Hazard Short-events Archive

BURIED BENEATH(Hazard Short-event)
Only playable immediately following a Troll, Giant, Drake, or Dragon attack that has been defeated. Target one character who faced a strike from the defeated attack; that character must make a body check at -1 to the die roll. May be placed on-guard, and revealed if a Troll, Giant, Drake, or Dragon automatic-attack is defeated. May not be duplicated on a given attack.
"...the written blade of Westernesse pierced through the hide and went deep into the vitals of the troll, and his black blood came gushing out. He toppled forward and came crashing down like a falling rock, burying those beneath him." -LotRV

THE UNCLEAN WREN(Hazard Creature or Short-event)
Playable Region/Site Types: BL/W/SL/DD
1 MP
Animal. May be played as a hazard creature with one strike or as a short-event.
Characters facing a strike from this creature use prowess equal to their mind attribute. Any character that would normally be wounded is only tapped instead - no body checks are made.
If played as a short-event, this card gives -2 to one character's influence or offering attempts for the rest of the turn. As a short-event, this card may be played by any player at any time not counting against the hazard limit, but may not be duplicated on a given character.
Prowess 8, Body -
"...the whispers grew into shouts of laughter, and bold men who no longer feared the mighty Wizard shouted out 'Behold the great Pallando with bird poop on his robes!' And the Maia of Mandos retreated before their derision and skulked away to search for a really first-class dry cleaning establishment..." -LottaBS

Author's note: This card represents the hideously-evil Sauronic influence that drives otherwise placid, even friendly birds to evacuate their bowels from a great height onto the robes, hauberks, helms, and even heads of those sworn to the cause of the Free Peoples. Like the man said, write what you know...

THE GREAT DOORS SLAMMED TO(Hazard Short-event)
Playable on a Shadow-hold or Dark-hold. May be played as an on-guard card and revealed before any automatic-attacks are faced.
Attacker may split the company exploring this site into two companies of as even a number as possible. Resulting companies must face any and all automatic-attacks separately, and are considered recombined when all automatic-attacks have been faced.
"The gate was shut. Sam hurled himself against the bolted brazen plates and fell senseless to the ground. He was out in the darkness. Frodo was alive but taken by the Enemy." -LotRIV

A GAME OF CHARADES(Hazard Short-event)
Opponent must reveal either 1-6 resource cards or hazard cards (attacker's choice) from his hand (roll a die or draw a #). Player targeted must reveal borders to prove a claim that his hand falls short of the required # of cards.
"...he turned slowly on his stool...pointed toward the door of the men's room...He pointed toward Frito and then to himself. By this time half the patrons had turned to watch, and thinking it was a game of charades, were encouraging him with shouts of 'Famous saying?' and 'Sounds like!'" -BotR

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