You are playing Nightmare mode.

Forced; At the end of the combat phase, if Alcaron's Scroll is in the staging area, attach it to the enemy in play with the highest

Forced: At the beginning of the refresh phase, if Alcaron's Scroll is attached to an enemy, place 1 progress token on that enemy.

If at any point there are 3 or more progress tokens on any enemy, that enemy has escaped with the scroll, and the players lose the game.

Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for the Peril in Pelargir scenario.

Remove the following cards, in the specified quantities, from the standard encounter deck:

4x Collateral Damage

2x Harbor Storehouse

3x Pickpocket

1x Harbor Thug

Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard Peril in Pelargir encounter deck.

Finally, flip this setup card over and place it next to the quest deck. Its effects remain active throughout the game, which is now ready to begin.