d6 Probability tables

Post Reply
User avatar
CIC - Duke Cicero
Posts: 387
Joined: Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:47 am

d6 Probability tables

Post by CIC - Duke Cicero » Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:44 am

Many of you have probably seen this or something similar, but if you haven't, this is a great resource. It shows you all possible results of various d6 rolls, the odds of getting that exact roll, and the odds of getting that roll or below. It also shows color coded bands for the most likely third of rolls and the most likely two-thirds of rolls.

http://gurpsland.no-ip.org/articles/d6chance.htm

Of course, odds are just odds. I did manage to roll 16 on a child's 4d4 stat roll this game, so I'm acutely aware that the .08% of rolling a 24 on 4d6 may be lurking around any corner.
Duke Cicero
Mayor of Salviene

A man so deep, he's almost unfathomable!
A man so quick, he's even fast asleep!

User avatar
YK - Yuri Khavlor
King
Posts: 692
Joined: Sat Aug 04, 2018 5:13 pm

Re: d6 Probability tables

Post by YK - Yuri Khavlor » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:03 am

I use that exact site, for calculating my tolerance of risk for my adventures.
YK - Yuri Khavlor
Lord Mayor of Lyssan
“Nature is not cruel, but pitilessly indifferent. The hardest lesson for one to learn, is to admit that things might be neither good nor evil, but simply callous -- indifferent to all suffering"

User avatar
CIC - Duke Cicero
Posts: 387
Joined: Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:47 am

Re: d6 Probability tables

Post by CIC - Duke Cicero » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:12 am

AP - Apiskopalny Piekielne wrote:
Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:03 am
I use that exact site, for calculating my tolerance of risk for my adventures.
To be a long-lived, successful adventurer, one must also be an actuary.
Duke Cicero
Mayor of Salviene

A man so deep, he's almost unfathomable!
A man so quick, he's even fast asleep!

User avatar
TF - The Fortress
Posts: 434
Joined: Mon Oct 12, 2020 2:54 pm

Re: d6 Probability tables

Post by TF - The Fortress » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:26 am

Or just roll the dice 😂
The Fortress!

Morwe of Cuiraécen

Face each day like a storm;
Respect it;
Fear it;
Endure it;
Thrive in it!

User avatar
AaH - Avicerra al Hamam
King
Posts: 508
Joined: Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:20 am

Re: d6 Probability tables

Post by AaH - Avicerra al Hamam » Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:29 am


Post Reply