Dice pools (faces still separate)
At the table
Some rules care about each die—the highest die in the pool, how many dice show a 1, whether any die crits—not only the sum. You need several dice rolled together but not added until you choose to.
Try it
Copy the script into the playground editor and click Run.
The script
↗output("pool_sum", dice_pool(3, 6).sum())
output("notation_sum", 3d6)
output("highest_die", dice_pool(4, 6).order_stat(1))
pool_sum · DieRoll · mean 10.500
| outcome | % | frac | X/216 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0.46 | 1/216 | 1 |
| 4 | 1.39 | 1/72 | 3 |
| 5 | 2.78 | 1/36 | 6 |
| 6 | 4.63 | 5/108 | 10 |
| 7 | 6.94 | 5/72 | 15 |
| 8 | 9.72 | 7/72 | 21 |
| 9 | 11.6 | 25/216 | 25 |
| 10 | 12.5 | 1/8 | 27 |
| 11 | 12.5 | 1/8 | 27 |
| 12 | 11.6 | 25/216 | 25 |
| 13 | 9.72 | 7/72 | 21 |
| 14 | 6.94 | 5/72 | 15 |
| 15 | 4.63 | 5/108 | 10 |
| 16 | 2.78 | 1/36 | 6 |
| 17 | 1.39 | 1/72 | 3 |
| 18 | 0.46 | 1/216 | 1 |
notation_sum · DieRoll · mean 10.500
| outcome | % | frac | X/216 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0.46 | 1/216 | 1 |
| 4 | 1.39 | 1/72 | 3 |
| 5 | 2.78 | 1/36 | 6 |
| 6 | 4.63 | 5/108 | 10 |
| 7 | 6.94 | 5/72 | 15 |
| 8 | 9.72 | 7/72 | 21 |
| 9 | 11.6 | 25/216 | 25 |
| 10 | 12.5 | 1/8 | 27 |
| 11 | 12.5 | 1/8 | 27 |
| 12 | 11.6 | 25/216 | 25 |
| 13 | 9.72 | 7/72 | 21 |
| 14 | 6.94 | 5/72 | 15 |
| 15 | 4.63 | 5/108 | 10 |
| 16 | 2.78 | 1/36 | 6 |
| 17 | 1.39 | 1/72 | 3 |
| 18 | 0.46 | 1/216 | 1 |
highest_die · DieRoll · mean 5.245
| outcome | % | frac | X/216 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.08 | 1/1295 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.16 | 5/432 | 3 |
| 3 | 5.02 | 49/977 | 11 |
| 4 | 13.5 | 106/785 | 29 |
| 5 | 28.5 | 41/144 | 62 |
| 6 | 51.8 | 423/817 | 112 |