4d6 drop lowest (ability scores)
At the table
Classic D&D character creation: roll four d6, drop the lowest, sum the rest. The average is about 12.24, noticeably higher than straight 3d6.
Try it
In the playground, open this recipe in the playground and click Run.
The script
↗output("ability", 4d6dl1)
ability · DieRoll · mean 12.245
| outcome | % | frac | X/1296 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0.08 | 1/1295 | 1 |
| 4 | 0.31 | 1/324 | 4 |
| 5 | 0.77 | 5/648 | 10 |
| 6 | 1.62 | 7/432 | 21 |
| 7 | 2.93 | 19/648 | 38 |
| 8 | 4.78 | 31/648 | 62 |
| 9 | 7.02 | 62/883 | 91 |
| 10 | 9.41 | 61/648 | 122 |
| 11 | 11.4 | 37/324 | 148 |
| 12 | 12.9 | 167/1296 | 167 |
| 13 | 13.3 | 43/324 | 172 |
| 14 | 12.3 | 10/81 | 160 |
| 15 | 10.1 | 103/1019 | 131 |
| 16 | 7.25 | 47/648 | 94 |
| 17 | 4.17 | 1/24 | 54 |
| 18 | 1.62 | 7/432 | 21 |