Wicked Two-Gun Mojo, Making sure I'm doing this right... Options

[paws2sky]

So, reading through some of the SRM Denver adventures, I found an NPC who's basically a gunslinger adept. That piqued my interest enough to re-read the two-weapons rules.

The NPC in question has Ambidexterity, Agility 5, and Pistols 6(9). So, a hefty 14 DP for shooting. Not hard-maxed, but pretty close. FWIW, he also has smartlink contacts and a pair of smarted sliverguns, though that bonus doesn't apply to two-weapon fighting.

Example 1:
If he's firing a single shot with one gun, he has 16 dice. Throwing in a couple modifiers for -4 DP, he still has 12 dice for his attack. That's quite respectable.

Example 2:
If he's firing a single shot from each gun, he splits his dice pool. Let's say 7 dice for each shot. Throwing in that same -4 DP, he has 3 dice for each shot? That's lousy.

Example 3:
If he's firing a single shot from each gun, but this time he's trying to shoot at two different targets. He splits his dice pool. Let's say 8 and 6 dice. Throwing in that same -4 DP, plus the -2 for a second target, he has 2 dice for each shot? That's atrocious. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

Question:
Now... since we apply modifiers after the DP is split, does that mean we can use Take Aim to boost our DP for each attack? Looking at Example 2, would this raise his dice pools to 3 and 4 (applying Take Aim to only one gun)? Or would it be 4 and 4 (applying Take Aim to both guns)?

Conclusion:
Obviously, the answer is not to try to be some Hardboiled wannabe... but doesn't that kind of defeat the point of the gunslinger adept concept? I guess I tended to picture them as some crazy Wu-like action hero, instead of a careful target shooter. Oh well.


(On a humorous note: As I was working through a sample combat last night, the gunslinger critically glitched an attack with his off-hand gun, right after scoring about 5 hits on his primary gun. I was trying to figure out what might have happened... Maybe some of the flechettes ricocheted off something and struck him? Any other suggestions?)


-paws