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

...he did not altogether approve of dwarves and their love of gold...
–The Hobbit

Attach to a hero.

Response: After Dúnedain Remedy is attached to a hero, heal 1 damage on that hero.

Action: Pay 1 resource from attached hero's resource pool to attach Dúnedain Remedy to another hero.

Attach to a Ranger or hero.

Response: After a Signal attachment is attached to a hero, exhaust Rune-master to add 1 resource to that hero's resource pool.

Response: After you declare a Noble character as a defender against an attack made by an engaged enemy, return that enemy to the staging area. Then, cancel the attack.

So great a power and royalty was revealed in Aragorn...that many of the wild men paused, and looked back over their shoulders to the valley, and some looked up doubtfully at the sky.
–The Two Towers

Knight of the White Tower's resource cost must be paid from a single hero's resource pool.

"...to be only a man of arms of the Guard of the Tower of Gondor is held worthy in the City, and such men have honour in the land." –Beregond, The Return of the King

Response: When an enemy attacks a player, that player may declare up to 3 eligible characters as defenders against this attack. Then, the players as a group may spend 2 resources to ready each defending character that takes no damage from this attack.

Sentinel.

Response: After Gimli is declared as a defender, spend 1 resource from his pool to ready another hero. If that hero is Legolas, he gets +1 until the end of the phase. (Limit once per phase.)

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens...”
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Ranged.

Response: After Greenwood Archer enters play, ready a hero.

They dwelt most often by the edges of the woods, from which they could escape at times to hunt...
–The Hobbit

Play only if you control a unique character with the Silvan trait and another unique character with the Dwarf trait.

Action: Draw 1 card and add 1 resource to the resource pool of a hero you control.

...folk that saw them pass marvelled to see such companions...
–The Return of the King

Attach to a Dwarf hero. Restricted.

Attached hero gets +1 .

Response: After attached hero takes damage from an enemy attack, exhaust Dwarven Shield to add 1 resource to attached hero's pool.

...each of them had also a short broad sword at his side and a round shield slung at his back.
–The Hobbit

You may use resources from Kahliel's resource pool to pay for Harad ally cards of any sphere.

Action: Discard a Harad ally from your hand to ready a Harad character in play. (Limit once per phase.)

...the Southrons were bold men and grim...
–The Return of the King

Response: After you play Andrath Guardsman from your hand, choose a non-unique enemy engaged with you. That enemy cannot attack you this round.

They forgot or ignored what little they had known of the Guardians, and of the labours of those that made possible the long peace of the Shire.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Exhaust Kahliel's Tribesman to choose another Harad character. That character gets +1 +1 and +1 until the end of the phase.

But the Haradrim, being now driven to the brink, turned at bay, and they were fierce in despair...
–The Return of the King

Attach to a Dúnedain or Ranger hero. Restricted.

Response: After you engage an enemy, exhaust Steed of the North to ready attached hero.

Their horses were strong and of proud bearing, but rough-haired...
–The Return of the King

Attach to a Harad character. Restricted.

Attached character gets +1 .

Response: After attached character is declared as an attacker, it gets +3 for this attack. After this attack resolves, discard Haradrim Spear.

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

Response: After the players have committed characters to the quest, discard a non-unique enemy in the staging area. Then, reveal an encounter card.

Attach to a hero. Limit 1 per hero.

Action: Spend 1 resource from attached hero's pool to give attached hero +1 until the end of the phase. (Limit 3 times per phase.)

"I will not say the Day is done.
nor bid the Stars farewell."
–Sam Gamgee, The Return of the King

Action: Ready each hero with a Song attachment.

And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City.
–The Return of the King

Action: Spend 1 resource to ready Knight of Dale. (limit once per round).

Valour Action: Ready Knight of Dale (limit once per round.)

Attach to a hero. Limit 1 per hero.

Attached hero gains the Noble trait.

Response: After you play Diligent Noble from your hand, draw a card.

Reduce the cost to play Halfast Gamgee by 1 for each side quest in the victory display.

Response: After Halfast Gamgee enters play, add 1 resource to a hero's resource pool.

"He works for Mr. Boffin at Overhill and goes up to the Northfarthing for the hunting."
–Sam Gamgee, The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Discard an ally you control to choose and discard a Condition attachment.

"By our valour the wildfolk of the East are still restrained, and the terror of Morgul kept at bay; and thus alone are peace and freedom maintained in the lads behind us...
–Boromir, The Fellowship of the Ring

Each Dale character you control with a player attachment gets +1

Response: After you play an attachment on a Dale character without an attachment, draw a card.

