Umbar Raider gets +1 for each resource on it.
Forced: After Umbar Raider attacks you, move 1 resource from one of your heroes’ resource pools to Umbar Raider.
“And there men of Lamedon contested the fords with fell folk of Umbar and Harad who had sailed up the river.”
–Legolas, The Return of the King
Forced: When Corsair Infiltrator attacks, deal it 1 additional shadow card for each resource on it.
Forced: After the engaged player collects resources at the beginning of the resource phase, that player moves 1 resource from one of his heroes’ pools to Corsair Infiltrator.
Raid Leader gets +1 for each resource on it.
Forced: When Raid Leader engages you, move 1 resource from each of your heroes’ resource pools to Raid Leader.
“The Corsairs are upon us! It is the last stroke of doom!”
–Men of Gondor, The Return of the King
While you are engaged with Soulless Cadaver, your deck cannot be searched.
Forced: When Soulless Cadaver engages you, place each card in your hand with printed cost 2 or less on the bottom of your deck.
Forced: When Throngs of Unfaithful is defeated, discard the bottom card of the engaged player's deck. If that card’s printed cost is 2 or less, return Throngs of Unfaithful to the top of the encounter deck.
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to each non-objective ally with printed cost 2 or less. Place each ally that is destroyed by this effect on the bottom of its owner's deck.
Shadow: Discard the bottom card of your deck. If that card's printed cost is 2 or less, attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.
While Flooded Ruins is the active location, it contributes its to the staging area.
Númenor was thrown down and swallowed in the sea... -The Return of the King
Cannot have player card attachments.
Forced: After Lost Island becomes the active location, flip it over.
Action: Remove 4 progress from Lost Island to look at its facedown side.
Forced: After Drowned Graves is flipped to this side while active, discard the top X cards of the encounter deck. Each player adds an Undead enemy discarded from this effect to the staging area. X is 2 more than the number of players in the game.
...their years lessened as their fear of death grew, and their joy departed. -The Return of the King
Cannot have player card attachments.
Forced: After Lost Island becomes the active location, flip it over.
Action: Remove 4 progress from Lost Island to look at its facedown side.
While Cursed Temple is the active location, characters with less than 2 do not ready during the refresh phase.
It was not long before he had bewitched the King and was master of his counsel... -The Return of the King
Cannot have player card attachments.
Forced: After Lost Island becomes the active location, flip it over.
Action: Remove 4 progress from Lost Island to look at its facedown side.
Captain Sahír engages the first player.
For each point of damage Captain Sahír would take, discard 1 resource from him and cancel that damage.
Forced: After Captain Sahír attacks, place 2 resource tokens on him (4 instead if his attack destroyed a character).
The first player gains control of Captain Sahír.
Captain Sahír gets +1 and +1 for each resource on him (max +6).
Action: Spend 1 resource from a hero you control to place 1 resource on Captain Sahír. (Limit once per round).
If Captain Sahír leaves play, the players lose.
Na’asiyah engages the last player.
Forced: When Na’asiyah engages you, discard each event in your hand. Add 1 resource to Na’asiyah for each event discarded in this way.
Forced: When Na’asiyah attacks or defends, she gets +1 and +1 for this attack for each resource on her. After this attack, discard 1 resource from her.
The last player gains control of Na’asiyah.
Action: While Na’asiyah is attacking or defending, spend 1 resource from her to give her +2 or +2 for this attack.
Action: Spend 1 resource from a hero you control to place 1 resource on Na’asiyah. (Limit once per round).
If Na’asiyah leaves play, the players lose.
Immune to player card effects. Sentinel.
The Dream-chaser can always be committed to Sailing tests (even if you are not the first player), and counts as 2 characters when committed to a Sailing test.
If the Dream-chaser is destroyed, the players lose the game.
Boarding 2. Cannot have attachments.
When the Stormcaller advances to the next quest stage, return it to the Stormcaller's area.
If the Stormcaller leaves play, the players win the game.
Boarding 1. Cannot have attachments.
While Sahír’s Escort is in the Stormcaller’s area, it contributes its to the amount of progress the Stormcaller places on its quest stage each round.
When Revealed: Add Sahír’s Escort to the Stormcaller’s area, instead of the players’ staging area.
Boarding 2. Cannot have attachments.
While Swift Raider is in the staging area, it gains:
Forced: After a player commits 4 or more characters to a Sailing test or to the quest, Swift Raider engages that player.
