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Teapot Salty
2014-05-18, 10:24 AM
Hey guys. I was browsing the forum, and I came across a method for rolling stats that was presented as: 3d6B2. What does that mean? If I had to guess I'd say it was roll 3d6, lowest becomes 6. Thanks, and as always, go nuts.

qwertyu63
2014-05-18, 10:48 AM
Hey guys. I was browsing the forum, and I came across a method for rolling stats that was presented as: 3d6B2. What does that mean? If I had to guess I'd say it was roll 3d6, lowest becomes 6. Thanks, and as always, go nuts.

I do believe that means "roll 3d6, drop the worst die, your result is what remains". The B stands for "best", as in "keep the best 2".

Teapot Salty
2014-05-18, 10:49 AM
I do believe that means "roll 3d6, drop the worst die, your result is what remains". The B stands for "best", as in "keep the best 2".

Makes sense, thanks :smallsmile:

Yora
2014-05-18, 10:50 AM
I would assume it means 3d6, keep Best 2. Which would be the same as roll 3d6, discard lowest.

Treating the worst dice as 6 would probably be the same as 2d6+6 (with a possibly slightly higher average, not quite sure).

Brother Oni
2014-05-18, 11:18 AM
Treating the worst dice as 6 would probably be the same as 2d6+6 (with a possibly slightly higher average, not quite sure).

Yup it shifts the mean up:
2d6+6 (http://anydice.com/program/f22)

2d6K2+6 (http://anydice.com/program/3c45)

Yora
2014-05-18, 11:30 AM
And significantly more than I would have expected.


Since we're already at it: Is there a roll that gets better results than 4d6 drop lowest, but not as good as 2d6+2, with still a maximum of 18?

toapat
2014-05-18, 02:15 PM
And significantly more than I would have expected.


Since we're already at it: Is there a roll that gets better results than 4d6 drop lowest, but not as good as 2d6+2, with still a maximum of 18?

the actual most common roll of 4d6b3 is 13, which is the same as 2d6+6. so, technically, no.

Friv
2014-05-18, 02:33 PM
And significantly more than I would have expected.


Since we're already at it: Is there a roll that gets better results than 4d6 drop lowest, but not as good as 2d6+2, with still a maximum of 18?

3d4+6 will give you similar chances of hitting 17-18 as 4d6 drop lowest, with a much higher floor to work from.

The Random NPC
2014-05-18, 03:02 PM
I've seen it represent rerolls. So 3d6b2 would mean roll 3d6 and reroll any result of 2 or less.

toapat
2014-05-18, 03:04 PM
3d4+6 will give you similar chances of hitting 17-18 as 4d6 drop lowest, with a much higher floor to work from.

3d4+6 gives an average roll of 13.5 What i was pointing out is that Yora's comment gives no range whatsoever to work with.

Yora
2014-05-18, 03:05 PM
the actual most common roll of 4d6b3 is 13, which is the same as 2d6+6. so, technically, no.

Most common roll yes, but everything else is quite significantly different.

In 2d6+6, the minimum result is 8, in 4d6b3 the minimum is 3. The chances for an 18 are 2.78% and 1.62%. That's close to double for 2d6+6.

3d4+6 has a minimum of 9, but that comes with a lower chance for an 18. It does conform to my requirement of being "not as good as 2d6+6), but by that I actually meant the possibility of scores lower than 8.
Stupid math, always requiring exact definitions. :smallbiggrin:

4d6b3 still has a 30% chance of getting at least one (or more) scores of 7 (or less). I think that's still too high for my taste. That doesn't require particularly bad luck and is to be quite expected when creating a character.

toapat
2014-05-18, 03:21 PM
Most common roll yes, but everything else is quite significantly different.

In 2d6+6, the minimum result is 8, in 4d6b3 the minimum is 3. The chances for an 18 are 2.78% and 1.62%. That's close to double for 2d6+6.

3d4+6 has a minimum of 9, but that comes with a lower chance for an 18. It does conform to my requirement of being "not as good as 2d6+6), but by that I actually meant the possibility of scores lower than 8.
Stupid math, always requiring exact definitions. :smallbiggrin:

in order to get anything between those chances of the highest rolls you need dice that dont exist.

JusticeZero
2014-05-18, 03:21 PM
It also depends on what you mean by "better", since there's various different properties of the different curves that some prefer for different reasons.

ISitOnGnomes
2014-05-18, 03:40 PM
1d10+8 would give you a 10% chance at an 18, and 9 would be your lowest possible state.

Friv
2014-05-18, 10:54 PM
Most common roll yes, but everything else is quite significantly different.

In 2d6+6, the minimum result is 8, in 4d6b3 the minimum is 3. The chances for an 18 are 2.78% and 1.62%. That's close to double for 2d6+6.

3d4+6 has a minimum of 9, but that comes with a lower chance for an 18. It does conform to my requirement of being "not as good as 2d6+6), but by that I actually meant the possibility of scores lower than 8.
Stupid math, always requiring exact definitions. :smallbiggrin:

4d6b3 still has a 30% chance of getting at least one (or more) scores of 7 (or less). I think that's still too high for my taste. That doesn't require particularly bad luck and is to be quite expected when creating a character.

You could just do something really weird, like 1d8+1d6+4. Gives a range from 6-18, with a 1/48 chance of 6 or 18.

Brother Oni
2014-05-19, 09:45 AM
4d6b3 still has a 30% chance of getting at least one (or more) scores of 7 (or less). I think that's still too high for my taste. That doesn't require particularly bad luck and is to be quite expected when creating a character.

You could always use a point buy system instead. :smalltongue: