A d6 roller simulates fair six-sided dice. Each die shows 1 to 6 with equal chance, so one die averages 3.5 and two dice average 7. Set how many dice to throw, add a plus or minus modifier, and optionally drop the lowest die, as in the 4d6 ability-score method that averages 12.24.
Board gamers who lost a die, tabletop players rolling damage, and teachers running probability lessons all need quick d6 results. This roller throws up to 50 six-sided dice at once, lists every face, adds a fixed modifier, and can discard the lowest die for character creation. Alongside the total it shows the lowest and highest totals that were possible and the expected average, so you can tell a lucky roll from an ordinary one. It also counts sixes and ones for games that care about them. The dice are fair and uniform; it does not model weighted dice or exploding sixes.
Use the minus and plus buttons to choose between 1 and 50 dice.
Type a bonus or penalty, such as 2 or -1, to add to the total.
Tick the box to discard the smallest die, the usual 4d6 rule for ability scores.
The table lists every die, its face, and whether it counted toward the total.
Result Total: 5
Faces rolled: 4 1
Expected total: 7
Lowest possible: 2
Highest possible: 12
Sixes: 0
Ones: 1
Two dice total anything from 2 to 12; 7 is both the average and the most common total.
Result Total: 11
Faces rolled: 5 2 2 4
Expected total: 12.24
Lowest possible: 3
Highest possible: 18
Sixes: 0
Ones: 0
The classic ability-score roll keeps the best three of four dice, averaging 12.24 instead of 10.5.
Result Total: 7
Faces rolled: 5
Expected total: 5.5
Lowest possible: 3
Highest possible: 8
Sixes: 0
Ones: 0
A 1d6+2 damage roll lands between 3 and 8 and averages 5.5.
E[total] = n × 3.5 − E[lowest] + m, with E[lowest] = Σ ((7 − k) ÷ 6)ⁿ for k = 1…6 when dropping
nmE[lowest]Each die is an independent uniform draw from 1 to 6 using the browser's random source. The total is the sum of the counted dice plus the modifier. A single fair die has mean 3.5. When the lowest die is dropped, its expected value comes from the tail-sum rule: the minimum is at least k with probability ((7 − k) ÷ 6)ⁿ.
It is 3.5, the mean of the faces 1 through 6. You can never roll 3.5 itself, but over many rolls the average settles near it.
Six of the 36 equally likely pairs add to 7 (1+6, 2+5, 3+4 and their reverses), more than any other total. Totals of 2 and 12 each have only one pair.
Roll four dice, discard the smallest, and add the remaining three. Many tabletop role-playing games use it for ability scores. It averages about 12.24, compared with 10.5 for a plain 3d6.
Each die is drawn uniformly from 1 to 6 by the browser's random number source, so every face has a one-in-six chance and earlier rolls have no effect on later ones.
Set the number of dice to 3 and type 2 in the modifier box. The total includes the 2, and the possible range becomes 5 to 20.
Some games score hits on sixes or trigger failures on ones, and dice-pool systems count successes rather than sums. The counts save you scanning the faces by eye.
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