Demons of the Ancient World.

[menace64]

•Watcher in the Water, Demon of the Ancient World
Minion • Creature
Strength 11
Vitality 4
Site Number 4
Ambush 5. Fierce.
Discard all other minions (except tentacles). Watcher in the Water cannot bear possessions.
Watcher in the Water is damage +1 for each tentacle in your discard pile.

•The Balrog, Demon of the Ancient World
Minion • Balrog
Strength 17
Vitality 5
Site Number 4
Fierce.
The Balrog is damage +1 for each card with 'Balrog' in its title in your discard pile.
Regroup: Exert The Balrog to play the fellowship's next site (if that site is underground).

•Shelob, Demon of the Ancient World
Minion • Spider
Strength 8
Vitality 8
Site Number 8
Enduring.
Shelob is damage +1 for each card with 'Shelob' in its title in your discard pile.
Regroup: Exert Shelob twice to make the Free Peoples player exert a companion.

And one more random minion I thought of:

•Fell Beast, Demon of the Ancient World
Minion • Fell Beast
Strength 12
Vitality 2
Site Number 5
Fell Beast is damage +1 for each Nazgul you can spot. Fell Beast may not take wounds during the archery phase.
Skirmish: Return Fell Beast to your hand to play a Nazgul from your discard pile; its twilight cost is -3.

[sickofpalantirs]

all look good...you have such strange card ideas though...
othe idea,
mumak, demon of the ancient world...

[Thranduil]

•Watcher in the Water, Demon of the Ancient World
Minion • Creature
Strength 11
Vitality 4
Site Number 4
Ambush 5. Fierce.
Discard all other minions (except tentacles). Watcher in the Water cannot bear possessions.
Watcher in the Water is damage +1 for each tentacle in your discard pile.

I think I would have a bit less ambush (though paying for yourself and more is quite entertaining) and a strength boost, because otherwise its damage bonus and fierceness becomes a bit useless - maybe +2 at a marsh? Adding overall from this card also seems quite obscene.

•The Balrog, Demon of the Ancient World
Minion • Balrog
Strength 17
Vitality 5
Site Number 4
Fierce.
The Balrog is damage +1 for each card with 'Balrog' in its title in your discard pile.
Regroup: Exert The Balrog to play the fellowship's next site (if that site is underground).

I think he needs a twilight reduction - he's not as good as Demon of Might. Maybe -1 for each underground site.

•Shelob, Demon of the Ancient World
Minion • Spider
Strength 8
Vitality 8
Site Number 8
Enduring.
Shelob is damage +1 for each card with 'Shelob' in its title in your discard pile.
Regroup: Exert Shelob twice to make the Free Peoples player exert a companion.

This one I really really like. Evil as anything...

•Fell Beast, Demon of the Ancient World
Minion • Fell Beast
Strength 12
Vitality 2
Site Number 5
Fell Beast is damage +1 for each Nazgul you can spot. Fell Beast may not take wounds during the archery phase.
Skirmish: Return Fell Beast to your hand to play a Nazgul from your discard pile; its twilight cost is -3.

I think a Fell Beast needs a bit more vitality, maybe at the cost of a bit of strength. Perhaps I would also make the Nazgûl you play fierce, just in case it happens not to be.

Fun ideas coming through here.

Thranduil

[lem0nhead]

•Watcher in the Water, Demon of the Ancient World
Minion • Creature
Strength 11
Vitality 4
Site Number 4
Ambush 5. Fierce.
Discard all other minions (except tentacles). Watcher in the Water cannot bear possessions.

All okay.


Watcher in the Water is damage +1 for each tentacle in your discard pile.

This bit is clinically insane. I do not endorse such stupidity.

•The Balrog, Demon of the Ancient World
Minion • Balrog
Strength 17
Vitality 5
Site Number 4
Fierce.
The Balrog is damage +1 for each card with 'Balrog' in its title in your discard pile.
Regroup: Exert The Balrog to play the fellowship's next site (if that site is underground).

Okay... Slightly less broken than the last one but could be engineered so.

•Shelob, Demon of the Ancient World
Minion • Spider
Strength 8
Vitality 8
Site Number 8
Enduring.
Shelob is damage +1 for each card with 'Shelob' in its title in your discard pile.
Regroup: Exert Shelob twice to make the Free Peoples player exert a companion.

Less opportunity for exploitation, especially as she isnt fierce, but one heck of a nasty balance between enduring and the regroup wounding.

•Fell Beast, Demon of the Ancient World
Minion • Fell Beast
Strength 12
Vitality 2
Site Number 5
Fell Beast is damage +1 for each Nazgul you can spot. Fell Beast may not take wounds during the archery phase.
Skirmish: Return Fell Beast to your hand to play a Nazgul from your discard pile; its twilight cost is -3.

Nice.

[DáinIronfoot]

As with the others, I think the damage on the Watcher is just insane. I could MAYBE see the ambush being tied to tentacles instead and the Watcher have a standard damage +1.

The rest seem fine, though. Pretty neat ideas overall.