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<blockquote data-quote="Eitaro" data-source="post: 6232378" data-attributes="member: 6762106">A bit of codeI was curious about what the average stat score looks like (I remember seeing it in the PHB that the most common scores are between 12 and 13, but that wasn't good enough).I googled my question and came up with this forum. I haven't posted on this site before, so forgive me if I do something wrong. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-P" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :-P"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":-P" />Also, I noticed that this thread is about 4 years old.... Hope somebody can make use of this. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />[CODE]% ˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜function x = DiceTest(sets)% ------------------------------------------------------------Tot = 0;i = 0;while i &lt; sets&nbsp; for k = 1:6&nbsp; &nbsp; Roll = ceil(6*rand(1,4));&nbsp; &nbsp; % For the &quot;reroll 1's&quot; rule&nbsp; &nbsp; for m = 1:4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; while Roll(m) == 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Roll(m) = ceil(6*rand);&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; end&nbsp; &nbsp; end&nbsp; &nbsp; Roll = sort(Roll);&nbsp; &nbsp; Roll(1) = 0;&nbsp; &nbsp; Res(k) = sum(Roll);&nbsp; &nbsp; Mod(k) = floor(Res(k)/2-5);&nbsp; end&nbsp; % If the stats are good enough...&nbsp; if sum(Mod) &gt; 0 &amp;&amp; max(Res) &gt; 13&nbsp; &nbsp; i = i + 1;&nbsp; &nbsp; Tot(i) = sum(Res);&nbsp; &nbsp; if i == 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Stats = [Res];&nbsp; &nbsp; else&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Stats = [Stats;Res];&nbsp; &nbsp; end&nbsp; endendStats;% Gives you the average that you're looking for :-)Avg = sum(Tot)/(sets*6)% ˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜return[/CODE]I used Octave (It's a free programming/math program). Running this for 10000 characters gave me the average of 13.475.Hope that answers your question to your satisfaction!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eitaro, post: 6232378, member: 6762106"] [b]A bit of code[/b] I was curious about what the average stat score looks like (I remember seeing it in the PHB that the most common scores are between 12 and 13, but that wasn't good enough). I googled my question and came up with this forum. I haven't posted on this site before, so forgive me if I do something wrong. :-P Also, I noticed that this thread is about 4 years old.... Hope somebody can make use of this. :-) [CODE] % ˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜ function x = DiceTest(sets) % ------------------------------------------------------------ Tot = 0; i = 0; while i < sets for k = 1:6 Roll = ceil(6*rand(1,4)); % For the "reroll 1's" rule for m = 1:4 while Roll(m) == 1 Roll(m) = ceil(6*rand); end end Roll = sort(Roll); Roll(1) = 0; Res(k) = sum(Roll); Mod(k) = floor(Res(k)/2-5); end % If the stats are good enough... if sum(Mod) > 0 && max(Res) > 13 i = i + 1; Tot(i) = sum(Res); if i == 1 Stats = [Res]; else Stats = [Stats;Res]; end end end Stats; % Gives you the average that you're looking for :-) Avg = sum(Tot)/(sets*6) % ˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜ return [/CODE] I used Octave (It's a free programming/math program). Running this for 10000 characters gave me the average of 13.475. Hope that answers your question to your satisfaction! [/QUOTE]

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