5
2
6
The engaged player cannot reduce his threat.
Forced: After Candle-bearer attacks and destroys a character, it cannot take damage until the end of the round.
Shadow: Until the end of the round, attacking enemy cannot take damage.
6
6
14
Only the engaged player can declare attackers against the Witch-king.
Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, The Witch-king engages the first player. Then, it makes an immediate attack.
"No living man may hinder me!" –The Return of the King
6
3
8
Cannot have player card attachments.
Old Stone Troll gets -10 engagement cost for each Loot objective attached to a hero.
Only the engaged player can declare attackers against Old Stone Troll.
8
5
7
Immune to player card effects. Pillage 8.
Engaged player cannot attack the Dreadnaught.
Forced: At the end of the combat phase, if engaged player has no cards in their deck, that player is eliminated from the game.
5
2
9
Immune to player card effects.
Engaged player cannot attack the Dreadnaught.
Forced: After Commander of the Dreadnaught attacks you, the Dreadnaught attacks you.
If the Dreadnaught is fated to go under, its commander will surely try to take his foes down with it.
3
2
5
Immune to player card effects.
Engaged player cannot attack the Dreadnaught.
Forced: After Descendant of Castamir engages you, put the top 2 cards of the Corsair deck into play engaged with you and deal each of them 1 shadow card.
4
4
6
Immune to player cards effects.
Engaged player cannot attack the Dreadnaught.
Forced: After Hydraken attacks, he makes an additional attack. Deal him 2 additional shadow cards for this attack and engaged player raises their threat by 4. (Limit once per round.)
6
1
8
Immune to player card effects. No more than 1 character can attack Ophidian each round.
Engaged player cannot attack the Dreadnaught.
Forced: When a character defends against Ophidian, deal 2 damage to that character.
7
3
6
Archery 3. Immune to player card effects.
Engaged player cannot attack the Dreadnaught.
For each point of excess combat damage dealt by Varjax, defending player deals 1 damage to a Ship they control.
3
4
3
Forced: When engaged player exhausts a Ship objective, Brash Corsair attacks that player.
'The Corsair of Umbar!' men shouted. 'The Corsairs of Umbar! Look! The Corsairs of Umbar are coming!'
–The Return of the King
5
3
5
Engaged player cannot attack Ship enemies.
...the strength of the rebels in Umbar was a great peril to Gondor...
–The Return of the King
4
4
6
Boarding 1. Immune to player card effects.
Response: After Corsair Skirmisher is destroyed as an enemy, the engaged player may discard allies they control with a total of at least 3
to take control of Corsair Skirmisher as a ship-objective with equal to its (It loses the ship-enemy card type and gaines the ship-objective card type).
4
3
5
7 
Forced: After Cave Torch exhausts, Patrol Sentry makes an immediate attack against the engaged player, if able.
Shadow: Add Patrol Sentry to the staging area.
3
2
4
1
Forced: After engaging Wolfpelt Goblin the engaged player must deal X damage to 1 character he controls, where X is the active location's remaining quest points. Then, remove 2 progress from the active location, if able.
3
2
2
5
Forced: After Orc Trickster is turned faceup as a hidden card, it makes an immediate attack against the engaged player.
Forced: When Orc Trickster would be damaged, a random player takes it facedown as a hidden card in his play area instead.
2
2
4
6
Forced: After Uruk Marksman is turned faceup as a hidden card, deal 3 damage to a character controlled by the engaged player and return Uruk Marksman to the staging area.
2
1
3
6
While the engaged player has 3 or more cards in hand, Savage Hillman cannot take damage.
While the engaged player has 5 or more cards in hand, Savage Hillman gets +2
3
3
3
6
Forced: After the engaged player discards any number of cards from his out-of-play deck, Guard Warg makes an immediate attack.
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to the defending character.
4
3
6
6
Hinder. Cannot have attachments.
Forced: At the beginning of each resource phase, the engaged player discards 1 attachment he controls.
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to the defending character.
6
4
7
6
Hinder. Cannot have attachments.
Forced: At the beginning of each resource phase, the engaged player exhausts a hero he controls.
Shadow: Attacking enemy cannot take damage until the end of the round.
3
2
4
1
Forced: After the engaged player draws any number of cards, deal 1 damage to a hero he controls.
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to a hero you control (2 damage instead if undefended).
6
3
8
6
Cannot have attachments or take non-combat damage.
Forced: After the engaged player draws any number of cards, heal all damage from Dunlending Horde.
2
3
5
6
Forced: After the engaged player draws any number of cards, remove 1 time counter from a location play.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +X where X is the Time X value on the active location.
5
3
5
Forced: After a character the engaged player controls is healed, Angmar Raider makes an immediate attack.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 until the end of the phase.
3
3
3
5
While Giant Beetle is engaged with a player, it gains: "As an additional cost to travel to a safe location, Giant Beetle makes an immediate attack against the engaged player."
Damaged characters cannot be declared as attackers or defenders against Giant Beetle.
3
4
3
5
Forced: When the engaged player exhausts a Ship objective. Brash Corsair makes an immediate attack.
6
4
8
Cannot have non-Morgul attachments.
Kham–l the Easterling gets -30 engagement cost while The One Ring is exhausted.
Forced: At the beginning of the refresh phase, the engaged player makes a Hide 2 test. If the engaged player fails the hide test, Kham–l the Easterling makes an immediate attack.
4
3
5
The engaged player cannot reduce his threat.
Forced: When Pale Faces attacks, raise your threat by 4.
Shadow: Attacking enemy get +X where X is the Mire X value of the active location.
6
3
8
Cannot have attachments.
The engaged player cannot reduce his threat.
Forced: After Rotting Thing attacks and destroys a character, place 1 mire token on the active location for each excess point of damage.