The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The Black Serpent
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – The Black Serpent Rulebook
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Scenario Overview
Difficulty Level = 8
"The Black Serpent" is played with an encounter deck built with all the cards from the following encounter sets: The Black Serpent and Harad Soldiers. (Harad Soldiers can be found in The Sands of Harad deluxe expansion to The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game.)
Guarded (X)
Guarded (X) is a new version of the Guarded keyword. When a card with Guarded (X) is revealed, instead of revealing the next card from the encounter deck, discard cards from the encounter deck until an encounter card with the matching type is discarded. Then, add it to the staging area and attach the just revealed objective to it. Once attached, an objective with Guarded (X) works just like an objective with the Guarded keyword.
Example: Matt is setting up "The Black Serpent" and the Setup on stage 1A instructs him to reveal a random, set aside Harad objective. He randomly selects Banner of the Serpent which reads: "Guarded (enemy or location)." Matt places Banner of the Serpent in the staging area and begins discarding cards from the top of the encounter deck. The first card is a treachery card, so he continues discarding. The second card is an enemy, Southron Archer. Since enemy is a type listed after the Guarded keyword on Banner of the Serpent, Matt takes Southron Archer from the encounter discard pile, adds it to the staging area, and attaches Banner of the Serpent to it.
Valour
Valour is a trigger that appears on some player cards in the Haradrim cycle. Actions and Responses with the Valour trigger, presented as "Valour Action" or "Valour Response," can only be triggered by a player whose threat is 40 or higher.
If an event card has two effects, one with the Valour trigger and one without, you may only choose one of these two effects to trigger when you play the card. You may still only choose the effect with the Valour trigger if your threat is 40 or higher.