Action Modifiers Played at Beginning and End of an Action

Some disagreements recently arose having to do with the timing windows for playing action modifiers:

1. Is a Methuselah permitted to play an action modifier during the as-announced window of action declaration, assuming said modifier does not specify when it is to be played?
1a. For instance, could I play a Conditioning as I declare a bleed in the hopes of drawing into and playing a Seduction afterward?

2. Freak Drive specifies that it is played “at the end” of an action. Once Freak Drive has been played, can other action modifiers be played afterward?
For example:
2a. Can I play Daring the Dawn after Freak Drive?
2b. Can I play Voter Captivation after Freak Drive?

Thanks!
-Bill

Name: Seduction
Cardtype: Action Modifier
Discipline: Dominate
Only usable as the action is announced.
[dom] Choose a younger vampire. The chosen vampire cannot block this action.
[DOM] As above, but choose any vampire.

Name: Conditioning
Cardtype: Action Modifier
Cost: 1 blood
Discipline: Dominate
Only usable during a bleed action.
[dom] +2 bleed (limited).
[DOM] +3 bleed (limited).

Name: Freak Drive
Cardtype: Action Modifier
Cost: 1 blood
Discipline: Fortitude
[for] Only usable at the end of a successful action (after resolving the action). This vampire unlocks.
[FOR] As above, but usable even if the action is blocked (play after combat, if any).

Name: Daring the Dawn
Cardtype: Action Modifier
Discipline: Fortitude
[for] Vampires cannot block this action. The acting vampire takes 2 unpreventable aggravated damage after the action resolves.
[FOR] As above, but the acting vampire takes 1 unpreventable aggravated damage.

Name: Voter Captivation
Cardtype: Action Modifier
Discipline: Presence
Only usable after resolving a successful referendum called by this acting vampire.

 The acting vampire gains X blood from the blood bank, where X is the number of votes by which the referendum passed.

 As above, but move up to 2 of those blood counters to your pool instead of this vampire.

Thanks!

Ankha wrote:

Killiam wrote:

For example:
2a. Can I play Daring the Dawn after Freak Drive?

No. Daring the Dawn is not usable after action resolution. By default, action modifiers must be played before action resolution.

Wow, it seems I have been playing Daring wrong in my chain of command deck, where I would blow up my chained minion after the bleed resolves to possess them back afterwards. Hmrph, I guess I need give my opponents a change to bounce the unblockable bleed after all.