You are playing Nightmare mode.
Setup: Set each copy of Pale-green Tentacle aside, out of play.
Forced: When the players advance to stage 4B, each player puts 1 copy of Pale-green Tentacle into play engaged with him. Shuffle any remaining copies, and the encounter discard pile, into the encounter deck.
Begin with the standard and encounter deck for The Ring Goes South scenario.
Remove the following cards, in the specified quantities, from the standard encounter deck:
2x Crebain from Dunland
2x Howling Warg
1x Tree-crowned Hill
3x Hills of Hollin
2x Snowdrifts
1x Storm of Howls
Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard The Ring Goes South encounter deck.
Finally, flip this setup card over and place it next to the quest deck. Its effect remains active throughout the game, which is now ready to begin.
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1
5
Cannot have attachments.
Watcher in the Water Cannot take damage.
Forced: After Pale-green Tentacle attacks and destroys a character, return Pale-green Tentacle to the staging area.
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3
5
Cannot have attachments or be optionally engaged.
While Hunting Hawk is in the staging area it gains,"Forced: After a player plays an ally, he must either exhaust it, or place 1 damage on an active location."
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3
4
When Revealed: Misty Mountain Warg makes an immediate attack against you. If it destroys a character, place 2 damage on each active location.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, place 1 damage on an active location.
X is 1 more than the number of enemies in play.
Forced: When Expanse of Hollin is explored, shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck. Then, discard the top card of the encounter deck for each damage here. Add each enemy discarded by this effect to the staging area.
Forced: After a "when revealed" effect is cancelled, place 1 damage on each active location.
Forced: When Slopes of Hithaeglir is explored, each player raises his threat by 1 for each damage here.
When Revealed: Either raise your threat by 6, or engage the lowest engagement cost enemy in the staging area and reveal an encounter card.
