Response: After Knight of Belfalas enters play, return a Gondor ally from your discard pile to your hand.

The mounted knights returned, and at their rear the banner of Dol Amroth...
–The Return of the King

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.

Doomed 2.

Response: After a player raises his threat from the doomed keyword, give control of Soldier of Isengard to that player.

Response: After Nori participates in an attack that destroys an enemy, put the top card of your discard pile on the bottom of your deck.

"You've left the burglar behind again!"
–Nori, The Hobbit

Action: Discard Rohirrim Scout to choose a non-unique enemy in the staging area. That enemy does not make engagement checks against you this round.

Swiftly a scout rode back and reported that wolf–riders were abroad in the valley...
–The Two Towers

Action: Pay 1 resource from Gildor Inglorion's resource pool to choose a player to draw 1 card (Limit once per round.)

"Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod. We are Exiles, and most of our kindred have long ago departed..."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After Wandering Exile commits to a quest, discard a card from your hand to ready Wandering Exile.

"The Elves have their own labours and their own sorrows...
–Gildor, The Fellowship of the Ring

Ranged.

You cannot play Northern Bowmaster from your hand unless you are engaged with an enemy.

Response: After Odo Proudfoot enters play, search the top 5 cards of your deck for a Hobbit ally and add it to your hand. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.

"ProudFEET! shouted an elderly hobbit from the back of the pavilion.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Ranged. Sentinel.

Cannot have restricted attachments. Gwaihir does not ready during the refresh phase.

Response: After an Eagle ally enters or leaves play, ready Gwaihir. (Limit once per phase.)

Ranged.

Hobbit Archer gets +1 while attacking an enemy with a higher engagement cost than your threat.

"If you lay a finger on this farmer, or on anyone else, you will be shot at once."
–Merry, The Return of the King

Response: After Dale Messenger enters play, choose a player. That player heals 1 damage from each character he controls with a player card attachment.

"We discover that messengers have come also to King Brand in Dale..."
–Glóin, The Fellowship of the Ring

Cannot have restricted attachments.

Forced: After Eagle Emissary quests successfully, pay 1 resource or discard it from play.

...and out of the East there came a great Eagle flying, and he bore tidings beyond hope from The Lords of the West...
–The Return of the King

Ranged. Sentinel.

Cannot have restricted attachments.

Forced: At the end of the round, discard Wilyador unless the players as a group spend 1 resource.

Immune to player card effects.

Response: After Edrahil quests successfully, choose a player to draw 1 card.

If Edrahil leaves play, the players lose the game.

Immune to player card effects.

Response: After Arador is declared as a defender, ready him. (Limit once per round.)

If Arador leaves play, the players lose the game.

Immune to player card effects.

Response: After Farin is declared as an attacker against an enemy, deal 1 damage to an enemy engaged with a player.

If Farin leaves play, the players lose the game.

Sentinel.

Action: Exhaust Aragorn to choose a location in the staging area. Until the end of the phase, that location gets -X where X is Aragorn's If this effect reduces the location's to 0, place 1 progress on it. (Limit once per round.)

Response: After Haleth quests successfully, search the top 5 cards of your deck for an attachment and add it to your hand. Shuffle your deck.

Response: After Westfold Lancer quests successfully, discard it to choose a non-unique enemy in the staging area. Deal 2 damage to the chosen enemy.

...the white fury of the Northmen burned the hotter, and more skilled was their knighthood with long spears...
–The Return of the King

You cannot play Misty Mountain Journeyman from your hand unless you are engaged with an enemy.

Rangers passed at times beyond the hills, but they were few and did not stay.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After Thorin Stonehelm is declared as an attacker, discard the top card of your deck to deal 1 damage to an enemy engaged with you.

Thorin III Stonehelm, Dain's son, became King under the mountain.
–The Return of the King

Response: After Soldier of Gondor enters play, seach the top 5 cards of your deck for a Gondor ally and add it to your hand (any number of Gondor allies instead if your threat is 40 or higher). Shuffle your deck.

Encounter.

When Revealed: Choose a player. That player gains control of Tom Bombadil, ready and committed to the quest. At the end of the round, remove Tom Bombadil and a copy of Tom Bombadillo! in the victory display from the game. This effect cannot be cancelled.

If Éomer is in play, Lothíriel gains the Rohan trait.

Response: After Lothíriel commits to a quest, choose an ally in your hand. If that ally shares a Trait with her, put that ally into play exhausted and committed to the quest. At the end of the phase, if that ally is still in play, shuffle it into your deck.

While your threat is 40 or higher, Angbor the Fearless gets +2 and does not exhaust to quest.