"He is a strong king, and his realm now reaches south and east of Esgaroth."
–Glóin, The Fellowship of the Ring

Reduce the cost to play Armor attachments on Redwater Sentry by 1.

Redward Sentry gets +1 and gains sentinel while it has an Armor attachment.

Attach to a Dale or Warrior character. Limit 1 per character.

Attached character gets +1 (and +1 hit point if attached character has the sentinel keyword).

Each one of his folk was clad in hauberk of steel mail that hung to his knees...
–The Hobbit

Planning Action: Choose a Dale hero you control. Add 1 resource to its pool for each character you control with a player attachment. You can only play 1 copy of Traffic from Dale each round.

The talk was all of the trade that came and went on the waterways and the growth of the traffic on the river...
The Hobbit

Guardian of Esgaroth gets +1 +1 +1 and +1 hit point for each different player card attachment it has. (Limit +3 to each.)

The men of the lake–town Esgaroth were mostly indoors, for the breeze was from the black East and chill, but a few were walking on the quays, and watching...
–The Hobbit

Attach to an ally. Restricted.

Limit 1 per ally.

Attached ally gets +2 hit points.

“There are no great weapon-hoards here, lord,” answered Éomer. “Maybe a light helm might be found to fit him...”
–The Return of the King

Response: After you play Wiglaf, play an Item attachment on him from your hand for no cost.

Action: Exhaust an attachment on Wiglaf to ready him. (Limit once per phase.)

Attach to a or Noble character. Restricted. Limit 1 per character.

Attached character gets +2 and +2 hit points.

“May it keep you well!” said Théoden. “It was made for me in Thengel's day, while still I was a boy.” –The Two Towers

Combat Action: Play a Silvan ally from your hand. You do not need a resource match for this ally. (Limit once per round.)

"It is a crime to wander in my realm without leave."
–The Hobbit

Attach to a Silvan hero.

Action: Exhaust The Elvenking and return a Silvan ally you control to your hand to ready attached hero.

In a great hall with pillars hewn out of the living stong sat the Elvenking on a chair of carven wood.
–The Hobbit

Guarded (enemy or location).

Attach to a hero. Restricted.

Attached hero gets +2 .

Response: After attach hero destroys an enemy, add 1 resource to attached hero's pool.

Action: Discard the top 3 cards from your deck to ready Soldier of Erebor. (Limit once per round.)

Play only if no other copies of Man the Walls have been played this round.

Planning Action: Reduce the cost of the next ally played by each player this phase by 1. Those allies cannot quest this round.

Response: After Greenwood Defender enters play, it does not exhaust to defend until the end of the round.

...after the coming of Men they took ever more and more to the gloaming and the dusk.
–The Hobbit

Action: Return a Silvan ally you control to your hand to choose a hero. Add 1 resource to that hero's pool.

...soon Haldir turned aside into the trees and halted on the bank of the river under their shadows.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Cannot attack, defend, or have attachments.

Refresh Action: Return Messenger Raven to it's owner's hand and name a card type. Choose a player to look at the top card of his deck. If that card is the named type, add it to its owner's hand. If it is not, discard it.

Action: Search your deck for a Guarded attachment and put it into play. Shuffle your deck.

His crown shall be upholden,
His harp shall be restrung,
His halls shall echo golden
To songs of yore re–sung
–The Hobbit

Response: After Frodo Baggins commits to the quest, spend 1 resource from his resource pool to ready another unique character committed to the quest. If you quest successfully this phase, reduce your threat by 1.

"Keep your tempers and hold your hands to the last possible moment!"
–The Return of the King

Response: After Merry enters play, each unique ally you control gets +1 until the end of the round.

"Shire–folk have been so comfortable so long they don't know what to do. They just want a match, though, and they'll go up in fire."
–The Return of the King

Planning Action: Search the top 5 cards of the encounter deck for an enemy. Add that enemy to the staging area to reduce the cost of the first ally you play this phase by X, where X is that enemy's Shuffle the encounter deck.

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.

While your threat is less than 40, reduce the cost to play Pillars of the Kings by 4.

Action: Set your threat to 40. If this effect raised your threat, draw a card (draw 4 cards instead if it raised your threat by 10 or more).

"Behold the Argonath, the Pillars of the Kings!"
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring

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

Action: Each player whose threat is 40 or higher readies all characters he controls.

Attach to the hero with The One Ring.

Limit 1 per hero. Attached hero gets +1

Response: After attached hero commits to the quest, exhaust The One Ring and raise your threat by 1 to give each other unique character you control +1 until the end of the phase.

Doomed 2.

Action: Each player may put one ally card into play from his hand. At the end of the phase, shuffle each of those allies that are still in play into their owners' decks.

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