Response: After your threat is raised by an encounter card effect, reduce your threat by an equal amount.

Suddenly he was aware of himself again. Frodo, neither the Voice nor the Eye; free to choose, and with one remaining instant in which to do so. –The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Return a Silvan ally you control to your hand to reduce your threat by X where X is the printed cost of the ally returned to your hand.

"...we dare not by our own trust endanger our land. We live now upon an island amid many perils..."
–Haldir, The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After another player plays an attachment on a hero you control, you may (choose 1):

• ready 1 of that player's heroes
• have that player draw 1 card
• lower that player's threat by 2.

Travel Action: Choose a location in the staging area with a player card attachment and make it the active location, returning any previous active location to the staging area. Reduce each player's threat by X, where X is the number of attachments on the active location.

South away! and South away!
Seek the sunlight and the day.
–The Hobbit

Travel Action: Choose a location in the staging area with a player card attachment and make it the active location, returning any previous active location to the staging area. Reduce each player's threat by X, where X is the number of attachments on the active location.

South away! and South away!
Seek the sunlight and the day.
–The Hobbit

Play only if you control a unique character with the Noble trait and another unique character with the Scout trait.

Response: After a player engages an enemy, reduce his threat by X, where X is that enemy's printed

...the Captains of the West were well warned by their scouts...
–The Return of the King

Play only after the staging step.

Quest Action: Choose X questing Hobbit characters you control. Ready each chosen character and remove them from the quest. Then, reduce your threat by X.

"The road goes on for ever," said Pippin; "but I can't without a rest. It is high time for lunch."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Play only after the staging step.

Quest Action: Choose X questing Hobbit characters you control. Ready each chosen character and remove them from the quest. Then, reduce your threat by X.

"The road goes on for ever," said Pippin; "but I can't without a rest. It is high time for lunch."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Reduce your threat by 1 for each Pipe you control. Each hero with a Pipe attachment gets +1 until the end of the phase.

...he smoked and blew smoke–rings with the same vigour and delight...–The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Reduce your threat by 1 for each Pipe you control. Each hero with a Pipe attachment gets +1 until the end of the phase.

...he smoked and blew smoke–rings with the same vigour and delight...–The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Reduce one player's threat by 6, or reduce each player's threat by 2.

"Welcome to Caras Galadhan!" he said. "Here is the city of the Galadhrim where dwell the Lord Celeborn and Galadriel the Lady of Lórien."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Reduce one player's threat by 6, or reduce each player's threat by 2.

"Welcome to Caras Galadhan!" he said. "Here is the city of the Galadhrim where dwell the Lord Celeborn and Galadriel the Lady of Lórien."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Folco Boffin gets -1 threat cost for each Hobbit hero you control.

Action: Discard Folco Boffin to reduce your threat by 7. (Limit once per game for the group.)

...he had many friends, especially among the younger generation of Hobbits (descendants mostly from Old Took)
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Sentinel.

Refresh Action: Reduce your threat to your starting threat level. (Limit once per game.)

"I am older than I look, I might prove useful."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

When a player card effect would reduce your threat by any amount, reduce that amount to 1.

While playing an event with the printed doomed keyword, Saruman gains the printed , , and icons.

Response: After you play a card with the doomed keyword, ready Saruman.

When a player card effect would reduce your threat by any amount, reduce that amount to 1.

While playing an event with the printed doomed keyword, Saruman gains the printed , , and icons.

Response: After you play a card with the doomed keyword, ready Saruman.

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.

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.

Secrecy 2.

Action: Raise your threat by 1 to look at the top card of the encounter deck. Then, reduce your threat by X, where X is the threat of that card.