"Four thousands I sent marching from Pelargir through Lossarnach two days ago; and Angbor the fearless rides before them."
–Aragorn, The Return of the King

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.

Action: Pay 1 resource from Gildor Inglorion's resource pool to choose a player to draw 1 card (Limit once per round.)

"Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod. We are Exiles, and most of our kindred have long ago departed..."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After Wandering Exile commits to a quest, discard a card from your hand to ready Wandering Exile.

"The Elves have their own labours and their own sorrows...
–Gildor, The Fellowship of the Ring

Ranged.

You cannot play Northern Bowmaster from your hand unless you are engaged with an enemy.

Ranged. Sentinel.

Cannot have restricted attachments. Gwaihir does not ready during the refresh phase.

Response: After an Eagle ally enters or leaves play, ready Gwaihir. (Limit once per phase.)

Cannot have restricted attachments.

Forced: After Eagle Emissary quests successfully, pay 1 resource or discard it from play.

...and out of the East there came a great Eagle flying, and he bore tidings beyond hope from The Lords of the West...
–The Return of the King

Sentinel.

Action: Exhaust Aragorn to choose a location in the staging area. Until the end of the phase, that location gets -X where X is Aragorn's If this effect reduces the location's to 0, place 1 progress on it. (Limit once per round.)

You cannot play Misty Mountain Journeyman from your hand unless you are engaged with an enemy.

Rangers passed at times beyond the hills, but they were few and did not stay.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

The first player gains control of Bilbo Baggins.

Bilbo Baggins cannot gain resources from player card effects.

If Bilbo Baggins leaves play, the players lose the game.

If you control at least 5 Dwarf characters, add 1 additional resource to Thorin Oakenshield's pool when you collect resources during the resource phase.

"I am Thorin son of Thrain son of Thror, King under the Mountain!" –Thorin, The Hobbit

Response: After you play a Dwarf character from your hand, reduce your threat by 1.

"Nori, at your service." –Nori, The Hobbit

If you control at least 5 Dwarf characters, draw 1 additional card at the beginning of the resource phase.

"He could write well and speedily, and often used the Elvish characters." –Gimli, The Fellowship of the Ring

Sentinel. Cannot have attachments.

Immune to player card effects.

Beorn does not exhaust to defend.

The roar of his voice was like drums and guns; and he tossed wolves and goblins from his path like straws and feathers.
–The Hobbit

Response: After you play Fili from your hand during the planning phase, search your deck for Kili and put him into play under your control. Then, shuffle your deck.

"Fili is the youngest and still has the best sight."
–Thorin, The Hobbit

Response: After you play Kili from your hand during the planning phase, search your deck for Fili and put him into play under your control. Then, shuffle your deck.

"Let us join the throng!"
–The Hobbit

Action: Exhaust Bofur to search the top 5 cards of your deck for 1 Weapon attachment. Add that card to your hand and shuffle the other cards back into your deck.

There is no knowing what a dwarf will not dare and do for revenge or the recovery of his own. –The Hobbit

Response: After a hero is assigned any amount of damage, exhaust Dori to place that damage on Dori instead.

'I can't always be carrying burglars on my back,' said Dori, 'down tunnels and up trees! What do you think I am? A porter?' –Dori, The Hobbit

Gandalf does not exhaust to commit to a quest.

Forced: At the end of the refresh phase, discard Gandalf from play. You may raise your threat by 2 to cancel this effect.

“I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me!” –The Hobbit

Bilbo Baggins does not count against the hero limit and cannot gain resources from non-treasure cards. The first player gains control of Bilbo Baggins.

Action: Spend 1 resource to search your deck for a treasure card and add it to your hand.

If Bilbo Baggins leaves play, the players have lost the game.

Response: Pay 1 resource from Balin's resource pool to cancel a shadow effect just triggered during an attack. Then, deal the attacking enemy another shadow card. (Limit once per attack.)

"Well, it is the first time that even a mouse has crept along carefully and quietly under my very nose and not been spotted." –The Hobbit

Ranged.

When Bard the Bowman makes a ranged attack, the enemy he attacks gets -2 until the end of the phase.

Now he shot with a great yew bow, till all his arrows but one were spent. –The Hobbit

While you control at least 5 Dwarf characters, Óin gets +1 and gains the resource icon.

Dwarves can make fire almost anywhere out of almost anything, wind or no wind... –The Hobbit

When counting the number of Dwarf characters you control, Bombur counts as two.

"Bombur is fattest and will do for two, he had better come alone and last." –Gandalf, The Hobbit

While you control at least 5 Dwarf characters, Glóin gains:

Response: After you play Glóin from your hand, choose a hero. Add 2 resources to that hero's resource pool.

Glóin lit several more torches, and then they all crept out, one by one... – The Hobbit