"Often the Rohirrim have aided us, but now the Lord Denethor asks for all your strength and all your speed..."
–Hirgon, The Return of the King
Limit 1 per deck.
Response: When this stage is defeated, each player may search the top 10 cards of his deck for an ally and put it into play under his control. Each player who did shuffles his deck.
We must do something to delay the enemy first.
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
Limit 1 per deck.
Battle. (Characters use their 
instead of 
when questing here.)
Response: When this stage is defeated, each player may choose and discard a non-unique enemy engaged with him.
He was taking a wandering course with many turns and doublings, to put off any pursuit. –The Fellowship of the Ring
Limit 1 per deck.
Response: When this stage is defeated, reduce each player's threat by 5.
Strider made them take cover in a thicket at the side of the Road, while he went forward to explore. –The Fellowship of the Ring
Limit 1 per deck.
Response: When this stage is defeated, the first player searches the top X cards of the encounter deck for 1 non-objective card worth no victory points and adds it to the victory display. Put the remaining cards back in any order. X is the number of players in the game plus 4.
Aragorn halted and examined the tracks closely. –The Tower Towers
Limit 1 per deck.
Response: After this stage is defeated, each player may search his deck for 1 card and add it to his hand. Each player shuffles his deck.
Aragorn halted and examined the tracks closely. –The Tower Towers
Limit 1 per deck.
Response: After this stage is defeated, each player may search his deck for 1 card and add it to his hand. Each player shuffles his deck.
Strider made them take cover in a thicket at the side of the Road, while he went forward to explore. –The Fellowship of the Ring
Limit 1 per deck.
Response: When this stage is defeated, the first player searches the top X cards of the encounter deck for 1 non-objective card worth no victory points and adds it to the victory display. Put the remaining cards back in any order. X is the number of players in the game plus 4.
He was taking a wandering course with many turns and doublings, to put off any pursuit. –The Fellowship of the Ring
Limit 1 per deck.
Response: When this stage is defeated, reduce each player's threat by 5.
We must do something to delay the enemy first.
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
Limit 1 per deck.
Battle. (Characters use their instead of when questing here.)
Response: When this stage is defeated, each player may choose and discard a non-unique enemy engaged with him.
"Often the Rohirrim have aided us, but now the Lord Denethor asks for all your strength and all your speed..."
–Hirgon, The Return of the King
Limit 1 per deck.
Response: When this stage is defeated, each player may search the top 10 cards of his deck for an ally and put it into play under his control. Each player who did shuffles his deck.
“For behold! The storm comes, and now all friends should gather together, lest each singly be destroyed.”
–Gandalf, The Two Towers
Limit 1 copy of The Storm Comes in the victory display.
While this quest is in the victory display, the first ally played by each player each round does not require a resource match.
“Soon there will be battle on the fields. A sortie must be made ready.”
–Gandalf, The Return of the King
Limit 1 copy of Prepare for Battle in the victory display.
While this quest is in the victory display, the first player draws an additional card during the resource phase.
“I myself dared to pass the doors of the Necromancer in Dul Guldur, and secretly explored his ways...”
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Limit 1 copy of Explore Secret Ways in the victory display.
While Explore Secret Ways is in the victory display, each location in the staging area with the same title as the active location does not contribute its 
to the total in the staging area.
“I called for the help of the Dúnedain, and their watch was doubled...”
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Limit 1 copy of Keep Watch in the victory display.
While this quest is in the victory display, each non-unique enemy engaged with a player gets -1 .
“Foes and fire are before you, and your homes far behind. Yet, though you fight upon an alien field, the glory that you reap there shall be your own for ever.”
–Théoden, The Return of the King
Limit 1 copy of Rally the West in the victory display.
While this quest is in the victory display, each hero gets +1 .