +6).
Action: Spend 1 resource from a hero you control to place 1 resource on Captain Sahír. (Limit once per round).
If Captain Sahír leaves play, the players lose.
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Na’asiyah engages the last player.
Forced: When Na’asiyah engages you, discard each event in your hand. Add 1 resource to Na’asiyah for each event discarded in this way.
Forced: When Na’asiyah attacks or defends, she gets +1 and +1 for this attack for each resource on her. After this attack, discard 1 resource from her.
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The last player gains control of Na’asiyah.
Action: While Na’asiyah is attacking or defending, spend 1 resource from her to give her +2 or +2 for this attack.
Action: Spend 1 resource from a hero you control to place 1 resource on Na’asiyah. (Limit once per round).
If Na’asiyah leaves play, the players lose.
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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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