For now I tend agree with psychorocka here.

His ability is not that great.

It could come in handy at moments, but that exhaustion cost is just too steep.

Edit: or are we missing something here?

I would like him alot more if he had 6 or 7 threat & different stats with this kind of ability.

The giant reads something like:

After it engages you, deal 1 damage to 3 Unique characters you control

It feels like half a hero to me, for some reason. It's like his ability is completely mitigated by his own sentinel keyword. And it seems he has only a Dwarf trait... Why? Is he not worth of being a Warrior? He looks like a Warrior to me.

oooooooo! what does the giant do!?

cannot believe that is the heroes actual ability... even if you load him up with attachments and he can give a +4 or 5 defense boost or whatever why not just use him to defend said attack? I get it for big boss battles and whatnot but seriously wouldn't you just load up the other defender as well...? Someone else needs to find a proper use for this to prove me wrong as other than adding his defense to another hero to tank one or two big hits from a boss right at the end of a quest I don't see any other use for it

Forced: After Giant of the Cold Wastes engages you, deal 1 point of damage to 3 different characters under your control.

Shadow: if the defender character has at least 1 point of damage, this enemy makes a new attack after this attack.

So, it looks like a good quest to pack a lot of healing

So asfaloth or tricil, does this mean Across the Ettenmoors is already available in Spain?

Could you post the rest of the unspoiled cards?

It is, but I do not have it yet. These spoilers come from the webpage's distributor.

If somebody here buys the adventure and tell us something about the cards, you will know.

Well, I hope there will be some sort of attachment or event to compensate Dori at the very least.

Noccus: sorry, not from Spain. I changed my avatar so that should be more obvious now.

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Man, Dori's weak. What kind of defensive hero has 2 def nowadays. Three would have been way more viable. And his ability..... Why give him sentinel then..

It feels like half a hero to me, for some reason. It's like his ability is completely mitigated by his own sentinel keyword. And it seems he has only a Dwarf trait... Why? Is he not worth of being a Warrior? He looks like a Warrior to me.

Seems to me they also forgot the Noble trait again. He was one of the Dwarves from B's party and afterwards became quite influental.

I see Dori as a half-StandTogether. You can't chose character to deal damage by extra attack over defense and it will be only 2 points of defense, no more, but the first problem of StandTogether is solved --> you have the action since start game forever ^^

Edited: I start thinking in Dori with Boromir and ready effects (Beregond + Behind strong walls) etc.

I were frustrated when Dori is only active for 1 attack

You can chose the character to who give the +2 defense bonus (Shield of Gondor is permanent on 1 character). And it is a good thing

PD: And Dori with Unexpected Courage or Miruvor, etc., continues being good. Despite you can't use his ability twice on same character

The giant reads something like:

After it engages you, deal 1 damage to 3 Unique characters you control

As it's been said, I can't imagine a deck or situation it would be beneficial to use his response instead of direct defense, maybe against some enemies like the hill troll, for example, when you don't want to recieve the consequences of non defended attack points?

Edit: first part corrected before by Asfaloth! And yes, he is a dwarf, it is easy to increase his stats but...I still don't see him in any of my most played decks.

I find it cool that we're getting a Dwarf hero, it's been a long time. The art is amazing. I certainly hope the pack contains an outstanding Tactics attachment that'd make Dori's ability worth something. Because as it stands, even a non-defensive hero like Gimli is better at defending than this guy. Man, it does not even target allies also, only heroes.

I also understands the theme behind it as Dori was kind of protective of other Dwarves and also of Mr Baggins, which was already depicted in ally Dori's ability. Kind of cool, but I still don't see the hero's utility.

First dwarf hero with centinel keyword

Text can be not too great, but we don't forget traits.

Traits start to be important. Card must not be considered only by his own. Dori alone, of course, is weak. But if we are aware of the synergies with other characters...the same card can be much more strong.

For example: dori + bombur + gloin

You can chose who defend with Dori ability, if Bombur (+ Burning Brand) when attack is very powerful, or Gloin (if attack is not so much powrful but anyway, the few hp and defense of Gloin is not enough). And you get the power of dwarf synergy: only playing 1 dwarf and you can get Dwalin or Bifur allies with bonuses; Gloin provides also with resources much easily.

I just thought of something. Can you use his action after the shadow card was revealed but before the attack damage resolves? So, if somebody got +3 attack on his shadow or something, you can mitiage this? Still not much, though, but something, if it works, of course.

No. It seems immediate response, just after character has been exhausted to defend, before revealing shadow card

Looks like a bad hero to me, maybe a good attachment for him will be spoiled and things will change.

Also, I think it's good to keep in mind nowadays it's shadows that really hurt you when defending: it happened plenty of times to me that I came close to losing or outright lost because of a shadow.

Finally, the restriction on a defending hero is disappointing, I was really expecting such an ability to be able to synergise with an ally.

So far, he looks somewhat like 2 Dunedain Warnings, even if the added flexibility is nice - but we're talking about a (10 threat) hero!

No. It seems immediate response, just after character has been exhausted to defend, before revealing shadow card

OK, then I'll reserve my final judgement until the english version gets spoiled along with the contents of the pack.

It just seems like super flexibility to me. In a 4 player game, he'll have plenty of targets for his ability OR he can straight up defend. He also gives you the ability to have extra defense before the attachments make their way into play as well as giving you more deck space if you prefer not to include defensive attachments.

I reserve final judgment until we have actually tested him but I do see some merit despite being somewhat weak.

That Headache Helm he seems to wear could be an attachment in this cycle that could possibly work with him making him way better, but at the moment he may be the most disappointing heroe in Angmar awakened.

The giant reads something like:

After it engages you, deal 1 damage to 3 Unique characters you control

Not unique. 3 different characters you control (not unique only).

That's why I said "something" like

Speaking Spanish & understanding it I can do.

But with reading and writing I know I can make mistakes.

And on Dori: I agree with the consensus here that he needs an attachment to make him worth while.

It has been a long time since we've seen such a bad hero. Bad in the sence of what we get when you start the game.

He brings 10 threat with 3 useless stat points (his wp and att) and at least 1 stat too few in def.

He has sentinel, which is offcourse great.

Then he has an ability to boost other heroes, thus nullifying his own sentinel to combo with this. Also limited to heroes, while a Dwarf deck keys off on ally swarm and having the heroes as support...

If this is true, I think he can be great when combined with another character with Burning brand, but for pure solo players (like me), I'm not sure he's that great.

Here's what I found on the site of the store Le valet de coeur in Montreal :

Fortunately, the sixty new cards in Across the Ettenmoors include more than its scenario; they also introduce a new Tactics hero, who lends versatility to your fellowship's defensive efforts, as well as three copies each of nine different player cards.

http://www.levalet.com/fr/a-venir/lord-of-the-rings-across-the-ettenmoors.html