On point 2, it's basically how me and others have played the game as. Whilst it may not be the case, I was a member of the dev's forum and they never corrected any of us when mentioning it.<br/><br/>On point 3, I missed that, nice catch. Because it's only a defence and they succeeded anyway, nothing happens. At least for this case, though perhaps if they did follow up to spend a doom die to place an effect on Kitt, it could be said the effect would be stepped up by one, possibly. Though I'm unsure if spending the doom die may count as a seperate action of the GM, even if it's linked narratively to the botched action.