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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KDLadage" data-source="post: 964739" data-attributes="member: 88">Yes... and no.The flat probability of a single even with a single die makes average a relatively useless concept -- for that single roll. However...When you are rolling 3d6 or any other combination of dice, the concept of average makes a lot of sense. For example:Suppose we were to flip a coin. We have two possible outcomes: H or T. Let us set the value of H to 1, and T to 2. Each are equally likely events, and so indicating an average flip is meaningless. Sure, over time, the roll will average to 1.5 . . . but a given event has no "average."However, suppose we we flip two coins and add the results together. Our possible values are:1 + 1 = 21 + 2 = 32 + 1 = 32 + 2 = 4Here we can see that the concept of average is very relavant. The average roll (mean, median and mode) is 3, and it will happen 50% of the time. The same is true with dice -- and this happens as soon as you add the pips on more than 1 die together.3d6 -- average 10.5 (10 or 11 have equal odds of occuring; hense the fact that 10 and 11 are both +0 in the d20 system).2d4 -- average of 5.2d6 -- average of 7. This would be the very basis of the game CRAPS.</blockquote>