You can fire two burst-modded pistols, just like you can fire two SMGs, one in each hand, on burst fire. Think machine pistols.

And yes, there are rules that state how many bullets a given gun can fire per full combat round. It’s pretty generic, like everything below super-machine gun class (assault rifles and SMGs, LMGs, MMGs, HMGs) can fire a max of 10 bullets per round on full auto. Super-machine gun class (Ingram Supermach, Ares HV-LMG, etc) can fire a max of 15 bullets per round. Miniguns can ONLY fire 15 bullets per round. And so on. It’s in SR3 and Cannon Companion I believe.

The issue here is that because the Guardian requires a complex action to use burst fire, will having one in each hand get around the 1 complex action per turn rule?

Personally, I would rule no, because otherwise it brings the question of can you fire two weapons (say SMGs) full-auto, if you have one in each hand. It is clearly stated (somewhere, don’t have the book with me) that you cannot fire two weapons at full-auto at the same time, and I BELIEVE (again, no book) that the reasoning is because it requires a complex action to use full auto.

In the absence of a specific ruling to the contrary, I would rule that no matter what, a character can only fire one burst from one Guardian per turn, even if you have one in each hand, since a character is only allowed one complex action a turn, and the example in the book of using two full-auto weapons (which would require a complex action for each weapon firing full-auto) has been disallowed.

Note that this does not affect say, the Ruger Thunderbolt, which only requires a simple action to fire BF, and therefore COULD be fired with 2 bursts normally per turn, and another one in your off hand would allow for another 2 bursts.

Again, that’s my stance in the absence of a specific ruling in the book. Grendel, I’ll wait for you to weigh in on this and we can go/discuss from there, in the GM emails if necessary, so we don’t clog up the OOC thread.

If this is an absolute cap, this would create the limits you're looking for, Shadow. Take a single pistol (say it's modded to burst fire in simple action); and let's say it's a street sam who gets to go three times in a combat round.

Pass #1: two simple actions (burst fire each) = six bullets.
Pass #2: two simple actions (burst fire each) = six bullets. ... oops ...

No, there is no cap. The only limit is dictated by the weapon's action. SA weapons fire one round per simple action. SS weapons fire once per simple action as well, but can only fire once per phase even though characters get two simple actions per phase.

You'll need to expend an Observe in Detail action since the area is covered in a combination of standard gray and IR smoke, making visual perception difficult if not impossible. From your position, you can barely make out the vehicles against the back wall, as well as what's probably the couple in the middle of the fight. Both of them appear to be motionless on the ground. You don't see anyone else up, nor does anyone appear to be aiming at you.

I think it is more along the lines of us getting you greased.

You have the new record, bclements. That far eclipses what I rolled for Disguise, way back when ("yesterday") when we were trying to crash the Paradigm Shift.

Another option for dice rolling, although it also explodes the 6's, is Dashifen's.

You forgot the trademark ™

At least you got to use that one. That 48 goes *poof* after the first 6 for initiative for Tony.

And any dice that roll that good for me I'm using until I roll all 1's on a quickdraw test and accidently punch myself in the face or something.

Hey, you gotta relax and learn to love the bomb. Or Blimp of DOOM!tm, as it were.