Response: After you travel to a location, spend 1 resource to raise the engagement cost of each enemy in play by X until the end of the round, where X is that location's quest points. Any player may trigger this response.
"Gave me a chance of walking round the country and seeing folk, and hearing the news, and knowing where the good beer was."
–The Return of the King
Cannot attack or defend.
Action: Spend 1 resource and exhaust Ioreth. Then, heal 3 points of damage on a character. Any player may trigger this action.
Thus spake Ioreth, wise–woman of Gondor: The hands of the king are the hands of a healer, and so shall the rightful king be known.
–The Return of the King
Response: After Firyal commits to the quest, look at the top card of the encounter deck. Then, you may discard the looked at card.
Cannot have restricted attachments. Enters play exhausted.
Leaflock gets +1 for each damaged Ent you control (limit +4
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
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.)
Cannot have restricted attachments.
Response: After Meneldor enters or leaves play, place 2 progress on a location.
...Meneldor young and swift. –The Return of the King
Cannot attack or defend.
Response: After Galion enters play, he gets +1 until the end of the round.
"Here am I waiting and waiting down hero, while you fellows drink and make merry and forget your tasks. Small wonder if I fall asleep from weariness!"
–The Hobbit
Combat Action: Return Gaffer Gamgee to your hand to choose an enemy with engagement cost higher than your threat. Until the end of the round, that enemy cannot attack you.
"Why? Why's none of my business, or yours."
–The Fellowship of the Ring
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
Pippin gets +2 while attacking an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat.
Response: After you engage an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat, ready Pippin.
"Down on your knees in the road and ask pardon, or I will set this troll's bane in you!"
–The Return of the King
Response: After Faramir enters play, choose a non-unique enemy in the staging area. Engage that enemy and deal 2 damage to it (4 damage instead if it has an attachment on it).
"There will be hard handstrokes nigh at hand ere the day is full."
–The Two Towers
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Response: After Farmer Maggot enters play, deal 1 damage to an enemy engaged with you. (Deal 2 damage instead if that enemy's engagement cost is higher than your threat.)
"It is lucky for you that I know you. I was going out to set my dogs on any strangers." –The Fellowship of the Ring
Boromir gets +2 while defending against an enemy with an engagement cost higher than your threat.
Response: After Boromir takes any amount of damage, ready him.
Response: After Bilbo Baggins enters play, search your deck for a Pipe attachment and add it to your hand. Shuffle your deck.
"Elves may thrive on speech alone, and Dwarves endure great weariness, but I am an old Hobbit, and I miss my meal at noon." –The Fellowship of the Ring
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
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 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
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.
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: Discard Grimbold to choose an enemy engaged with a player. That enemy cannot attack that player this phase.
Grimbold's men turned aside and passed round to a great gap in the wall further eastward.
–The Return of the King
While there is a hero in your discard pile, Prince Imrahil loses the ally card type and gains the hero card type.
"We must gather all of the strength that we can find.
–The Return of the King
Reduce the cost to play Halbarad by 1 for each enemy engaged with you.
Each enemy engaged with you gets +10 engagement cost.
"Halbarad Dunadan, Ranger of the North I am..."
–The Return of the King
X is the of the active location.
Travel Action: Discard Ghân-buri-Ghân to travel to a location without resolving its Travel effect.
Ghân-buri-Ghân will not lead you into trap.
—The Return of the King
Action: Exhaust Rosie Cotton to choose a Hobbit hero and an attribute Add Rosie Cotton's to that hero's chosen attribute until the end of the phase. (Limit once per phase.)
Action: Spend 1 resource from a Rohan hero's resource pool to put Elfhelm into play from your hand under your control. At the end of the phase, discard Elfhelm if he is still in play.
"...my lord sends word that we must set ourselves in readiness; orders may come for a sudden move."
–The Return of the King