Re: [DL] Hey Allan a dice odds question for you

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

At 06:26 PM 5/7/00 -0400, you wrote:
>ahhhh, but the odd do change for the higher target numbers, like... for
>instance, to roll a 15 on 4d12 you need to get an ace and then at least
>three, where as with 4d12+4 you only need to roll an 11, and that really
>messes with the odds due to mutual exclusion and certain things having
>to happen in order to have it happen.  In short, Aces really mess with
>probability a lot.

So the odds of rolling a 15 on 4d12+4 are the same as rolling an 11 on a
4d12.
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