lsj Grasp of the Python and Dead Hand

These both read Strike: Make a hand strike... Can I play a hand strike from amongst the cards in my hand, like, pushing the limits? Pushing the Limits says "Make a hand strike or melee weapon strike at +2 damage". But here I understand the context of including the additional text of "make a". Compare to Earthschock "Strike: Strength Ranged Damage." Why doesn't it say "Strike: Make a strength ranged damage strike" or something similar? I suppose that's because it isn't a 'type' of strike, like 'hand' or 'melee'. Why couldn't you have just said "Strike: Strength damage..." It would be clear from the rulesbook that that strike would have been a 'hand' strike, wouldn't it?

"Screaming Vermillian" <vermil...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1109263020.0...@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > These both read > > Strike: Make a hand strike... > > Can I play a hand strike from amongst the cards in my hand, like, > pushing the limits? No. > Why couldn't you have just said "Strike: Strength damage..." It would > be clear from the rulesbook that that strike would have been a 'hand' > strike, wouldn't it? You'd think so, but apparently it isn't. So I've started using the above template to reinforce the idea that it is, indeed, a hand strike. -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. V:TES homepage: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/ Though effective, appear to be ineffective -- Sun Tzu

LSJ wrote: > "Screaming Vermillian" <vermil...@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:1109263020.0...@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > > These both read > > > > Strike: Make a hand strike... > > > > Can I play a hand strike from amongst the cards in my hand, like, > > pushing the limits? > > No. > > > Why couldn't you have just said "Strike: Strength damage..." It would > > be clear from the rulesbook that that strike would have been a 'hand' > > strike, wouldn't it? > > You'd think so, but apparently it isn't. You have had troubles with that in the past? Well... now you get jerks like me asking questions about something different now. :) Really, I realize now that its been that way for a while (the templating), but I just now noticed. Thanks for answering a boring obvious question.