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Topic	d20's are the d6's of the tabletop gaming world
PMarth2002 06/07/19 3:17:54 AM #33:	OniRonin posted... I have no idea why this would matter. I'm only rolling the dice once, not 1296 times. The reason it matters is because there are 1296 possible results from rolling 4d6, while there are only 20 results from rolling 1d20. Rolling multiple dice skews the average roll towards the middle (which on 4d6 is 14), whereas rolling one dice gives you an equal chance of rolling every number. I'm not going to double check questionmark's numbers, but if they're correct, you'll roll between 10-18 roughly 80% of the time instead of 45% of the time. --- No matter where you go, there you are. <cite>PMarth2002 posted [p:922907938] in d20's ... [t:77764400]...</cite> <quote><cite>OniRonin posted...</cite> <quote> I have no idea why this would matter. I'm only rolling the dice once, not 1296 times.</quote> The reason it matters is because there are 1296 possible results from rolling 4d6, while there are only 20 results from rolling 1d20. Rolling multiple dice skews the average roll towards the middle (which on 4d6 is 14), whereas rolling one dice gives you an equal chance of rolling every number. I'm not going to double check questionmark's numbers, but if they're correct, you'll roll between 10-18 roughly 80% of the time instead of 45% of the time. --- No matter where you go, there you are.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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