Stealth

Stealth is an unloaded keyword, used primarily on Events and Conditions from the Fellowship of the Ring Block. These cards tend to represent the attempts of the Fellowship to avoid attention of the enemy, and are largely the counterpart to Search cards (see also Tracker).

List of Cards with the Stealth Keyword

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Depart Silently (3C31)	Gandalf	Event	Stealth. Maneuver: At sites 1 to 5, spot Gandalf to prevent Hobbits from being assigned to skirmishes until the regroup phase. At any other site, spot Gandalf to make a Hobbit strength +3 until the regroup phase.
	The Dead City (7R56)	Gollum	Condition	Stealth. Bearer must be Sméagol. If Sméagol is about to be killed in a skirmish, he is discarded instead.
	Sneaking! (7R73)	Gollum	Event • Skirmish	Stealth. Heal Sméagol (or cancel Sméagol’s skirmish if he has more vitality than the minion or minions he is skirmishing).
	Hobbit Intuition (1C296)	Shire	Event	Stealth. Skirmish: At sites 1 to 4, cancel a skirmish involving a Hobbit. At any other site, make a Hobbit strength +3.
	Hobbit Stealth (1C298)	Shire	Event	Stealth. Skirmish: At sites 1 to 5, cancel a skirmish involving a Hobbit. At any other site, make a Hobbit strength +2.
	A Talent for Not Being Seen (1U316)	Shire	Condition	Stealth. To play, exert a Hobbit. Plays to your support area. Each time the fellowship moves, spot 2 Hobbit companions to make the Shadow number -1 (or spot 4 to make it -2).
	Deft in Their Movements (2C99)	Shire	Event	Stealth. Regroup: Spot 2 Hobbits to make each site’s Shadow number -2 until the end of the turn.
	Fearing the Worst (2R100)	Shire	Condition	Stealth. To play, exert 2 Hobbits. The twilight cost of each search card and each tracker is +2.
	Nice Imitation (2U106)	Shire	Condition	Stealth. Response: If a Hobbit is about to take a wound, discard this condition to prevent that wound.
	Seek and Hide (3C112)	Shire	Event	Stealth. Skirmish: Spot 2 companions to make a minion lose all damage bonuses.
	Escape (4R300)	Shire	Condition	Stealth. Bearer must be an unbound Hobbit. Limit 1 per character. Skirmish: Exert bearer twice to cancel a skirmish involving him. Any Shadow player may remove to prevent this.
	Severed His Bonds (4C319)	Shire	Event	Stealth. Skirmish: At sites 1 to 4, cancel a skirmish involving a Hobbit. At any other site, prevent a Hobbit from being overwhelmed unless his or her strength is tripled.
	Swiftly and Softly (4C321)	Shire	Event	Stealth. Skirmish: At sites 1 to 5, cancel a skirmish involving a Hobbit. At any other site, prevent a Hobbit from taking more than 1 wound.
	Warmed Up a Bit (4C322)	Shire	Event	Stealth. Skirmish: Discard an unbound Hobbit.
	Make Haste (10C109)	Shire	Event • Maneuver	Stealth. Spot a companion and return him or her to your hand to make a Shadow player choose to remove or discard a minion.
	Slunk Out of Sight (10U115)	Shire	Event • Skirmish	Stealth. If there are 6 or more cards in your discard pile, cancel a skirmish involving your Hobbit and a minion who is not fierce. Each minion in that skirmish is fierce until the regroup phase.
	Crouched Down (11C162)	Shire	Event • Skirmish	Stealth. Cancel a skirmish involving a Hobbit and a minion whose strength is lower than that Hobbit's resistance.
	Incognito (11C167)	Shire	Event • Skirmish	Stealth. If the fellowship is at a dwelling site, exert 2 Hobbits to cancel a skirmish involving a Hobbit. At any other site, exert 2 Hobbits to make a Hobbit strength +3. ​

List of Cards that Interact with the Stealth Keyword

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Wariness (1U161)	Isengard	Event	Search. Response: If a stealth event is played, exert or discard your Uruk-hai to cancel that event.
	Relentless (1U194)	Moria	Event	Search. Response: If a stealth event is played, spot 3 minions to cancel that event.
	Seeking It Always (1U275)	Sauron	Condition	Search. Plays to your support area. Response: If a stealth event is played, exert a tracker to cancel that event.
	Breeland Forest (1U329)	Site	Site	Forest. Stealth events may not be played. ​

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