If each hero you control has the Hobbit trait, damage from undefended attacks against you may be assigned to Barliman Butterbur.

"But spooks or no spooks, they won't get in The Prancing Pony so easy." –The Fellowship of the Ring

At the end of the round, discard Elrond from play.

Response: After Elrond enters play, choose one:

• heal all damage on a hero
• discard a Condition attachment
• each player draws 1 card.

Response: After an enemy is added to the staging area, exhaust Anborn to give that enemy +5 engagement cost until the end of the round. Then, deal 1 damage to that enemy.

"Now I have him at arrow–point." –The Two Towers

Sentinel.

Response: After an enemy is revealed from the encounter deck, ready Gimli.

"Give me a row of orc-necks and room to swing and all weariness will fall from me!"
–The Two Towers

Ranged.

Response: After Legolas participates in an attack that destroys an enemy, draw 1 card.

"He stands not alone," said Legolas, bending his bow and fitting an arrow with hands that moved quicker than sight. –The Two Towers

Cannot have restricted attachments. Enters play exhausted.

While Skinbark is attacking alone against an Orc enemy, that enemy does not count its .

"He was wounded by the Orcs, and many of his folk and his tree–herds have been murdered and destroyed." –Treebeard, The Two Towers

Response: After a Rohan ally you control is discarded from play, exhaust Gamling to return that ally to your hand.

"...we have a thousand fit to fight on foot," said Gamling, an old man, the leader of those that watched the Dike. –The Two Towers

Combat Action: Ready Háma. He gets +3 until the end of the phase. At the end of the phase, discard Háma. (Limit once per round.)

"I am the Doorward of Théoden," he said. "Háma is my name." –The Two Towers

Response: After Mablung enters play, choose an enemy to get +5 engagement cost until the end of the round. Then, you may engage that enemy, or return it to the staging area.

"But still we will not sit idle and let Him do all as He would." –The Two Towers

Cannot have restricted attachments. Enters play exhausted.

Response: After Quickbeam enters play, deal 1 damage to him to ready him.

"I am Bregalad, that is Quickbeam in your language. But it is only a nickname, of course." –The Two Towers

Action: Exhaust Faramir to choose a player. Each character controlled by that player gets +1 until the end of the phase.

"He leads now in all perilous ventures. But his life is charmed, or fate spares him for some other end."
–Mablung, Ranger of Ithilien,
The Two Towers

Response:After a Dwarf hero you control leaves play, put Brok Ironfist into play from your hand.

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

Action: Beorn gains +5 until the end of the phase. At the end of the phase in which you trigger this effect, shuffle Beorn back into your deck. (Limit once per round.)

"I don't need your service, thank you...but I expect you need mine." –The Hobbit

Action: Exhaust Henamarth Riversong to look at the top card of the encounter deck.

"And I reckon there's Elves and Elves. They're all elvish enough, but they're not all the same."
–Sam Gamgee,
The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Exhaust Gléowine to choose a player. That player draws 1 card.

Then the Riders of the King's House upon white horses rode round about the barrow and sang together a song of Théoden Thengel's son that Gléowine his minstrel made...
–The Return of the King

At the end of the round, discard Gandalf from play.

Response: After Gandalf enters play, (choose 1):

• draw 3 cards
• deal 4 damage to 1 enemy in play
• reduce your threat by 5.

At the end of the round, discard Gandalf from play.

Response: After Gandalf enters play, (choose 1): draw 3 cards, deal 4 damage to 1 enemy in play, or reduce your threat by 5.

At the end of the round, discard Galadriel from play.

Response: After you play Galadriel from your hand, search the top 5 cards of your deck for an attachment of cost 3 or less and put it into play. Put the remaining cards back in any order.

Sentinel.

Response: After an enemy is revealed from the encounter deck, ready Gimli.

"Give me a row of orc–necks and room to swing and all weariness will fall from me!"
–The Two Towers

Action: Exhaust Faramir to choose a player. Each character controlled by that player gets +1 until the end of the phase.

"He leads now in all perilous ventures."
–Mablung, The Two Towers

Response: After Arwen Undómiel exhausts, choose a character. That character gains sentinel and gets +1 until the end of the round.

...in whom it was said that the likeness of Lúthien had come on earth again...for she was the Evenstar of her people.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Ranged.

Response: After Orophin enters play, return a Silvan ally from your discard pile to your hand.

"Orophin has now gone in haste back to our dwellings to warn our people."
–Haldir, The Fellowship of the Ring

Quest Action: Spend 1 resource to put Bofur into play from your hand, exhausted and commited to a quest. If you quest successfully this phase and Bofur is still in play, return him to your hand.

"Get up lazy–bones..."
–The Hobbit

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

"Let us join the throng!"
–The Hobbit

At the end of the round, discard Gandalf from play.

