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Nope, someone must have wanted to start a rumor!

now wait a second....I remember a time that I could not band in my saul if he was in my hand and I had generics in territory to block....was that a bad ruling? This was back around after Apostles was released so it might have changed since then....

so to clarify...if I have multiple evil characters in my hand and you attack me, I can block with all of them if they band together instead of requiring them to be in territory? Something doesn't seem right about that...and based off the rule book does not make sense...

This is the way that we have always played it, so if this is not correct, it would be good to know.

You have to band either no cards, or all of them in play + any number you choose from hand.

not that I don't disagree, but where are you getting that from? based on the definition of banding from the REG it does not say a thing about where the targets come from.

Banding
Banding is a special ability given to characters. Band­ing allows two or more characters to join together. When two or more characters are banded together, they are regarded as a com­bined force in strength and toughness. Banding cards are played during battle. The banding special ability can be either on a char­acter or on an enhancement. The banding card does not hold the second character in battle; it is simply what allows the second character to join the battle.

And why would pharisses be treated any differently than say esau or any other banding character? I know this is something elementary that I am missing somewhere...

Pharisees say that may band all into battle, why are the targets for the band not in play since we can only play characters during our turn or one evil character when we block....Esau says may band to any OT who fought earthly battle. Again I thought the target of the band had to be in territory in order to work...if please give me the source that would say why.

Also from the REG under the Default Conditions for Band:

Banding cards that say “from your hand” mean add from your hand, those that say “in play” mean band from a territory, and those that have no specific indicator can be either.

Can someone confirm that you actually can band from territory and hand with something like Pharisees? Based on my quote from the REG, "those that have no specific indicator can be either" not both...

with Sauce and Browarod.