Re: [DL] sneaky armour trick - dice math

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

>From: Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>
>Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>Subject: Re: [DL] sneaky armour trick - dice math
>Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 01:44:01 -0700
>
>At 07:12 PM 11/24/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> >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.
>
>Ah. . . but what's the effect of going bust on the averages?
>
>:)

>-------------------
>Allan Seyberth

ignorored of course.

since average only helps on adding dice, not finding the highest, this means 
it applies to damage rolls, where I don't think going bust matters.

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