While the top card of your discard pile is an ally, Mithlond Sea-watcher gets +2 and gains ranged.

But it was an old tradition that away over there stood the Grey Havens, from which at times elven-ships set sail, never to return.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After Soldier of Dol Amroth enters play, reduce the cost of the next card you play this phase by 1.

...he and his knights still held themselves like lords in whom the race of Númenor ran true
–The Return of the King

Attach to a character.

Quest Action: Discard Grappling Hook and exhaust attached character to commit attached character to the quest, using its instead of its (or instead of its if the current quest has the siege keyword).

Attach to a Warrior character. Raiment of War counts as 2 Restricted attachments.

Attached character gets +1 +1 and +2 hit points.

Now men came bearing raiment of war from the king's hoard...
–The Two Towers

Attach to a Warrior character. Limit 1 per character.

Attached character gets +2 hit points.

Response: When another character would be assigned any amount of damage, place 1 of that damage on attached character instead.

Glorfindel can be played from your discard pile.

Action: Discard a card from your hand to ready Glorfindel. (Limit once per phase.)

"He is an Elf-lord of a house of princes."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Spend 1 resource to exhaust Súlien. Then, each location in the staging area gets -1 until the end of the phase. Any player may trigger this action.

Response: After Woodland Courier enters play, place 1 progress on a location (2 progress instead if that location has the Forest trait).

Attach to a location. Limit 1 per location

Response: After a player plays a Silvan ally from his hand, place 1 progress on attached location.

He made his end of the rope fast about another tree, and then ran lightly along it, over the river and back again, as if he were on a round.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After you travel to a location, spend 1 resource to raise the engagement cost of each enemy in play by X until the end of the round, where X is that location's quest points. Any player may trigger this response.

"Gave me a chance of walking round the country and seeing folk, and hearing the news, and knowing where the good beer was."
–The Return of the King

As an additional cost to play Guardian of Rivendell from your hand, you must discard 2 cards from your hand.

"Indeed there is a power in Rivendell to withstand the might of Mordor, for a while."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to Prince Imrahil.

Price Imrahil gains the Outlands trait.

While you control Outlands allies that belong to 4 different spheres, add 1 additional resource to Prince Imrahil's resource pool when you collect resources during the resource phase (if Prince Imrahil is a hero).

Attach to a hero.

While you control 2 or fewer heroes, attached hero does not exhaust to commit to the quest.

While you control 5 or fewer characters, attached hero gets +2 .

"Strider can take you by paths that are seldom tridden. Will you have him?"
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring

When Armor Plating leaves play, remove it from the game.

Attached Ship gets +1 .

When Armor Plating leaves play, remove it from the game.

Attached Ship gets +1

Response: After attached Ship defends against an enemy, discard 1 shadow card from another enemy.

When Ballista leaves play, remove it from the game.

Attached Ship gets +1 .

When Ballista leaves play, remove it from the game.

Attached Ship gets +1 and gains ranged.

Response: After attached Ship attacks, deal 1 damage to a non-unique enemy and remove 1 resource from that enemy.

When Extra Sails leaves play, remove it from the game.

Attached Ship gets +1

When Extra Sails leaves play, remove it from the game.

Attached Ship gets +1

Response: When a non-unique Ship enemy engages you, spend 1 resource and exhaust Extra Sails to reduce that enemy's Boarding value by 1.

Attach to a character.

Círdan's Blessing enters play with X resources on it. X is 1 more than the level of Círdan's Blessing

UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: leadership

Response: When attached character defends, remove 1 resource from Círdan's Blessing to give that character +3 for this attack.

Attach to a character.

Círdan's Blessing enters play with X resources on it. X is 1 more than the level of Círdan's Blessing

UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: tactics

Response: When attached character attacks, remove 1 resource from Círdan's Blessing to give that character +3 for this attack.

Attach to a character.

Círdan's Blessing enters play with X resources on it. X is 1 more than the level of Círdan's Blessing

UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: spirit

Action: Exhaust Círdan's Blessing and remove 1 resource from it to give attached hero +3 until the end of the phase.

Attach to a hero.

Círdan's Blessing enters play with X resources on it. X is 1 more than the level of Círdan's Blessing

UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: lore

Response: After the active location is explored, move 1 resource from Círdan's Blessing to attached hero's resource pool. Then, heal 1 damage from attached hero.

Combat Action: Play a Silvan ally from your hand. You do not need a resource match for this ally. (Limit once per round.)

"It is a crime to wander in my realm without leave."
–The Hobbit

Response: After Bilbo Baggins commits to the quest, choose an enemy in the staging area. Until the end of the phase, Bilbo Baggins gets +X where X is that enemy's If the players quest successfully, deal 1 damage to that enemy (2 damage instead if it is guarding a card).

While Dáin Ironfoot is defending, he gains,"Action: Discard the top card of your deck to give Dáin Ironfoot +1 for this attack. (Limit 3 times per phase.)"

"The time of my thought is my own to spend."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Discard the top 3 cards from your deck to ready Soldier of Erebor. (Limit once per round.)

