Sniper Rifle\Horrid Reality

I don't have both cards to hand, but can you Horrid Reality a Sniper Rifle into play after a successful block and still automatically select long range? I don't know if you can. Does the Rifle's effect happen even before the Establish Range step? Obviously it isn't a conventional weapon-maneuver. Still, if you could, you could whip up a free disposable Sniper Rifle, boosted with Mass Reality, and whack on Dragon's Breath Rounds as you didn't pay any pool for the gun anyway... -Michael

Michael Bradley wrote: > > I don't have both cards to hand, but can you > Horrid Reality a Sniper Rifle into play after a successful > block and still automatically select long range? > I don't know if you can. No. Card text: "if the bearer /blocks/ an action..." (emphasis mine). > Does the Rifle's effect happen even before the Establish > Range step? Obviously it isn't a conventional weapon-maneuver. Yes. Set-range happens before maneuvering. > Still, if you could, you could whip up a free disposable > Sniper Rifle, boosted with Mass Reality, and whack on Dragon's > Breath Rounds as you didn't pay any pool for the gun anyway... You can do that anyhow - you just have to worry about being at close range. -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. Links to revised rulebook, rulings, errata, and tournament rules: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/