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<blockquote data-quote="Xeriar" data-source="post: 949768" data-attributes="member: 4116"><p><strong>Re: Capital M anyone?</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Something's up with your math <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 :-p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":-p" /></p><p></p><p>Odds of getting a 6 on 1d6 = 1 in 6 (for an even die)</p><p>Odds of getting 2 6's on 2d6 = 1 in 36 (for even sided dice)</p><p>Odds of getting 3 6's on 3d6 = 1 in 216 (ditto)</p><p></p><p>There are six stats, and the average person rolls 3d6 for each of them.</p><p></p><p>On average, out of every 36 stat blocks rolled, there will be 1 18.</p><p></p><p>Some will have 2 18s, others none. When you get into the 1 in a million range, you start seeing people with 3 18s pop up all over (I made an NPC generator to show this).</p><p></p><p>An 18 stands out, but if you roll a million 3d6 stat blocks, a 25 point buy character with 1 18 is seriously outclassed. Approximately .2% of the population not only has an 18 in the same score, but better scores elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>Seriously, someone who is one in a million is a truly amazing individual.</p><p></p><p>It's all about what makes a hero in your world, I guess. Perhaps those that can get by too easily never make the mark very often.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xeriar, post: 949768, member: 4116"] [b]Re: Capital M anyone?[/b] Something's up with your math :-p Odds of getting a 6 on 1d6 = 1 in 6 (for an even die) Odds of getting 2 6's on 2d6 = 1 in 36 (for even sided dice) Odds of getting 3 6's on 3d6 = 1 in 216 (ditto) There are six stats, and the average person rolls 3d6 for each of them. On average, out of every 36 stat blocks rolled, there will be 1 18. Some will have 2 18s, others none. When you get into the 1 in a million range, you start seeing people with 3 18s pop up all over (I made an NPC generator to show this). An 18 stands out, but if you roll a million 3d6 stat blocks, a 25 point buy character with 1 18 is seriously outclassed. Approximately .2% of the population not only has an 18 in the same score, but better scores elsewhere. Seriously, someone who is one in a million is a truly amazing individual. It's all about what makes a hero in your world, I guess. Perhaps those that can get by too easily never make the mark very often. [/QUOTE]
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