-Michael
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.
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