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<blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 897406" data-attributes="member: 5868">I just ran a VB program to calculate the statistics of 4d6 drop lowest.Here's the summary:Score&nbsp; &nbsp; Count&nbsp; &nbsp; Probability 3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.00084&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.00315&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 10&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.00776&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 21&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.01627&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 38&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.02938&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 62&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.04789&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 91&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.070210&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 122&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.094111&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 148&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.114212&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 167&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.128913&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 172&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.132714&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 160&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.123515&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 131&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0.101116&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 94&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.072517&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 54&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.041718&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 21&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0.0162Total&nbsp; &nbsp; 1296&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Expectation:&nbsp; &nbsp; 12.24So with a statistical expectation of 12.24 for each ability score, and six independent ability scores, this is basically an array of:13, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12 (with .44 of a point left over)which works out to 25-26 point buy.Edit: Drat, table formatting.&nbsp; Oh well, hope y'all can read it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Olgar Shiverstone, post: 897406, member: 5868"] I just ran a VB program to calculate the statistics of 4d6 drop lowest. Here's the summary: Score Count Probability 3 1 0.0008 4 4 0.0031 5 10 0.0077 6 21 0.0162 7 38 0.0293 8 62 0.0478 9 91 0.0702 10 122 0.0941 11 148 0.1142 12 167 0.1289 13 172 0.1327 14 160 0.1235 15 131 0.1011 16 94 0.0725 17 54 0.0417 18 21 0.0162 Total 1296 Expectation: 12.24 So with a statistical expectation of 12.24 for each ability score, and six independent ability scores, this is basically an array of: 13, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12 (with .44 of a point left over) which works out to 25-26 point buy. Edit: Drat, table formatting. Oh well, hope y'all can read it. [/QUOTE]

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