Response: After you play Wiglaf, play an Item attachment on him from your hand for no cost.

Action: Exhaust an attachment on Wiglaf to ready him. (Limit once per phase.)

Attach to a Dale or Warrior character. Limit 1 per character.

Attached character gets +1 (and +1 hit point if attached character has the sentinel keyword).

Each one of his folk was clad in hauberk of steel mail that hung to his knees...
–The Hobbit

Attach to a Silvan hero.

Action: Exhaust The Elvenking and return a Silvan ally you control to your hand to ready attached hero.

In a great hall with pillars hewn out of the living stong sat the Elvenking on a chair of carven wood.
–The Hobbit

Combat Action: Choose a Beorning ally with printed cost 3 or more in your hand or discard pile. Discard Beorning Skin-changer to put that ally into play.

"...sometimes he is a huge black bear, sometimes he is a great strong black–haired man with huge arms and a great beard."
–Gandalf, The Hobbit

Bywater Shirriff gets +1 , +1 , and +1 while you are engaged with an enemy with engagement cost higher than your threat.

The Shirriffs was the name that the Hobbits gave to their police, or the nearest equivalent that they possessed.
–The Hobbit

Cannot have attachments.

Action: Ready Giant Bear. At the end of the phase in which you trigger this effect, shuffle Giant Bear into your deck. (Limit once per phase.)

"As a bear he ranged far and wide"
–Gandalf, The Hobbit

Reduce the cost to play Weapon attachments on Warrior of Dale by 1.

Warrior of Dale gets +1 and gains ranged while it has a Weapon attachment.

Cannot attack or defend.

Response: After Galion enters play, he gets +1 until the end of the round.

"Here am I waiting and waiting down hero, while you fellows drink and make merry and forget your tasks. Small wonder if I fall asleep from weariness!"
–The Hobbit

Attach to a Dale or Esgaroth hero.

Planning Action: Exhaust King of Dale to reduce the cost of the next Dale ally you play this phase by 1 for each different player attachment on attached hero. That ally does not require a resource match.

Then Bard II, Brand's son, became King of Dale..
–The Return of the King

Attach to a Dale or Scout character. Limit 1 per character.

Response: After attached character commits to the quest, place 1 progress on the active location.

"You are come to the very edge of the Wild..."
–Gandalf, The Hobbit

Attach to a location. Limit 1 per location.

Response: When attached location leaves play as an explored location, the first player reduces his threat by 3.

While there is at least 1 side quest in the victory display, ready Thalion at the beginning of the combat phase.

While there are at least 3 side quests in the victory display, Thalion loses the ally card type, gains the hero card type and the resource icons of each sphere on a side quest in the victory display.

Attach to a character.

Response: After you claim or play Anvil of Gundabad, search the top 5 cards of your deck for any number of Item attachments and add them to your hand. Shuffle your deck.

Action: Exhaust Anvil of Gundabad and attached character to play an Item attachment from your hand, reducing its cost by 1.

Attach to a character.

Attached character gets +1 .

You may play Durin’s Dagger from your discard pile.

Now the dwarves took down mail and weapons from the walls, and armed themselves.
–The Hobbit

Attach to a character.

Attached character gets +1 .

Action: Exhaust Jewels of Wilderland and discard a card from your hand to draw a card.

To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment...
–The Hobbit

Response: Spend 1 resource and exhaust The One Ring to cancel the effect of an encounter card just revealed from the encounter deck. Shuffle that card back into the encounter deck and reveal another encounter card.

"I will take the Ring," he said, "though I do not know the way." –The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After Frodo Baggins exhausts to defend an attack, exhaust The One Ring and spend 1 resource to target the attacking enemy. Then, this attack deals no damage and each player raises his threat by 2.

"But there is more about you now than appears on the surface." –Bilbo, The Fellowship of the Ring

Each enemy in play gets +1 engagement cost for each Hobbit hero you control.

Response: After you engage an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat, draw a card.

"We Hobbits ought to stick together, and we will"
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a Hobbit hero. Limit 1 per hero.

Attached hero gets +2 while defending against an attack by an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat.

In their dark cloaks they were invisible as if they all had magic rings. –The Fellowship of the Ring

Boromir gets +2 while defending against an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat.

Response: After Boromir takes any amount of damage, ready him.

Response: After Bilbo Baggins enters play, search your deck for a Pipe attachment and add it to your hand. Shuffle your deck.

"Elves may thrive on speech alone, and Dwarves endure great weariness, but I am an old Hobbit, and I miss my meal at noon." –The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a Hobbit character. Limit 1 per character.

Response: After your threat is reduced by an event card effect, exhaust Hobbit Pipe to draw a card.

But even the Dúnedain of Gondor allow us this credit: Hobbits first put it into pipes. Not even the Wizards first thought of that before we did. –The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to an Istari character. Limit 1 per character.

Action: Exhaust Wizard Pipe to exchange a card in your hand with the top card of your deck.

...there was a long silence, broken only by the soft puffs of Gandalf's pipe, as he blew white smoke–rings out of the window. –The Fellowship of the Ring