Jemal said:I'm pretty sure autofire is based on how much higher you rolled than what you NEEDED, meaning if something is raising/lowering their defense temporarily, you go by the CURRENT, relevant defense score.
Right. Necro- you're probably right that you should have had a surprise attack there (unless he has Uncanny Dodge of some kind!) so it should have been 1 higher DC. Plus he had a Bruise. But he only missed by 2 (curse those good rolls!)