Before Range is Chosen

Just clarrifying that when you play cards like Carrion Crows, that you can still play manuevers and your vampires actual Strike Card. Carrion Crows is just extra damage at damage resolution, right?

Carrion Crows:
•Carrion Crows does "1R each round" to the opposing minion (card text). The "during strike resolution" just tells you when that 1R per round is resolved. (2R for superior).

Yes.
There are cards that must be played 'before range is chosen'.
Playing these cards does not impact playing any other cards unless their card text explicitly states that they do.

A common combat scenario:

Nangila Were enters combat with Krassimir via Ambush and is not blocked.

Nangila plays Carrion Crows and Torn Signpost (to get +2 strength) before range.
Krassimir responds with Outside the Hourglass and Lapse .

Nangila resolves the 2 damage from Outside the Hourglass and then chooses not to maneuver.
Krassimir maneuvers to long with another Outside the Hourglass at (choosing to use only the maneuver).
Nangila maneuvers back to close range with her maneuver from Ambush.
Krassimir does not maneuver a second time.

Nangila plays Immortal Grapple .
Nangila has no strike (from the Lapse).
Krassimir must strike hands (from the Immortal Grapple), and plays no strike card.

Nangila takes 1 damage from the hand strike and Krassimir takes 2 damage from the Carrion Crows.

Nangila presses to continue with the Immortal Grapple.
Krassimir does not press to end.

Nangila plays Taste of Vitae to gain the 2 blood that Krassimir lost to damage.

Range will automatically be close in the second round (Immortal Grapple card text), but cards played before range are not prohibited by this fact.

Nangila plays Fire in the Blood to get +2 more strength.
Krassimir plays another Outside the Hourglass (one per round).

Nangila resolves the 2 damage from Outside the Hourglass and plays nothing else before range.
Krassimir also plays nothing more before range.

The range is automatically close, so Nangila plays another Immortal Grapple.

Nangila strikes with Burning Wrath for 7 aggravated hand damage and another 2 damage from the Carrion Crows.
Krassimir strikes hands for 1.

Krassimir burns because he cannot prevent 9 damage (7 of it aggravated) and Nangila loses 1 more for his hand strike.

Nangila will then play another Taste of Vitae to be ready to do it all again next turn.

Perfect! I totally followed all that. Thanks!