Response: After Gandalf enters play, (choose 1): draw 3 cards, deal 4 damage to 1 enemy in play, or reduce your threat by 5.

Ranged.

Response: After Legolas participates in an attack that destroys an enemy, draw 1 card.

"He stands not alone," said Legolas, bending his bow and fitting an arrow with hands that moved quicker than sight.
–The Two Towers

Ranged. Sentinel.

"But there are some of use who still go abroad for the gathering of news and the watching of our enemies, and they speak the languages of other lands."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

At the end of the round, discard Elrond from play.

Response: After Elrond enters play, choose one: heal all damage on a hero, discard a Condition attachment, or each player draws 1 card.

Response: After Azain Silverbeard participates in an attack that destroys an enemy, spend 1 resource to deal 2 damage to another enemy that shares a Trait with the destroyed enemy. Any player may trigger this response.

Response: After Mablung enters play, choose an enemy to get +5 enagement cost until the end of the round. Then, you may engage that enemy, or return it to the staging area

"But still we will not sit idle and let Him do all as He would."
–The Two Towers

Action: Exhaust Henamarth Riversong to look at the top card of the encounter deck.

"And I reckon there's Elves and Elves. They're all elvish enough, but they're not all the same."
–Sam Gamgee, The Fellowship of the Ring

Cannot attack or defend.

Action: Spend 1 resource to exhaust Ioreth. Then, heal 3 points of damage from a character. Any player may trigger this action.

Response: After Éomund leaves play, ready all Rohan characters in play.

"You I have not seen before, for you are young, but I have spoken with Eomund your father..." –Aragorn, The Two Towers

Sentinel. Landroval cannot have restricted attachments.

Response: After a hero card is destroyed, return Landroval to his owner's hand to put that hero back into play, with 1 damage token on it. (Limit once per game.)

Ranged. Sentinel.

"But there are some of us still who go abroad for the gathering of news and the watching of our enemies, and they speak the languages of other lands." –The Fellowship of the Ring

Radagast collects 1 resource each resource phase. These resources can be used to pay for Creature cards played from your hand.

Action: Spend X resources from Radagast's pool to heal X wounds on any 1 Creature.

"I have an urgent errand. My news is evil."

Action: Exhaust Gildor Inglorion to look at the top 3 cards of your deck. Switch one of those cards with a card from your hand. Then, return the 3 cards to the top of your deck, in any order.

"Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes." –Frodo Baggins, The Fellowship of the Ring

While Elfhelm is ready, he gains:

Response: After your threat is raised as the result of questing unsuccessfully, or by an encounter or quest card effect, reduce your threat by 1.

"But my lord sends word that we must set ourselves in readiness: orders may come for a sudden move." –The Return of the King

Quest Action: Spend 1 resource to put Bofur into play from your hand, exhausted and committed to a quest. If you quest successfully this phase and Bofur is still in play, return him to your hand.

"Get up lazy-bones..." –The Hobbit

Action: Exhaust Bombur to choose a location. That location gets -1 until the end of the phase. (That location does not contribute its instead if it is an Underground location.)

Response: After Arwen Undómiel exhausts, choose a character. That character gains sentinel and gets +1 until the end of the round.

...in whom it was said that the likeness of Lúthien had come on earth again...for she was the Evenstar of her people.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Choose and discard 1 card from your hand to draw 1 card. (Limit once per round.)

Beside Glorfindel there were several other counsellors of Elrond's household, of whom Erestor was the chief...
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Discard Damrod from play to lower your threat by 1 for each enemy in the staging area.

While you control Outlands allies that belong to 4 different spheres, ready Forlong at the beginning of each phase.

"Forlong!" men shouted. "True heart, true friend!" –The Return of the King

Denethor gets -1 for each damaged hero you control.

Discard Denethor if his is 0 or less.

"Denethor is of another sort, proud and subtile, a man of far greater lineage and power, though he is not called a king." –Gandalf, The Return of the King

If there is at least 1 Rohan hero in play, lower the cost to play Guthlaf by 1.

If there is at least 1 Gondor hero in play, Guthlaf gains sentinel.

Action: Discard the top 3 card of your deck to put Emery into play from your hand, under any player's control. Then, if any of the discarded cards have the , or sphere, discard Emery.

Action: Exhaust Anborn to return 1 Trap card from your discard pile to your hand.

"I sent my keenest huntsmen to seek him, but he slipped them, and they had no sight of him till now, save Anborn."
–Faramir, The Two Towers

Doomed 3.

At the end of the round, discard Saruman from play.

Response: After Saruman enters play, choose a non-unique enemy or location in the staging area. While Saruman is in play, the chosen enemy or location is considered to be out of play.