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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dismas" data-source="post: 787648" data-attributes="member: 7195">There has been errata (not official, but confirmed by Charles Ryan) posted on the WoTC boards in the FAQ section and now seperate. Autofire has been discussed in depth on the WoTC and Charles has not yet said 'its a misprint'.If your interpretation is correct it makes autofire frieghtenly powerful. All I have to do everyround is to use autofire, as long as I can hit a Defense of 10 I am guarenteed to do some damage to everyone in the area of effect.and for evryone the FULL text of the FAQ entry you quoted:Q: If an object or creature takes up more than one space, does it take more damage than the normal +2d*? For instance, if two thugs are standing behind a car, and I autofire with two squares on the car, and the other two on the orcs, does the car take 4d* twice, or just once? If only once, what would the point be of concentrating all your fire on the car?A: Autofire is an area effect. Everything within the area takes the prescribed damage (unless it saves), regardless of the creature or object's size. It helps if you remember that autofire works exactly the same way as grenades and fireballs. If you cast a fireball at a Gargantuan dragon, the dragon takes 10d6 damage--not 10d6 per five-foot square it occupies. Same for autofire. Burst fire, on the other hand, is a ranged attack, made like any other ranged attack. The target's size modifier is built into its Defense, so it's easier to hit larger creatures.</blockquote>

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