Surge. Cannot have attachments.
Forced: When Corsair Skiff engages you from the staging area, either raise your threat by 3 or it gains Boarding 1.
Corsair Seafarer gets +1 for each resource on it.
Forced: After the engaged player commits a hero to a Sailing test or to a quest, move 1 resource from that hero's resource pool to Corsair Seafarer.
Forced: When the Stormcaller advances to the next quest stage, Serpent’s Blade makes an immediate attack against the engaged player.
Travel: Move 2 progress from the main quest to the Stormcaller's quest stage.
Response: After Hidden Cove becomes the active location, heal 4 damage from each Ship objective.
When Revealed: Add Vast Coastland to the Stormcaller’s area.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 if you are at the same stage as the Stormcaller.
When Revealed: Each player contributing at least 8 to the quest must discard a questing character. If your heading is at the worst setting (), this effect cannot be canceled.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +X , where X is the Stormcaller's current quest stage.
Immune to player card effects.
Helm of the Stormcaller gets +1 quest point for each resource token on a Raider enemy in play.
Forced: When Helm of the Stormcaller becomes the active location, add Captain Sahír and Na'asiyah to the staging area from out of play (enemy side faceup).
Forced: After you travel to Forecastle Deck, search the encounter deck and discard pile for an enemy and reveal it. Shuffle the encounter deck.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if defending character has no resources on it or in its resource pool).
While Weather Deck is in the staging area, each other Deck location in play gains:
Travel: Each player must exhaust a character he controls to travel here.
Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.
While Cargo Hold is the active location, each enemy gets +1
Shadow: Until the end of the phase, attacking enemy gets +2
Travel: Add 1 resource to each Raider card in play to travel here.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2
While Quarter Deck is the active location, deal each enemy an additional shadow card at the beginning of the combat phase.
Shadow: Discard an attachment you control.
When Revealed: Exhaust each character with 1 or less
Shadow: If the defending character has 0 discard it. Otherwise, the defending character gets -2 for this attack.
Immune to player card effects. Cannot be engaged.
The Thing in the Depths gets +3 hit points per player.
Forced: When a Creature enemy is destroyed, deal damage to The Thing in the Depths equal to that enemy's
Eye of the Beast cannot attack.
While Eye of the Beast is engaged with a player, The Thing in the Depths attacks that player during the combat phase (deal and resolve a shadow card for this attack).
Grapple ( lowest printed Threat ).
Forced: At the end of the combat phase, if Thrashing Arm is engaged with you, deal 3 damage to a character you control.
Surge. Grapple ( highest printed quest points ).
Forced: After Crushing Arm is detached from a location, it makes an immediate attack against the first player.
Grapple ( highest printed Threat ).
Forced: When Grasping Arm attacks, the engaged player must exhaust a character he controls.
Shadow: If this attack is undefended, resolve Grasping Arm's Grapple keyword.
Grapple ( lowest printed quest points ).
Giant Arm gets +2 when attacking allies.
Shadow: After this attack, either put Giant Arm into play engaged with you and deal it a shadow card, or resolve its Grapple ability.
When Revealed: Discard the top 3 cards of the encounter deck. Resolve the Grapple keyword on each enemy discarded by this effect.
Shadow: Assign damage among characters you control equal to the number of enemies grappled with locations in the staging area.
When Revealed: The Thing in the Depths attacks each player in turn order from the staging area (deal and resolve a shadow card for each attack).
Shadow: After this attack, The Thing in the Depths makes an attack against the defending player (deal a shadow card for this attack).
Forced: When The Grotto's Entrance is flipped over while active, put Temple Guardian into play from the victory display, engaged with the player with the highest threat.
When the 8th progress is placed on The Grotto's Entrance, the players have found the sunken ruins and win the game.
Uncharted. Immune to player card effects.
Travel: Exhaust the Gate Key to travel here.
Forced: After Temple of the Deceived becomes the active location, flip it over.
While Temple Halls is the active location, each character gets -1 and -1
Forced: When Temple Halls is flipped over while active, put Temple Guardian into play from the victory display, engaged with the player with the highest threat.
Uncharted. Immune to player card effects.
Travel: Exhaust the Gate Key to travel here.
Forced: After Temple of the Deceived becomes the active location, flip it over.
X is the number of players in the game.
Immune to player card effects. Cannot be optionally engaged.
Temple Guardian gets -50 engagement cost while Cursed Temple is the active location.