Re: [DL] sneaky armour trick - dice math

["William Ogden" <w_ogden@hotmail.com>]

I actually worked out mathematically that the average of a die size of N 
(openeded on aces) is N/2 +1 +1/(n-1).  so a d6 averages 4.2, a d8 averages 
5 and 1/7, etc.

>From: Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>
>Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>Subject: Re: [DL] sneaky armour trick
>Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 00:48:12 -0700
>
> >I could see subtracting 1.5 per die per armor level
> >(as each die type is seperated by 2 points),
>
>One math error deserves another.  :-)
>
>The average value of each die type is separated by 1.  Barring the affect
>of aces which actually narrows the gap between the die types.
>
>:->
>
>
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