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=Loaded Keywords= | |||
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'''Loaded keywords''' are bold one-word labels included in the [[game text]] of many cards. All keywords are treated the same by the game: a character either has the keyword or does not. A character without a particular keyword printed on it can have that keyword added, and a character can have a keyword removed regardless of whether it currently has that keyword. It is possible for certain sources of a keyword to be removed apart from others, though only damage bonuses from possessions are treated this way (for example, {{Card|Trapped and Alone}}). The difference between loaded and unloaded keywords is that each loaded keyword has a rule associated with it and so they change the way the game is played just by being on the table, while their benign cousins [[Unloaded Keywords|unloaded keywords]] don't ''do'' anything. | |||
The Balrog shown to the right has two loaded keywords: '''[[Fierce]]''' and '''[[Damage]] +1'''. '''Fierce''' indicates that the Free Peoples player must assign it to a skirmish twice per site, and '''damage +1''' adds to the number of wounds it dishes out in a winning [[Skirmish Phase|skirmish]]. These two keywords further establish that there are two different kinds of loaded keywords: ''numeric'' and ''non-numeric''. | The Balrog shown to the right has two loaded keywords: '''[[Fierce]]''' and '''[[Damage]] +1'''. '''Fierce''' indicates that the Free Peoples player must assign it to a skirmish twice per site, and '''damage +1''' adds to the number of wounds it dishes out in a winning [[Skirmish Phase|skirmish]]. These two keywords further establish that there are two different kinds of loaded keywords: ''numeric'' and ''non-numeric''. | ||
Numeric keywords are always paired with a positive number and are unique in that gaining these keywords multiple times changes their impact -- {{Card|The Balrog's Sword}} would further increase the number of wounds The Balrog delivers. While at first numeric keywords seem similar to statistics such as twilight and strength, there is no way to reduce a numeric keyword (only remove certain sources). Exactly how gaining a numeric keyword multiple times impacts the game depends on the keyword. | |||
Numeric keywords are always paired with a positive number and | |||
'''Damage''' and '''[[Defender|defender]]''' bonuses are added together to a single "damage bonus" or "defender bonus." For example, any version of Gimli bearing {{Card|Gimli's Battle Axe}} will be at least '''damage +2''' (especially important for {{Card|Gimli, Bearer of Grudges}}). Cards that spot the lowest numeric version of one of these keywords can also spot all higher numbers, meaning {{Card|Swordarm of the White Tower}} gives 4 strength to a companion that is ''at least'' '''defender +1'''. | |||
Meanwhile, '''[[Ambush]]''' and '''[[Hunter|hunter]]''' bonuses remain separate even though it appears that they could be added together. A character with one or more of these bonuses is "with ambush" or a "hunter." When a minion with the keyword '''ambush {{Twilight|X}}''' is given the keyword '''ambush {{Twilight|X}}''' by another card or special ability, each of those instances of ambush is resolved separately rather at once. Similarly, a companion with 3 '''hunter 1''' bonuses is not '''hunter 3''' (although there is no distinction between the two in-game). | |||
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Although '''[[Toil|toil]]''' is a numeric keyword, there is no way to give a card '''toil''' or modify the existing toil number of a card ({{Card|Ulaire Enquea, Black Threat}} is as close as it gets). There is no defined interaction for what would happen if a card had two instances of toil. | |||
Non-numeric loaded keywords work the same regardless of how many "times" a character gains it. In the case of '''fierce''', that minion skirmishes twice per site and that's it -- {{Card|Whip of Many Thongs, Weapon of Flame and Shadow}} will not provide any sort of cumulative '''fierce''' benefit to The Balrog above. When such an effect was desirable, Decipher skirted around the keywords to achieve the same result. A few examples of this are how {{Card|The Witch-king's Beast, Fell Creature}} allows The Witch-king to enter a third skirmish, {{Card|Orc Slaughterer}} was intentionally given the definition of '''enduring''' as game text to circumvent the non-numeric nature of the keyword, and {{Card|The Splendor of Their Banners}} effectively allows a single archer to add to the archery total multiple times. | |||
---- | [[Artifact]]s and [[possession]]s often -- but do not always -- have a special loaded keyword called [[Item Class]]. A character may only bear one card of a given item class at a time, but some hand weapons ({{Card|Hand Axe}}, {{Card|Flaming Brand}}, {{Card|Knife of the Galadhrim}}, and {{Card|Arwen's Dagger}}) provide an exception to this rule. [[Box]], [[Bracers]], [[Brooch]], [[Gauntlets]], and [[Phial]] all only have one item within their class, so in these cases the item class effectively acts as "limit one per bearer" text (although the lone Gauntlets and Phial are already unique). {{Card|Elven Armaments}} is notable for having two item classes, so a character bearing this card may neither bear another shield nor another hand weapon. | ||
See the pages at the keywords below for in-depth discussion as to an individual keyword's effects, or see [[Unloaded Keywords]] for an explanation for all other bolded keywords. | |||
{{Loaded Keyword Table}} | {{Loaded Keyword Table}} |